西密歇根大学的西班牙语系提供西班牙语研究硕士学位，该课程包括30个学分时的课程工作，通常由全日制学生在两年内完成，尽管有些学生会在较短时间内完成该课程。MA课程的任务是为学生提供西班牙裔研究的广泛人文基础。它在所有文化，语言，人口，历史和社会复杂性方面促进批判性思维和对西班牙语世界的理解。为此，西班牙裔研究硕士以跨学科的方法超越了传统的学习界限。
The Department of Spanish at Western Michigan University offers a Master of Arts in Hispanic studies degree, which consists of 30 credit hours of course work and normally is completed by full-time students in two years, although some students finish the program in less time. The mission of the MA program is to provide students with a broad humanistic foundation in Hispanic studies. It fosters critical thinking and an understanding of the Spanish-speaking world in all of its cultural, linguistic, demographic, historical and social complexities. Toward this end, the MA in Hispanic Studies transcends traditional learning boundaries with a cross-disciplinary approach. <br><br>MA students have the unique opportunity to pursue coursework with every member of our graduate faculty during their first four semesters of study at WMU. Students have the flexibility to design, in consultation with the Graduate Advisor, a personalized program of study incorporating, any combination of courses offered by the Department of Spanish in the diverse areas of Hispanic studies, in order to learn to research theories and methodologies appropriate to their chosen fields of study.