University of California Irvine Fully Funded PhD in Spanish

PhD @University of California Irvine posted 2 days ago

Job Description

University of California, Irvine (UCI) offers a fully funded PhD program in Spanish through its Department of Spanish and Portuguese. This program is designed to provide comprehensive training in Spanish, Spanish-American, and Chicano/Latino literatures and cultures, integrating period and genre studies with literary and critical theory, linguistics, sociohistorical studies, and cultural studies.

Program Overview

Degree: PhD in Spanish
Institution: University of California, Irvine
Department: Spanish and Portuguese

The program emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, allowing students to engage with various fields such as film, history, and critical theory. Graduate emphases in Latin American Studies, Visual Studies, Critical Theory, and Feminist Studies are available, and other areas of study may be designed with approval from the student’s Ph.D. guidance committee.

Funding Package

All admitted PhD students receive a comprehensive funding package that includes:

Tuition and Fees: Full coverage.
Stipend: Support through a combination of fellowships and teaching assistantships (TA-ships).
Duration: Typically five years, contingent upon satisfactory academic progress.

Additional funding opportunities include small fellowships for conference travel and the possibility of teaching summer courses starting in the second year to supplement the university stipend.

Curriculum Highlights

Coursework: A minimum of 16 courses beyond the B.A. or eight beyond the M.A. are required. All students must take the HUMAN 398A-HUMAN 398B sequence and SPANISH 239A. Equivalent courses from other institutions may satisfy some requirements.
Teaching Experience: Doctoral students with no prior teaching experience are required to complete a minimum of three quarters of language teaching (SPANISH 399). They are also encouraged to complete a teaching practicum by co-teaching an upper-division course with a professor and enrolling in SPANISH 292.
Qualifying Examination: After completing coursework, students advance to candidacy by passing written and oral qualifying examinations. The exams involve developing two topics in consultation with the examination committee, incorporating theoretical and interdisciplinary components.
Dissertation: Students choose a dissertation topic in consultation with their committee, present a study plan, and submit drafts for approval. A defense of the dissertation occurs upon its completion during the candidate’s residency.
Language Requirement: Proficiency in an additional foreign language (equivalent to the 2C level) is required, satisfied by examination or coursework. The selection must be approved by the student’s guidance committee.