西班牙火车系教授博士学位。学生既要是语言专家和文学学者，又要是专家和通才，还要是教师和活跃的知识分子。我们将博士生视为未来的教授。从他们进入该计划的那一刻起，我们鼓励他们在西班牙裔研究中建立广泛的基础，同时实现围绕特定专业领域的个性化学习课程。另外，博士 在我们的教室中，学生接受教师培训，出国留学研究生协调员以及研究助理的培训，通常与教师在研究项目中紧密合作。
The faculty of the Department of Spanish trains Ph.D. students to be both language experts and literature scholars, specialists and generalists, teachers and active intellectuals. We see our doctoral students as professors of the future. From the moment they enter the program we encourage them to develop a broad foundation in Hispanic studies, while at the same time enabling an individualized course of learning centered around specific fields of expertise. In addition, Ph.D. students receive training as teachers in our classrooms, as study abroad graduate coordinators, and as research assistants, often working closely with faculty in research projects.<br><br>Our students have the unique opportunity to pursue coursework with every member of our graduate faculty. They have the flexibility to design, in consultation with the Graduate Advisor, a personalized program of study incorporating, as they see fit, any combination of courses offered by the Department of Spanish in the diverse areas of Hispanic studies.