Admission to the program for the Master of Arts degree in Spanish usually requires the successful completion of 24 semester hours of approved courses in Spanish at the undergraduate or graduate level. Applicants are also required to have an overall GPA of at least 3.0 on a four-point scale.

   In addition to the general admission requirements to graduate study at Winthrop, applicants must submit scores of 400 or higher on both the verbal and quantitative sections of the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination and submit scores on either the Professional Knowledge section of the PRAXIS 191 of at least 148/200 or on the PRAXIS 192 of at least 161/200.

   If the applicant does not fulfill one or more of the above criteria, an interview with the Graduate Faculty in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages will be required for admission consideration.

   Note: Non-degree students are not required to meet the MA or MAT admission requirements provided they will be taking no more than two graduate courses within the span of five years.

   The Master of Arts degree in Spanish requires the completion of at least 30 semester hours of approved graduate-level work. At least half the work presented for the degree must be 600-level courses.

   Immediately upon entering the graduate program, the student should develop, with the assigned advisor, an individual program of study which meets the requirements for the degree and the student's objectives.