Internet based TOEFL (IBTOEFL): 80, Paper based TOEFL (TOEFL): 550, International English Language Testing System (IELTS): 6.5.
Admission requires a BA in Spanish for the MA program or MA in Spanish for the Ph.D. program. Applicants with no prior Spanish BA but with equivalent background and/or experience must petition the Spanish and Portuguese program in writing explaining why they feel prepared to undertake an MA in Spanish, GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4-point scale as an upper-division student or 3.0 or higher as an MA student, Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended and/or from which you received a degree, GRE scores, Statement of purpose (in English) indicating your background, areas of academic interest, teaching experience (if any), and why you are applying to our program, Writing sample in Spanish. The writing sample should be your original work. Ideally, your writing sample will be consistent with your academic interest in our program (linguistics and/or literature/culture studies), International students whose native language is not English: TOEFL scores of 80 or higher in internet-based test (IBTOEFL) or 550 or higher on paper-based test.
if you are a non-native speaker of English, in order to be eligible for employment, Florida State University requires you to have a minimum of 23 points on the IB TOEFL Speaking Section. If you score is below 23, or if you did not provide TOEFL scores for admission because you had equivalent experience verifying your English proficiency (such as a previous degree from a US university)