Overview

Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures / Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures is located in Pittsburgh, PA, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Master of Arts (MA)	Hispanic Languages and Literature
Master of Arts (MA)	Film Media Studies	Hispanic

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	7
Doctoral Degrees	2

Earning Your Degree

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

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Comp Exam Required
Doctoral Degrees	Comp Exam Required Thesis Required Upload dissertation or thesis to d.scholarship.pitt.edu

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

32

Applied

5

Accepted

3

Enrolled

Applying

50

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	January 15th	January 15th	Yes

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Statement of academic interests (2ÔÇô3 page) three letters of recommendation unofficial transcripts of all post-secondary academic work (official translations if documents are not already in English) Sample of written work (15ÔÇô20 pages) in Spanish, Portuguese, or English. If the paper submitted is in English, we ask a 3-5 page text in Spanish

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL IBT score: 90
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 7

Tuition & Fees

Tuition & Fees

$24,468

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	January 15
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships

Student Body

36

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	77.78%
Black or African American	13.89%
White or Caucasian	5%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	2.78%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	8.33%
Unknown	0%

Gender

Male (61%)

Female (38%)

Faculty

15

Total faculty

Full-time - 9

Part-time - 6

Male (5)

Female (10)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Indigeneity; Racialized modernities and Cultural Theory of Colonialism and Anti-Colonialism; Digital ethnography and Performance Studies; Global Ecology of the Anthropocene; Latin American Visual Culture and Media, Gender, Sexuality, and Women Studies.
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	24,000

Location & Contact

Address 1309 Cathedral of Learning
4200 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA  15260
United States

Contact Dr. Jerome Branche
Department Chair
Email: branche@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-5468
Fax: 412-624-5520

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