Master of Arts in Spanish - Medieval and Renaissance Studies [Research Paper]

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures offers the degrees of Master of Arts (MA) and Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Spanish.
The objective of the program is to provide advanced training in the literatures and cultures of Spain and Latin America, as well as in Hispanic linguistics, benefiting from the theoretical and comparative research interests of the professors of the department.
The Department participates in a collaborative program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the MA level and in a collaborative program in Canadian Studies at the PhD level. For more information on this program, see Admission Requirements.
The collaborative master's in Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MDR) has two goals:
To offer at the graduate level a multi-disciplinary education in Medieval and Renaissance Studies,
To teach students the theoretical approaches and methods of research specific to the study of the period.
Since the 16th century, study of the middle ages implies studying a middle, or intermediary period, seen as standing between two great civilizations: Roman antiquity and the modern western world. This definition has had a major impact on scholarship, crystallizing a periodization that has now become traditional in most of the humanities.
Studying languages and cultures is an essential preparation to become a global citizen. Knowledge of other cultures and the ability to communicate with their members will help you to actively find your way in a world where all aspects of life, including the arts, politics, trade, and environmental issues, are crucially shaped by international and transnational as well as local and national dimensions.

Applications are evaluated based on the following criteria:

Be the holder of a bachelor's degree with a specialization, or a major in Spanish (or equivalent) with a minimum average of 70% (B).
Students without full background preparation may be asked to complete a preliminary period of study before being admitted to the program. Students will be expected to have some knowledge of the following general areas:
a) Spanish Peninsular Literature: Medieval and Golden Age periods, nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries.

b) Spanish-American-Literature: the colonial period, the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries.

c) General and/or Hispanic linguistics: descriptive grammar, morphosyntax, methodology of teaching foreign languages, sociolinguistics, language contact, translation.

It is desirable that students know both official languages (English and French). They must possess a good written and oral command of Spanish, since most courses are taught in Spanish.
Wherever possible, candidates for admission to the program should be interviewed by a professor or professors assigned by the program.
Once students are admitted to the program, their progress will be monitored by a director of studies assigned by the program.

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