Graduate Program
Our graduate programs prepare you for flexible, interdisciplinary careers in law, social justice, education, business, and more.
Students entering the program are advised to read thoroughly the Graduate School's Digital Handbook and familiarize themselves with the general procedures for all CSU graduate students.
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures offers a 12-credit graduate certificate in French Linguistics and Literary Studies (FLLF-CT) and in Spanish Linguistics and Literary Studies (SLLF-CT).
Our MA in Spanish allows graduate students to learn from scholars who produce innovative work that is critically minded and theoretically driven.
Our faculty links disciplines as diverse as literature, linguistics, language pedagogy, and translation to prepare our students for entrance into competitive PhD programs, a variety of teaching opportunities, and any number of additional career possibilities.
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Two MA Options
- Departmental MA: selective focus on language, literature and culture (2 years)
- Interdisciplinary MA: language, literature and culture as well as another field, such as Anthropology, English Literature, TESL/TEFL, among others (2 years).
Graduate Certificates
We offer three graduate certificates.
The graduate certificates in Linguistics and Literary Studies provide academic training to students in French or Spanish language, literatures and cultures at the Master’s level, while advancing their proficiency in the language at the graduate level.
We also offer a graduate certificate in Spanish of Veterinary Professionals.
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Funding
Please apply online on the Graduate School Webpage.
Submit Application Materials
After submitting your online application and paying the application fee, begin submitting your supporting materials to complete your application:
- Upload a variety of supporting documents directly to your application.
- To submit official transcripts, contact your previous institutions to request they submit official transcripts to Colorado State University (use institution code 4075).
- Candidates from countries in which English is not the official language must also provide evidence of competency in English equivalent or higher to: a TOEFL PLT score of 550, or a TOEFL IBT score of 80; a IELTS score of 6.5; or a Pearson PTE score of 58. To submit test scores, contact the testing agency to request that scores be sent directly to Colorado State University (use institution code 4075). For a list of countries exempted from the English Proficiency Requirement click here.
For any documents that cannot be uploaded, submit paper copies directly to the Graduate School at:
CSU Office of Admissions
1062 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1062
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Check Application Status
View the status of your application at any time to ensure your application checklist is complete or to check on updates.
Students entering the program are advised to read thoroughly the most recent Graduate Studies Manual [link] and familiarize themselves with the existing options and procedures.
- Spanish Linguistics
- Spanish Latin American A
- Spanish Latin America B
- Spanish Peninsular A
- Spanish Peninsular B
- MA Defense Survey
Students need to bring copies to the defense of the Thesis/Portfolio/Project
