Admission Requirements

Applicants must meet the following requirements

1. Minimum Graduate School requirements
2. Candidates must hold undergraduate majors or minors in the language of their specialization, with an overall undergraduate grade point average of 2.75 and a grade point average of 3.0 in courses in the target language.
3. Candidates must complete an oral proficiency interview in the language of their specialization with a rating of “Advanced-low” on the ACTFL scale. For additional information, please click here .
4. Two letters of recommendation
5. A personal statement in the language of specialization.
6. Conditional admission may be granted to candidates with deficiencies in target language proficiency. Such candidates must successfully complete deficiency courses including, but not limited to, SPNH 443L5 - Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition  and SPNH 444L5 - Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition . Graduate credit will not be granted for these courses.

The faculty of the language area of specialization will review applications.

Department Information

World Languages, College of Arts & Sciences

Jeff Popko, Ph.D. | Department Head | 219 Alexander | 734.487.0130 | apopko@emich.edu

Advisor Information

Mónica Millán, Ph.D. | 316 Alexander | 734.487.6732 | millan@emich.edu

Program Requirements

Students in the program must complete a cultural immersion experience of at least six weeks in a country where Spanish is predominant. Students may satisfy this requirement through an EMU study abroad program in Spanish or through participation in a similar program of study sponsored by another accredited U.S. university upon approval of the faculty of the Spanish program. Students should select a study abroad program in consultation with a faculty advisor prior to enrollment in any such program. Students who believe they have already fulfilled this requirement through previous experience may petition to have the requirement waived of reduced; if the petition is approved, the candidate may substitute up to six hours of restricted electives for the international study experience.

Students must, in consultation with the teacher, complete a Master’s Research Project in the FLAN 650 - Graduate Research Seminar  course.

Degree Requirements: 30 hours

The Master of Arts in World Languages (Spanish) requires 30 hours of course work to be distributed as follows: