2003-2005 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

176 The University of Alabamasecond language acquisition and pedagogy (FR 512, EN 613, and two of the following:FR 515, EN 610, EN 612, CIE 577, or other approved courses; for descriptions ofcourses bearing the EN prefi x, see the Department of English section of this catalog;for a description of CIE 577, see “Curriculum and Instruction Course Descriptions”in the College of Education section). Based on the advice of the graduate adviser,appropriate courses taken in these components will si mul ta neous ly fulfi ll the Romancelanguages core requirements listed above. Degree requirements includesuccess on writ ten and oral comprehensive examinations. All ex am i na tions arebased on the course work.• Spanish Option, Hispanic literature version without thesis (Plan II). Curriculumre quire ments: 30 hours of coursework, including at least one course in each of thefollowing six fi elds:1. Twentieth-century Spanish America2. Spanish America before 19003. Golden Age4. Nineteenth-century peninsular5. Twentieth-century peninsular6. Hispanic linguisticsBased on the advice of the graduate adviser, appropriate courses taken in these componentswill si mul ta neous ly fulfi ll the Romance lan guag es core requirements listedabove. A student will be held responsible for the items on the M.A. Reading List onlyin the fi eld(s) for which a prescribed course is not offered during the period of thestudent’s enrollment or if a student fails to enroll in one of the prescribed courses.In consultation with the Spanish graduate adviser, each student must also select aspecial area of interest in Hispanic literature. Other specialization options may beavailable based on the discretion of the graduate adviser. Degree requirements includesuccess on written and oral comprehensive examinations. The written examinationwill be based on the coursework. In addition to questions from the required fi elds,the examination will include a component covering the student’s declared area ofinterest. (It is the student’s responsibility to keep syllabi from each course on fi le forreference.) Successful completion of the written examination allows the student toproceed to the oral component, which will be a follow-up to the written examinationbut will also include a presentation based on the declared area of interest.• Spanish Option, applied linguistics version without thesis (Plan II). Curriculumre quire ments: 36 hours of coursework. The applied lin guis tics track involves threecomponents: language, linguistics, and applied linguistics. The language com po nentconsists of 21 hours of course credit in Spanish language, literature, and culture(a minimum of 6 hours must be in Peninsular literature and 6 hours in Spanish-American literature). The linguistics com po nent is com prised of a 3-hour de scrip tivelin guis tics course (SP 556). The applied linguistics com po nent consists of 12 hoursof coursework in second language acquisition and pedagogy (SP 502, EN 613, andtwo of the following: SP 581, EN 610, EN 612, CIE 577, or other approved courses;for descriptions of courses bearing the EN prefi x, see the Department of Englishsection of this catalog; for a description of CIE 577, see “Curriculum and InstructionCourse Descriptions” in the College of Education section). Based on the advice ofthe graduate adviser, appropriate courses taken in these components will si mul -ta neous ly fulfi ll the Romance lan guag es core requirements listed above. Degreerequirements include success on written and oral comprehensive examinations. Allexaminations are based on the coursework.• Romance Languages Option, without thesis (Plan II). Curriculum requirements:30–36 hours of coursework. The curriculum requires study of French and Spanish,one as the major and one as the minor. The major includes a minimum of 18 hours.The minor includes a minimum of 12 hours. More than the minimum is rec om mend edfor both the major and the minor. Graduate courses in Italian studies are also available(see the RL prefi x in course listings below). Based on the advice of the graduateadviser, appropriate courses taken in these components will si mul ta neous ly fulfi ll