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The
Graduate Programs in Spanish at Florida
International University offers an innovative
curriculum that encompasses all aspects of Hispanic
literature, culture and civilization, with an
emphasis on the Caribbean, as well as courses in
Spanish linguistics, literary theory, and teaching
and research methodology. As a community of active
scholars, we endeavor to offer each of our graduate
students the opportunity for intellectual growth,
development and interdisciplinary work within a
multicultural environment, and to provide students
with a rigorous theoretical foundation.
The
courses offered reflect the variety of the faculty's
interests as well as the students' needs, and engage
different modalities of interpretation from
stylistics and traditional philology to cultural
studies, post-structuralism, new historicism and
feminist theory. Our graduate faculty and advanced
students are research active, and the department’s
collegial intellectual climate is reflected in their
steady participation in conferences, symposia and
research publication.
We hold
a biennial international conference on Hispanic
Cultural Studies that attracts scholars from all
around the world, and gives our graduate students
the opportunity to gain a useful experience in their
professional training. In addition, graduate
students can receive financial support from
different sources to present papers at national and
international conferences.
Most of
our faculty and students are active members of the
FIU Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC), an
organization that promotes advanced education and
research on Latin America and the Caribbean. LACC
offers publications and public education activities
that address the full range of issues affecting
hemispheric relations.
Our
program also makes a solid commitment to all
students in the area of professional development, to
ensure that they will be knowledgeable about the
profession and adept at the skills needed to be
active and participating members of the academic
world. As our Teaching Assistants gain pedagogical
experience, they are given the opportunity to teach
higher level undergraduate courses. Student progress
throughout the program is carefully monitored and
mentored. A rigorous and innovative teaching
assistant training program prepares them for the
instructional component of their future professional
careers. In addition, the faculty sponsors yearly
practical seminars and workshops that deal with
various aspects of the academic profession. |
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