The Master of Arts in Spanish consists of 33 units. The Spanish M.A. program at CSUN offers its students a flexible schedule with face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses in a wide variety of disciplines: Peninsular literature and culture, Latin American literature and culture, linguistics and interpreting. It prepares you for a career in the fields of languages and literatures, foreign language education, translation/interpreting, and many more. Some of our graduates also choose to pursue a Ph.D. degree. The mission of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures is to prepare individuals to function effectively and productively at the local and international levels. To this end, the department offers a wide variety of courses and programs in the fields of foreign languages, literatures and cultures designed for students who intend to major or minor in languages other than English, for students who seek a broad liberal arts education in preparation for a variety of professions, for students whose careers will be furthered by the knowledge of another language and culture, and for students with a desire to better understand the heritage language and culture of their community within the larger context of our multicultural society.