西班牙语和葡萄牙语系授予博士学位的专业包括西班牙语和拉丁美洲（西班牙）文学，葡萄牙语和巴西文学，伊比利亚语言学，以及翻译研究，女权主义研究，中世纪研究和应用语言学的可选重点。这些课程得到了代表以下教学和研究领域的国际公认的杰出教授的支持：半岛和拉丁美洲文化和文学，葡萄牙语和巴西研究，美国拉丁美洲人研究，翻译研究，戏剧，批判理论，新媒体研究，大众化文化，应用语言学和语言教学法。
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese awards the degree of PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures with specializations in the areas of Spanish and Latin American Literature, Portuguese and Brazilian Literature, and Iberian Linguistics, and optional emphases on Translation Studies, Feminist Studies, Medieval Studies and Applied Linguistics. These programs are supported by an outstanding and internationally recognized faculty representing the following areas of teaching and research: Peninsular and Latin American culture and literature, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, US Latino studies, translation studies, drama, critical theory, new media studies, popular culture, applied linguistics, and language pedagogy. Our students and faculty work jointly with other departments and programs, including Linguistics, Latin American and Iberian Studies, Comparative Literature, Chicano/-a Studies, Film and Media Studies, and Theater and Dance.