西班牙语和葡萄牙语系提供的工作将导致西班牙语和葡萄牙语的文学硕士和哲学博士以及第二语言习得和教师教育（SLATE）的集中研究。 ，学生与葡萄牙语的核心和附属教职员工紧密合作，拓宽和加深了与巴西有关的主题和主题的知识。学生利用跨部门和学科的许多高级课程产品来制定个性化的学习计划。所有学生都必须修读有关理论和批评的SPAN 572或同等课程。拥有TAship的学生还需要完成PORT 571，这是该部门所有TA所要求的语言教学的专业研讨会。从第二学期开始，学生将与一位葡萄牙教职员工或附属教职员工一起注册595端
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers work leading to the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish and Portuguese, and to a Concentration in Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE).In the MA program in Portuguese with a concentration in Brazilian Studies, students broaden and deepen their knowledge of Brazil-related topics and themes, working closely with core and affiliated faculty members in Portuguese. Students draw on the many upper-level course offerings across departments and disciplines to create an individualized plan of study. All students must take SPAN 572 on theory and criticism or an equivalent course. Students with TAships are also required to complete PORT 571, the pro-seminar for language teaching required of all TAs in the department. Beginning in their second semester, students will enroll in PORT 595 with one of the Portuguese faculty members or affiliate faculty to develop a master's thesis. In their third or fourth semester(s), students can then sign up for PORT 599 (repeatable for up to 16 hours), to produce the thesis, which will be of publishable quality, working with Portuguese core and affiliated faculty. Four independent study hours in PORT 595 and four thesis research hours in PORT 599 count toward the 20 required hours in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.