Overview

Department of Spanish and Portuguese / Department of Spanish and Portuguese is located in Santa Barbara, CA, in a suburban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Master of Arts/Doctor of Philosophy (MA/PhD)
Master of Arts (MA)	Hispanic linguistics
Master of Arts (MA)	Luso-Brazilian literature
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Hispanic languages and literatures	European medieval studies
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Hispanic languages and literatures	Feminist studies
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Hispanic languages and literatures	Hispanic literature
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Hispanic languages and literatures	Hispanic linguistics
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Hispanic languages and literatures	Luso-Brazilian literature
Master of Arts (MA)	Spanish or Spanish-American literature

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	1
Doctoral Degrees	8

Earning Your Degree

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

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE 2 Foreign Languages Comp Exam Required for some Thesis Optional
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

21

Applied

11

Accepted

9

Enrolled

Applying

90

Application Fee - Domestic

110

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	December 15th	December 15th	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 550 TOEFL IBT score: 80
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 7

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	December 15
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Teaching Assistantships Graduate Assistantships Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships Career or field-related internships Federal Work-Study

Student Body

26

Total Graduate Students

34%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	23.08%
Black or African American	0%
White or Caucasian	23%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	3.85%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	Not Reported
Unknown	15.38%

Gender

Male (42%)

Female (57%)

Faculty

15

Total faculty

Full-time - 15

Part-time - 0

Male (7)

Female (8)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Nineteenth-century Spanish and Portuguese literature, Spanish and Spanish-American literature, nineteenth- and twentieth-century Portuguese and Brazilian literatures, Hispanic linguistics, Catalan language and culture
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	0

Location & Contact

Address 4206 Phelps Hall
Santa Barbara, CA  93106-4150
United States

Contact Prof. Leo Cabranes-Grant
Chair
Email: cabranes@spanport.ucsb.edu
Phone: 805-893-2654
Fax: 805-893-8341

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