Applicants for the master of arts (M.A.) program must have a bachelor's degree, or the equivalent international degree, from an accredited institution. Applicants with an undergraduate major in Spanish are expected to have completed 24 credit hours of course work beyond the intermediate level, including work in composition, conversation and advanced work in literature. Applicants with an undergraduate minor in Spanish are expected to have completed 15 credit hours of course work beyond the intermediate level, including a survey course in literature and a course in Spanish composition and conversation. Applicants must have an undergraduate grade point average equivalent of B or above (3.000 on a 4.000 scale). Native speakers of the language, who have an undergraduate degree in the humanities, are also eligible. Non-native speakers of the language, who have an undergraduate degree in the humanities with a minor in Spanish and who pass an online language proficiency test at the intermediate high level, are also eligible to apply.
A completed application form and fee online.
Copies of all college/university transcripts except Marquette.1
Three letters of recommendation.
A writing sample in Spanish. This can be a research paper from one of the applicant's undergraduate Spanish courses.
An IELTS total score of 6.5 or higher for each section will be required for admission.
International students should have an adequate command of both written and spoken English, usually evidenced by a TOEFL score of at least 213 on the computer-based version or 80 on the internet-based version (a minimum of 20 on each section).