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SPANISH

Qualification: PHILOSOPHIAE DOCTOR DEGREE
Award Type and NFQ Level: RESEARCH PH.D. (10)
Course code: SPA900
PAC code: MHZ02; MHZ03; MHZ04; MHZ05

	Details
	The MLitt and the PhD in Spanish and Latin American Studies aim to provide students who already have a background in Spanish Studies at undergraduate or postgraduate level with an opportunity to specialize in an area of Spanish or Latin American Linguistic, Literary or Cultural Studies. The Department of Spanish, within the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, offers individual supervision, an active scholarly community and a dynamic intellectual environment. Central objectives of the Structured PhD Programme in Spanish are to introduce students to academic communication and educate them in the same through active participation and presentation at departmental graduate symposia, at research conferences nationally and internationally; to foster their specific research skills; to extend their knowledge in their respective and related fields of expertise. The programme also allows PhD students to participate in agreed courses delivered outside NUIM.

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The MLitt and the PhD in Spanish and Latin American Studies aim to provide students who already have a background in Spanish Studies at undergraduate or postgraduate level with an opportunity to specialize in an area of Spanish or Latin American Linguistic, Literary or Cultural Studies. The Department of Spanish, within the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, offers individual supervision, an active scholarly community and a dynamic intellectual environment.

Central objectives of the Structured PhD Programme in Spanish are to introduce students to academic communication and educate them in the same through active participation and presentation at departmental graduate symposia, at research conferences nationally and internationally; to foster their specific research skills; to extend their knowledge in their respective and related fields of expertise. The programme also allows PhD students to participate in agreed courses delivered outside NUIM.

	Research interest
	Supervision is offered in the following areas: Latin American and Spanish Film and Visual Cultures; Chicano Studies; Spanish Theatre; Censorship in twentieth century Spain; Contemporary Spanish Women’s Writing; Cultural Memory; Spanish American literature; Spanish poetry; Latin American indigenous cultures; Translation; History of Language Teaching; Hispanic Lexicography. Full details of staff research interests can be found at http://spanish.nuim.ie/staff_research.shtml and http://www.nuim.ie/rpd Dr David Barnwell Foreign Language Testing, Legal Interpretation and Translation, History of Language Teaching, Hispanic Lexicography, Ireland and Latin America Dr Catherine Leen Chicana/o Literature and Cinema, Latin American Literature, especially the contemporary Argentine novel, short story and microrrelato, the Cinemas of Argentina, Mexico and Paraguay. Dr Catherine O’Leary Contemporary Spanish Theatre, Censorship in Twentieth-century Spain, Contemporary Spanish Women’s Writing, Cultural Memory, Spanish Cinema and Visual Cultures, the Reception of Irish writers in Spain.

Research interest

	Entry requirements
	All candidates (MLitt and PhD) must have an undergraduate qualification in Spanish or a relevant subject area. PhD candidates must have a postgraduate qualification in Spanish or a relevant subject area. Applicants for research degrees are requested to contact the Head of Department, enclosing relevant academic transcripts, an outline of the proposed area of research, and the names of two referees. Applicants whose primary degree does not include Spanish, but who are applying on the basis of linguistic competence and other relevant qualifications, may be asked to present an additional piece of work.

Entry requirements

	Additional information
	Research Environment The School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures (SMLLC) runs friendly, informal research seminars and regularly invites guest lecturers to share their expertise with the Departments in the School. Members of the Department, including postgraduate students, participate in national and international conferences. The option of jointly-supervised research with another Department from the Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy or the Faculty of Social Sciences is also available. http://spanish.nuim.ie/courses_postgrad.shtml European Doctorate PhD students who have a strong European Language element to their research can apply for a European Doctorate. For further information, please consult the Graduate Studies webpage http://graduatestudies.nuim.ie/policies/university-policies/european-doctorate Closing date Research applications are generally accepted at any time. Commences September 2013 (or other agreed time)

Additional information

	How to Apply
	Online application only www.pac.ie/nuim PAC Code MHZ02 PhD Full-time MHZ03 PhD Part-time MHZ04 MLitt Full-time MHZ05 MLitt Part-time The following information should be forwarded to PAC, 1 Courthouse Square, Galway or uploaded to your online application form: Certified copies of all official transcripts of results for all non-NUI Maynooth qualifications listed MUST accompany the application. Failure to do so will delay your application being processed. Non-NUI Maynooth students are asked to provide two academic references and a copy of birth certificate or valid passport. Applicants may be required to attend for interview as part of the admissions process.

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	Course structure
	PhD Programmes The student, in consultation with his/her supervisor, will devise a plan with a specified number of modules taken each year of the programme. Students normally take any given module only once over the course of the PhD programme. The same piece of work can only be submitted and accredited once. Students are normally required to take GSA1, GSA2 and GSA3 over the first three years of the programme. Allowances will be made for specific circumstances such as prolonged periods spent abroad or equivalent.* Students are normally required to take one (but normally not more than one) of the ID84X modules (ID841, ID842 or ID843) during the first three years of their PhD programme. Students are encouraged to attend all ID84X modules and to pass at least one of ID841, ID842 or ID843 during the first three years of their PhD programme. ID81X modules are offered at irregular intervals, but at least every third year so that every student has the chance to take an ID81X module over the course of their programme; specific topics will vary (determined by the areas of research of a given cohort). Every student is normally required to take one ID 81X module during the four years of their PhD programme. Students are encouraged to take suitable modules, including Transferable Skills Modules, offered by cognate departments/schools within NUIM. Students also have the opportunity to take suitable modules from the taught MA in Spanish, if they have not already done so.** All students normally have to pass at least one Advanced Specialist module (SPA85X, SPA86X or SPA87X) offered outside NUIM. * Prolonged research periods abroad might offer the opportunity to take Advanced Specialist Modules at the host university. PhD students based at a foreign university will be advised by their supervisor to take relevant modules or attend relevant seminars, etc. Such modules will be awarded the ECTS value stipulated by the host university. Prolonged research periods abroad may also be considered as an Internship (SPA88X). The mark(s) achieved at the host university will be translated into the NUIM scheme of Pass (P), Distinction (D) or Did Not Complete (DNC) for all modules. The normal prerequisite for admission to the Structured PhD Programme in Spanish is an MA or MLitt in Spanish or equivalent. Students with an MA or MLitt in Spanish or equivalent are required to take structured PhD modules to the value of 30 ECTS credits. Students admitted without holding an MA, MLitt or equivalent are required to take structured PhD modules to the value of 60 ECTS credits. Students, in consultation with Supervisor and Subject Leader/Head/Prof, may take extra modules beyond this requirement. For MLitt programmes Students must take a minimum of 10 credits in taught modules (at least 5 in generic/transferable modules and at least 5 in subject specific/advanced specialist modules) from the Structured PhD programme. Campus venue: NUI Maynooth campus Duration:** PhD: 4 years FT, 6 years PT; MLitt: 2 years FT, 3 years PT Click here for further details

Course structure

PhD Programmes

The student, in consultation with his/her supervisor, will devise a plan with a specified number of modules taken each year of the programme. Students normally take any given module only once over the course of the PhD programme. The same piece of work can only be submitted and accredited once. Students are normally required to take GSA1, GSA2 and GSA3 over the first three years of the programme. Allowances will be made for specific circumstances such as prolonged periods spent abroad or equivalent.*

Students are normally required to take one (but normally not more than one) of the ID84X modules (ID841, ID842 or ID843) during the first three years of their PhD programme. Students are encouraged to attend all ID84X modules and to pass at least one of ID841, ID842 or ID843 during the first three years of their PhD programme. ID81X modules are offered at irregular intervals, but at least every third year so that every student has the chance to take an ID81X module over the course of their programme; specific topics will vary (determined by the areas of research of a given cohort). Every student is normally required to take one ID 81X module during the four years of their PhD programme.

Students are encouraged to take suitable modules, including Transferable Skills Modules, offered by cognate departments/schools within NUIM. Students also have the opportunity to take suitable modules from the taught MA in Spanish, if they have not already done so.**

All students normally have to pass at least one Advanced Specialist module (SPA85X, SPA86X or SPA87X) offered outside NUIM.

* Prolonged research periods abroad might offer the opportunity to take Advanced Specialist Modules at the host university. PhD students based at a foreign university will be advised by their supervisor to take relevant modules or attend relevant seminars, etc. Such modules will be awarded the ECTS value stipulated by the host university. Prolonged research periods abroad may also be considered as an Internship (SPA88X). The mark(s) achieved at the host university will be translated into the NUIM scheme of Pass (P), Distinction (D) or Did Not Complete (DNC) for all modules.

** The normal prerequisite for admission to the Structured PhD Programme in Spanish is an MA or MLitt in Spanish or equivalent. Students with an MA or MLitt in Spanish or equivalent are required to take structured PhD modules to the value of 30 ECTS credits. Students admitted without holding an MA, MLitt or equivalent are required to take structured PhD modules to the value of 60 ECTS credits. Students, in consultation with Supervisor and Subject Leader/Head/Prof, may take extra modules beyond this requirement.

For MLitt programmes

Students must take a minimum of 10 credits in taught modules (at least 5 in generic/transferable modules and at least 5 in subject specific/advanced specialist modules) from the Structured PhD programme.

Campus venue: NUI Maynooth campus

Duration: PhD: 4 years FT, 6 years PT; MLitt: 2 years FT, 3 years PT

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