Admission
The applicant must hold, or anticipate completing by the time of admission, a bachelor's degree from an accredited U.S. college or university or the equivalent degree from a university outside the U.S. The applicant is expected to have a minimum of 15 semester hours of Hispanic literature courses at the advanced level and one advanced Spanish grammar and composition course or the equivalent of the undergraduate major in Hispanic literature at the University of Arizona; to have a minimum grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4-point scale overall; and to have a minimum grade-point average of 3.4 on a 4-point scale in Spanish.

Requirements
Upon entering the program, the student establishes his/her degree study program in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies. The student is required to complete a minimum of 31 graduate units, as follows:

(1) An equal number of units in Spanish and Spanish-American literature (15 units in each area)

(2) A 1-unit Pro-Seminar taken in the first semester of residence

(3) Graduate Assistants in Teaching (GATs) in Spanish and Portuguese are required to complete a language teaching methodology course (SPAN-581) before or during their first semester of classroom teaching. The methodology course may count for one of the courses in either Spanish or Spanish American literature.

In addition, the student must take a comprehensive written examination in the field of Hispanic literature upon completion of all course work.