Announcements

10/26/2018
SPANISH PLACEMENT GUIDELINES FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS (effective as of Fall 2018)

Please click here to download the Spanish Placement Guidelines for Heritage Speakers.

09/29/2017
UPDATE FOR SPANISH MA COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE: SPRING 2018

Please click here to download the Spanish MA Comprehensive Examination schedule for Spring 2018.

09/10/2017
SPANISH M.A. DEGREE AFTER FALL 2016 (SEMESTER CONVERSION)

Spanish M.A. students graduating after the conversion to semesters will receive a degree of Master of Arts in Spanish.  The diploma will not state any further specialization or emphasis.

09/10/2017
SPANISH MA COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE: SPRING 2018

Spanish M.A. Comprehensive Examination in Spring 2018 will be held on February 24, March 3, and March 10, 2018. You may download the schedule for the 2017 exam below in order to get an idea of the exam (Please see the announcement posted on 10/26/2016 below.)

12/01/16
ML4000 COURSE OFFERING SCHEDULE

Effective AY 2017-2018, the MLL Department offers ML 4000 (Senior Thesis) once a year in Spring semesters.  If you are planning to graduate in December 2017, please make sure to take this required course in Spring 2017.

10/26/16
SPANISH MA COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE: SPRING 2017

Spanish MA Comprehensive Examination in Spring 2017 will be held on February 25, March 4, and March 11, 2017.
Please click here and download the exam schedule.

To learn about the five exam segments, please click here and download the M.A. Comprehension Exam information. 

Also, please click here and download the reading list.

09/01/16
SPANISH M.A. / IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION UNDER THE SEMESTER SYSTEM:

-The comprehensive examination will be offered in Spring semester. Students are therefore advised to complete their coursework within four years, so that they can have three attempts to pass the exam with no courses expired. Students must submit their petition for Advancement to Candidacy after successfully completing four courses from their M.A. program and passing WPE (Writing Proficiency Exam).

-The Historical Linguistics course (SPAN 501) is no longer a requirement for graduate students who started their program under the quarter system. They can either change the their catalog year (to FALL 2016), or do a course substitution (with another 5000-level course such as SPAN 5750 – Seminar: Hispanic Literature).

-Students who have already taken the comprehensive exam and failed the Historical Linguistics portion will have to register for it again. If the only section they failed is Historical Linguistics, next time they register they will automatically get a Pass. If they also failed other sections, they will not have to take the exam on Historical Linguistics, but will have to retake any other failed exams. This is not retroactive.

ADDITIONAL REMINDER: Students need to submit a Leave of Absence form if they decide to take more than one semester of absence; otherwise, they will need to reapply to be readmitted to the program.

8/17/2015
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES MAJORS AND MINORS, PLEASE SEE THE CHART BELOW TO DETERMINE THE CLASSES YOU WOULD TAKE UNDER SEMESTERS TO COMPLETE YOUR PROGRAMS.

7/29/2015
HERE IS WHAT SOME OF OUR MLL GRADUATES ARE UP TO:

• Nicolás Alemán (B.A. and M.A. in Spanish) -- Professor, Whittier College
• Liliana Arcos (M.A. in Spanish) -- Transcribing and Translation Services, Monterey Park
• Jesús Arellano (B.A. and M.A. in Spanish), GE Advisor, California State University, Los Angeles
• Pilar Asensio Manrique (M.A. in Spanish) -- Senior Lector, Yale University
• Hiroko Arndt (B.A. in Japanese) -- Instructor, Arcadia High School
• Alejandro Barco (B.A. in Spanish, current M.A. candidate) -- Instructor, Burbank High School
• Suzel Bertrand (B.A. in French) -- Instructor, Ouchi High School
• Lidia Bravo (M.A. in Spanish) -- Instructor, Sacred Heart High School
• Wendi Brown (B.A. in French) -- Instructor, East Los Angeles College
• Eduardo Cabrera (M.A. in Spanish) -- Professor, Millikin University
• Froylán Cabuto (B.A. and M.A in Spanish) -- Professor and Department Chair, Cerritos College
• Julio Cervantes (B.A. in French) -- Computer Technician, LAUSD
• Lichuan Chiu (B.A. in Chinese) -- Doctoral Candidate, Beijing Normal University
• Stefani Collins (M.A. in French) -- Instructor, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
• Aline Escudero (B.A. in Spanish) -- Certified Court Interpreter, Language Line Services
• Javier Galván (M.A. in Spanish) -- Instructor, Santa Ana Community College
• Sonia Gaspar (B.A. in French) -- Instructor, Lycée International de Los Angeles
• Deborah Gill (B.A. in Spanish) -- Professor, Pennsylvania State University
• Valentín González Bohórquez -- Professor, Biola University
• Sid Gurule (B.A. in French) -- Instructor, Claremont High School
• Arthur Holt (B.A. in French) -- Legal and Financial Proofreader
• Ana Cecilia Iraheta (B.A. and M.A. in Spanish) -- Doctoral Candidate, University of Minnesota
• Keita Kadono (B.A. in Japanese) -- Dean of Students, West High School
• Dale A. Koike (B.A. in Spanish) -- Professor, University of Texas at Austin
• Elvira López Vilches (M.A. in Spanish) -- Professor, North Carolina State University
• Amado Machorro (B.A. in Spanish) -- Instructor, Loyola High School
• Jorge Marí (M.A. in Spanish) -- Professor, North Carolina State University
• Kathleen McClure (B.A. in Spanish) -- Executive Director of Human Resources at San Rafael City Schools
• Gabriela Mirando-Recinos (M.A. in Spanish) -- Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University
• Johanna Monon-Manoukian (B.A. in French) -- Attorney at Law
• Daisy Muniz (B.A. in French) -- Textbook Manager, University of Redlands
• María Muñoz Nebbia (B.A. in Spanish) -- Instructor, Glendale Community College
• Othón Olivas (B.A. Spanish) -- Instructor, East Los Angeles Community College
• Malena Orozco-Otero (B.A. in Spanish) -- Director of Human Resources, PUC Schools
• Ranko Petrovic (B.A. in Spanish) -- Co-founder of Last Chanz Productions Studio
• Manuel Ramírez (M.A. in Spanish) -- Instructor, New York City Department of Education
• Ulysses Ramos (B.A. in French and Japanese) -- Instructor, Nogales High School
• Anli Andy Rao (B.A. in Chinese) -- Professional Guide for Chinese Tours in the US
• José Neftalí Recinos (M.A. in Spanish) -- Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University
• Emmanuelle Remy (M.A. in French) -- Instructor, Webb Schools and Pasadena City College
• Cristián Ricci (B.A. in Spanish) -- Professor, University of California, Merced
• Elyse Ritchey (M.A. in French) -- PhD candidate at UC Berkeley
• Marcela Rojas (M.A. in Spanish) -- Professor, Azusa Pacific University
• Cecilia Salvi (M.A. in Spanish) -- Doctoral Candidate, CUNY
• Ryuichi Tsuchiya (B.A. in Japanese) -- Instructor, Artesia High School
• Kelly Tutko (M.A. in French) -- Instructor, Bishop Montgomery High School
• Ha Duy Van (B.A. in Chinese) -- Graduate Student, California State University, Fullerton
• Anne Marie Verner (M.A. in French) -- Instructor, Mark Keppel High School
• Esther Vogel (M.A. in Spanish) -- Instructor, Mount San Antonio College
• George Weedlin (B.A. in Chinese) -- EVA Airlines
• Maurice Williams (B.A. in Spanish) -- Managing Attorney at Law Office, Greater New York
• Matthew Winters (B.A. in Chinese) -- Graduate Student, Columbia University
• Sofía Wolhein (B.A. in Spanish) -- Graduate Student, Northern Arizona University
• Yinying Wu (B.A. in Chinese) -- Graduate Student, California State University, Fullerton

4/24/2015
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