Graduate Studies

Graduate Studies

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The Ohio State University continues a long and distinguished tradition that makes it one of the premier comprehensive graduate programs in the country. The Department offers Integrated M.A./Ph.D. programs in Hispanic Linguistics, Iberian Studies, Latin American Cultural & Literary Studies, and Studies of the Portuguese-speaking World. 

We also offer minors in film studies, Latinx studies, literary and cultural theory, folklore, and other exciting fields, reflecting the interdisciplinary approach to research of our faculty and students. Our faculty members and graduate students pursue a great variety of research interests within these fields. Faculty members maintain active research programs and are at the same time committed to excellence in instruction, as attested by numerous teaching awards won in recent years. Similarly, our students are recognized for their teaching, invited to present their work at conferences, awarded FLAS and Fulbright-Hays fellowships, and internal and external grants to conduct research.

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