罗格斯大学西班牙语研究生课程提供双语和第二语言习得（SLA）独特的博士学位课程。该计划针对的是西班牙语言学专业的学生，​​他们希望获得语言和研究方法的认知基础方面的深厚背景，并希望将这些新发现的知识应用于西班牙语与其他语言接触的现实世界中。学生研究将侧重于双语儿童的语言，认知和/或神经学发展，双语语言习得，双语作为一种政治现象以及双语教育。要求学生完成与双语，语言习得或语言计划相关的领域的现场研究。
The Rutgers Graduate Program in Spanish offers a unique PhD option in Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition (SLA). The program is aimed at students of Spanish linguistics with an interest in acquiring a strong background in the cognitive foundations of language and research methodology and a desire to apply this new-found knowledge to real-world situations where Spanish is in contact with other languages. Student research will focus on linguistic, cognitive and/or neurological development of bilingual children, bilingual acquisition of language(s), bilingualism as a political phenomenon, and bilingual education. Students will be expected to complete field research in an area related to bilingualism, language acquisition, or language planning.