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Hispanic Languages and Literature Ph.D.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Demonstrate advanced critical and integrative knowledge of the literary, visual, and social dimensions of Spanish, Latin American, and U.S. Latino culture.

2. Demonstrate historical and cultural knowledge of the Inter-American and Trans-Atlantic dimensions of Hispanic culture.

3. Understand and critically apply literary, visual, and cultural theory, and analytical tools.

4. Acquire the range of critical and analytical skills required to conduct advanced research in the languages, literature, artistic expressions such as film, and culture of the Spanish-speaking world.

5. Describe and apply current methodologies of applied linguistics as they relate to Spanish language teaching.

6. Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate their acquired knowledge in oral and written Spanish at Superior (near-native) level.

7. Demonstrate proficiency in professional forms of research communication: conference presentations and academic article writing.

SUCCESS RATES

28.6%

8-year graduation rate

8.33

Avg. years to degree

MEDIAN EARNINGS

$88,346

10 years after graduation

$78,034

5 years after graduation

$68,541

1 year after graduation

PLACEMENT2 years after graduation

45.7%

Working in New York

0.0%

Continuing Education

Notes

Graduation rates: the percent of students entering the doctoral program any time during the academic year and graduating by May 31 eight years later. Methodology adheres to guidelines from the AAU Data Exchange doctoral completion rates and means that spring entrants have less time to complete. Average of three most recent reporting years (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) Years to degree: the average number of years it takes a student to complete the selected program. Average of the three most recent completion years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23). No Asterisk-Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level based on the 2-digit CIP code at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. U.S. Census, Postsecondary Enrollment Outcomes Explorer. Degree completers from 2001-2018 in 2020 dollars. Asterisk- Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. SUNY Graduates Post Completions Interactive Dashboard. Degree completers from 2005-2019 in 2020 dollars. Working in NY State: the percent of graduates working in New York State two years after graduation. SUNY Wages Dashboard, includes graduates from 2015-18. Most recent available data from SUNY as of January 31, 2024