Curriculum
The M.A. requires completion of 40 units of course work, of which 36 are required courses. Beginning in 2005, all entering students will take the comprehensive M.A. exam at the end of the third summer. (Click here to download the comprehensive exam reading list..) In the second summer, students will turn in a 15-20 page Master's essay based on their coursework in the first summer (click here for details on the M.A. Essay and click here for Notes on How to Write a M.A. Paper). Students will select a topic from one of the following first-year courses: Cultural History of Spain (207ss), Cultural History of Spanish America (208ss), or Linguistic Analysis (200ss). A minimum grade of "B" is required in each course.
Click on course numbers below for course descriptions.
*Designates first year courses.
**Designates second year courses.
***Designates third year courses.
E designates electives. These courses can be taken in any year of the program.
REQUIRED COURSES: PENINSULAR SEQUENCE
207SS *: Cultural History of Spain (pre-1700) (4 units)
203SS**: Spanish Peninsular Texts (1700-present) (4 units)
REQUIRED COURSES: LATIN AMERICAN SEQUENCE
208SS*: Cultural History of Spanish America (pre-1830) (4 units)
204SS**: Spanish American Texts (1830-present) (4 units)
REQUIRED COURSES: LINGUISTICS SEQUENCE
200SS*: Linguistic Analysis (Grammar) (4 units)
210SS**: Spanish Language in the World: History of the Spanish Language (4 units)
REQUIRED COURSES: WRITING & EXAM PREPARATION
201SS * : Writing Strategies & Approaches (Composition) (4 units)
500CS**: Comprehensive Exam Study for Second Year Students (4 units)
500DS***: Comprehensive Exam Study for Third Year Students (4 units)
ELECTIVES -- There are 36 units of required courses, which allows students the opportunity to take at least one elective of their choice. Electives can be taken in any year of study.
209SS -E: Don Quijote (4 units)
211AS- E: Approaches to the Spanish Curriculum (4 units) In 2005 taught as: Contemporary Latin American Literature
211BS- E: Technology and Language Learning (4 units)
216SS- E: Special Topics in Language and Literature (4 units)
217SS- E: Mexican Culture (4 units)
Transfer Credits
Credit for upper-division and graduate courses may be transferred to UCSB only if the student was enrolled in a graduate program when the courses were completed and they have not been applied toward a degree already awarded. Graduate students must complete one quarter of residency at UCSB
before they can petition to transfer units earned elsewhere. With the permission of the Graduate Division and the academic department, up to 8 quarter-units (or 6 semester-units) of credit for courses completed with a "B" or better from an accredited college other than another University of California campus may be transferred as upper-division credit toward a graduate degree. Up to 12 quarter-units may be transferred from another UC campus. No transfer credit is allowed for any course taken as an
undergraduate.
