Overview

Brigham Young University Department of Spanish and Portuguese / Brigham Young University 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	12

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 1 Foreign Language Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

7

Applied

5

Accepted

5

Enrolled

Applying

50

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

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

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE
Master's Degree Requirements	Prerequisite Second Language Requirement Prerequisite Teaching Methods Requirement

International Students

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

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Types of financial support available	Teaching Assistantships Scholarship and/or loans

Student Body

24

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	58.33%
Black or African American	4.17%
White or Caucasian	37%
American Indian or Alaska Native	Not Reported
Asian	Not Reported
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	Not Reported
Two or more races	Not Reported
Unknown	Not Reported

Gender

Male (20%)

Female (79%)

Faculty

33

Total faculty

Full-time - 33

Part-time - 0

Male (24)

Female (9)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Second Language Acquisition, Language Teaching Methodology, linguistics, Hispanic and Portuguese literature, translation technology
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	0

Location & Contact

Address Brigham Young University
3190 JFSB
Provo, UT  84602
United States

Contact Brian Price
Graduate Coordinator, Professor of Spanish American Literature and Culture
Email: brian_price@byu.edu
Phone: -422 ext. 3453
Fax: 801-422

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