西班牙语和葡萄牙语系的研究生课程提供西班牙和卢索-巴西文学各个领域的课程工作和研究指导，并提供语言学，电影和文化研究以及理论的相关课程。博士 西班牙语需要63个小时的课程工作，其中包括30个小时的西班牙语硕士学位和9个小时的未成年人（通常是葡萄牙语），硕士学位论文，综合考试，资格考试和学位论文。可以使用拉丁裔和拉丁裔研究，拉丁美洲研究的跨学科证书课程或一个或多个部门的另一项认可课程计划来代替传统的未成年人。考生必须通过参加研究生课程来证明其对葡萄牙语的了解。（另一种语言可能会由DGS逐案批准。）
The graduate program of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers course work and research supervision in all areas of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian literature, with related courses in linguistics, film and cultural studies, and theory. The department has close ties to a number of departments, as well as the Center for Latin American Studies, the program in Women's and Gender Studies, the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, the Center for Second Language Studies, the Center for Teaching, and the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA). The graduate faculty has a strong tradition of scholarly research and was ranked as the most productive in the country in 2007 by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index.<br><br>The Ph.D. in Spanish requires 63 hours of course work, which includes the 30 hours of the M.A. in Spanish and 9 hours for a minor, normally Portuguese, an M.A. thesis, a Comprehensive Examination, a Qualifying Examination, and a dissertation. An interdisciplinary certificate program in Latino and Latina Studies, Latin American Studies or another approved program of courses from one or more departments may be used in lieu of a traditional minor. Candidates must demonstrate knowledge of Portuguese by taking a graduate level class. (Another language may be approved by the DGS on a case-by-case basis.)