Overview

Department of Spanish and Portuguese / Department of Spanish and Portuguese is located in Provo, UT, in a suburban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Master of Arts (MA)	Spanish	Spanish pedagogy
Master of Arts (MA)	Spanish	Hispanic linguistics
Master of Arts (MA)	Spanish	Hispanic literatures
Master of Arts (MA)	Portuguese	Portuguese linguistics
Master of Arts (MA)	Portuguese	Luso-Brazilian literatures
Master of Arts (MA)	Portuguese	Portuguese pedagogy

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	6

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?	No

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE 2 Foreign Languages Comp Exam Required Thesis Required 1 semester of teaching

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

11

Applied

6

Accepted

5

Enrolled

Applying

50

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	March 1st	March 1st	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE
Master's Degree Requirements	Prerequisite second language requirement (can be fulfilled concurrently) prerequisite teaching methods course (can be fulfilled concurrently)

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 580 TOEFL IBT score: 85

Tuition & Fees

Tuition & Fees

$15,020

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	March 1
Types of financial support available	Teaching Assistantships Scholarship and/or loans

Student Body

28

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	39.29%
Black or African American	3.57%
White or Caucasian	46%
American Indian or Alaska Native	3.57%
Asian	0%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	0%
Unknown	0%

Gender

Male (25%)

Female (75%)

Faculty

20

Total faculty

Full-time - 20

Part-time - 0

Male (15)

Female (5)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Mexican prose; Latin American theater; literature; phonetics, and phonology; pedagogy; classical Portuguese literature
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	0

Location & Contact

Address 3190 Joseph F. Smith Building
Provo, UT  84602
United States

Contact Dr. Jeffrey Scott Turley
Chair, Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Email: jeffrey_turley@byu.edu
Phone: 801-422-7019
Fax: 801-422-0308

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