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Twin Cities Campus

Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Minor

Spanish & Portuguese Studies

College of Liberal Arts

Link to a list of faculty for this program.

Contact Information

Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, 214 Folwell Hall, 9 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455 (612-625-5858; fax: 612-625-3549)

Email: spptgrad@umn.edu

Website: http://spanport.umn.edu

Program Type: Graduate minor related to major
Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2022
Length of program in credits (master's): 6
Length of program in credits (doctoral): 12
This program does not require summer semesters for timely completion.

The Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics minor allows students in related fields to pursue research with graduate faculty in the department. Faculty have specialties in a variety of fields such as cultural studies, linguistics, political science, law, and textual analysis, and research contacts and visibility in Latin America and Europe.

Program Delivery

This program is available:

via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)

Prerequisites for Admission

The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program is 3.00.

Special Application Requirements:

Students interested in the minor are strongly encouraged to confer with their major field advisor and director of graduate studies, and the Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics director of graduate studies regarding feasibility and requirements.

For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the General Information section of this website.

Program Requirements

Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.

Minor field coursework is determined in consultation with the Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics director of Graduate Studies. Minor field coursework that is offered on both the A-F and S/N grade basis must be taken A/F, with a minimum grade of B earned for each course. The minimum cumulative GPA for minor field coursework is 3.5.

Coursework (6 to 12 credits)

Master's students select 6 credits and doctoral students select 12 credits from the following in consultation with the HLLCL director of graduate studies.

SPAN 5xxx

SPAN 8xxx

PORT 5xxx

PORT 8xxx

Program Sub-plans

Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.

Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.

Masters

Doctoral