Admission requirements: undergraduate major in Spanish or equivalent, including 12 credits in Spanish or Hispanic-American literature. Qualified students may be admitted with less than 12 credits but must make them up Without graduate credit.

Program requirements : all work carried out in Spanish. For thesis option, -30 credits including six thesis research credits. For non-thesis option, 30 credits. All candidates must pass a written comprehensive examination and an oral comprehensive examination. Course work may be completed on campus or through the URI summer study program in Salamanca, Spain, or a combination of both.