Academic Programs

Spanish, M.A.

Location(s): Main Campus

The Hybrid Delivery Mode Spanish M.A. is designed to enable students to attain a high level of proficiency in the Spanish language and literatures written in Hispanic countries, to solidify their understanding of linguistic processes in standard and dialectal varieties of Spanish, and to employ the language skillfully in such pursuits as teaching, writing, translating, and communications, or as preparation for doctoral study. Several required seminars for the Spanish M.A. are offered online or in a hybrid delivery mode to incorporate distance learning opportunities.

Admission to the Program

In addition to applying to the University, applicants must file a departmental application for admission and official transcripts of all previous college work. Students with a B.A. from Cal State LA only need a printout of their unofficial transcript and their application. These documents must reach the department early in the semester preceding that in which course work for the degree is to begin. Applicants holding a baccalaureate from Cal State LA and not attending another college since graduation must also file a departmental application early in the semester preceding graduate enrollment and provide a hard copy of their unofficial transcript.

In addition to University requirements for admission to graduate study, applicants must have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish or equivalent, a minimum 2.75 overall undergraduate grade point average, and a B (3.0) grade point average in upper-division Spanish coursework, with at least one course in each of the following areas: Spanish Linguistics, Literary Analysis, Peninsular Literature, and Spanish-American Literature. Applicants who have not completed the following courses or equivalents with a 3.0 GPA may be admitted conditionally and will be required to take them as qualifying courses: SPAN 3050, SPAN 4010, SPAN 4080 or SPAN 4100, and SPAN 4110 or SPAN 4130. Applicants whose B.A. is neither in Spanish nor from a university where the language of instruction is Spanish may also be required to demonstrate advanced oral and written proficiency in the language to be considered for conditional admittance to the program.

Learning Outcomes

Roadmap (2020)

Requirements for the Degree (30 units)

Core Courses (18 units)

• SPAN 5000 - Academic Writing in Spanish [3]
• SPAN 5040 - Medieval Literature [3]
• SPAN 5070 - Literary Theory [3]
• SPAN 5100 - Applied Linguistics for Spanish Graduate Students [3]
• SPAN 5400 - Seminar: Spanish Poetry from Romanticism to the Present [3]
• SPAN 5450 - Seminar: Contemporary Spanish-American Poetry After Ruben Dario [3]

Electives (12 units)

• SPAN 4140 - Don Quixote de la Mancha [3]
• SPAN 4170 - Spanish-American Short Story [3]
• SPAN 4181 - Golden Age Culture and Literature [3]
• SPAN 4210 - Mexican Literature of Twentieth Century [3]
• SPAN 4260 - Peninsular Literature: The Enlightenment to the Generation of 98 [3]
• SPAN 4310 - Spanish-American Testimony [3]
• SPAN 4441 - Masterworks of Spanish American Literature [3]
• SPAN 4540 - Special Topics in Spanish - Peninsular [1-3]
• SPAN 4541 - Special Topics - Latin America [1-3]
• SPAN 4720 - Peninsular Literature: Vanguardismo to the Present [3]
• SPAN 4750 - Spanish American Theater [3]
• SPAN 4830 - Intellectuals and Ideas in Latin America [3]
• SPAN 4850 - Southern Cone Fiction [3]
• SPAN 4990 - Undergraduate Directed Study [1-3]
• SPAN 5830 - Seminar: Contemporary Hispanic Prose [3]
• SPAN 5980 - Graduate Directed Study [1-3]

Comprehensive Examination (0 units)

• SPAN 5960 - Comprehensive Examination [0]

Chinese, B.A.
French, B.A.
Japanese, B.A.
Spanish, B.A.

Minor in Chinese
Minor in Francophone Studies
Minor in French
Minor in Japanese
Minor in Korean
Minor in Spanish

Chinese BA on K-12 Pedagogy

Are you passionate about teaching or tutoring? Do you want to work at K-12, public and private, pre-schools, or professional language schools? If yes, you will need to do the following:

• Obtain state teacher licensure for K-12 teaching.
• Earn a graduate degree for college or university teaching opportunities.
• Minor or double major in another subject that you could also teach.
• Get experience as a teaching assistant or tutor.
• Become familiar with the cultural base of your language (literature, art, politics, etc.) and with cultural traditions.

The new Chinese BA degree will help you to complete those in 3 (for transfers) or 5 (for regulars) years.

Our Programs:

• Chinese BA, Multiple Subject Credential
• Chinese BA, SINGLE Subject Credential

Something You May Want to Know:

• In California, Chinese is the second most widely spoken language, other than English, but Chinese is rarely taught in public schools.
• 2020-2021, California issued nearly 1,200 bilingual accreditations but only 63 for Mandarin Chinese.
• Many Californian school districts are initiating or expanding dual immersion programs in Asian languages, but they are also struggling to hire Asian language bilingual teachers.

Major Total: 120 units | Post-baccalaureate Total: 28 units

Notes: CHIN 1001, 1002, 2001, 2002 are each GE C2