Department of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese

Guidelines for Graduate Students

Information about Graduate Programs, Policies, and Degree Requirements in the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

Fall 2009

T A B L E   O F   C O N T E N T S

1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION

  1.1     Degrees Offered

1.2     Goals

  1.2.1 Master of Arts

  1.2.2 Doctor of Philosophy

1.3     Graduate Student Handbooks

1.4     Faculty Advisors

  1.5     The Director of Graduate Studies (DGS)

  1.6     The Graduate Progress and Awards Committee

  1.7     Financial Aid, Fellowships, and Grants

  1.7.1 Teaching Assistantships

  1.7.1.1 Time Limits

            1.7.2 Research Assistantships

            1.7.3 Graduate College Funding

  1.7.3.1 Conference Travel Grants

            1.7.3.2 Dissertation Grants

  1.8     Petitions

  1.9     Grievances

  1.10   Leaves of Absence

2.0 REGISTRATION AND COURSES

  2.1     Graduate College Minimum Course Load and Registration Requirements

  2.2     Departmental Course Load Requirements

  2.3     Registration Procedures

  2.4     Breadth and Depth in Coursework

3.0 SATISFACTORY PROGRESS

  3.1     Grade Point Average

  3.2     Policy on EX Grades

  3.3     Criteria for Determining Satisfactory Progress

4.0 COURSE AND THESIS CREDIT

  4.1     Course Credits

  4.2     M.A. Required Hours

  4.3     Ph.D. Required Hours

  4.4     SIP 571

  4.5     SIP 595 (Independent Study)

  4.6     Registration in SIP 599

  4.7     Transfer Credit

   4.7.1 M.A. Students

   4.7.2 Ph.D. Students

  4.8     Exam Reading Lists

            4.8.1 M.A. Exam Reading Lists

  4.8.2 Ph.D. Exam Reading Lists

5.0 EXAMS AND OTHER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

  5.1     M.A. Examinations

            5.1.1 Evaluation

  5.1.2 Internal Admission to the Ph.D. Program

  5.2     Stages of the Doctoral Program

  5.3     Ph.D. Foreign Language Requirement

  5.4     Ph.D. Preliminary Examinations

  5.4.1 General Information and Committee Formation

  5.4.2 General Procedure

  5.4.3 General Preliminary Examination Structure for all SIP Doctoral Students

  5.4.4. Paperwork for Preliminary Examinations

6.0 THE DISSERTATION

  6.1     The Dissertation Committee

  6.2     Dissertation Proposal and Defense

            6.2.1 The Proposal

  6.2.2 The Proposal Defense: Procedure

  6.3     Ph.D. Final Examination (Dissertation Defense)

  6.3.1 Procedure

7.0 RESEARCH PROJECTS

  7.1     Permission to Use Human Subjects

  7.2     Procedures for the Use of SIP Students as Research Subjects

8.0 SIP COLLOQUIA, LECTURES, ETC.

9.0 SIP GRADUATE ORGANIZATION (SIPGO)

  9.1     Purpose and Structure

  9.2     Elections and Procedures

  9.3     Meetings

10.0 IMPORTANT DEADLINES AND DATES

  10.1   Program Deadlines

10.2   Department Deadlines for Submission of Graduate College Grant and Fellowship Applications

  10.3   Grad Calendar Dates

A P P E N D I X

Program Descriptions

  M.A. Spanish – Linguistics

  M.A. Spanish – Literature

  Ph.D. Spanish - Linguistics

  Ph.D. Spanish – Literature

M.A. Italian Studies (Linguistics)

M.A. Italian Studies (Literature and Culture)

Ph.D. Italian Studies (Linguistics)

Ph.D. Italian Studies (Literature and Culture)

M.A. Portuguese

Ph.D. Portuguese

Ph.D. Romance Linguistics

Certificate of Advanced Study - SLATE

Spanish M.A. Coursework Checklists - Linguistics

Spanish M.A. Coursework Checklists – Literature

Spanish Ph.D. Coursework Checklists - Linguistics

Spanish Ph.D. Coursework Checklists – Literature

Italian M.A. Coursework Checklists - Italian Studies (Linguistics)

Italian M.A. Coursework Checklists - Italian Studies (Literature and Culture)

Italian Ph.D. Coursework Checklists - Italian Studies (Linguistics)

Italian Ph.D. Coursework Checklists – Italian Studies (Literature and Culture)

Portuguese M.A. Coursework Checklist

Portuguese Ph.D. Coursework Checklist

Romance Linguistics Ph.D. Coursework Checklist

SLATE Coursework Checklist

Change of Advisor Form

Teaching Assistant Duties and Responsibilities

Grievance Policy

Request Form for a Grade of Incomplete (EX)

Petition Form for 595 (Independent Study)

Request to Schedule M.A. Examination

M.A. Examination Results Form

Evaluation of Internal Ph.D. Candidate Form

Request to Schedule Ph.D. Exam

Ph.D. Written Preliminary Examination Results Form

Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal Defense Results Form

IRB-1 Form for Research Involving Human Subjects