Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
School/College: Arts and Sciences
Department: Romance Languages
Program of Study or Area of Emphasis: Hispanic Studies
Total Hours Required for this Degree: 39

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For the Ph.D. degree in Romance Languages with an area of emphasis in Hispanic Studies a minimum of 20 graduate courses in Hispanic literature and culture (including those taken at the M.A. level), preliminary written and oral examinations, a dissertation, and an oral dissertation defense are required. Students will take 8 or 9 of the 12 courses required for the Ph.D. in Spanish and 3 or 4 courses in the minor field of study. The minor must be a well-defined set of courses either within the department or outside the department, some of which may already have been taken as part of the M.A. degree at the University of Georgia. Students are required to take SPAN 7750 and SPAN 8180. The hours of credit of ROML 8000 which may be taken at the Ph.D. level are limited to 6.

REQUIRED COURSES (6 HOURS)
Course Number		Course Title		Credit
SPAN (LING) 7750		Teaching College Spanish		3 hours
SPAN 8180		Literary and Cultural Theories and Criticism		3 hours
DISSERTATION HOURS (3 HOURS)
Course Number		Course Title		Credit
ROML 9300		Doctoral Dissertation		3 hours
ELECTIVE COURSES (30 HOURS)
Course Number		Course Title		Credit
		Select from among graduate courses in Literature and Culture (SPAN prefix), Romance Languages (ROML prefix), or other courses as approved by the Doctoral Advisory Committee.

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