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Advanced Language Students are required to take "Spanish only" courses as follows:
(See Catalog Pages for course descriptions)
* BLS 511
* BLS 512
* One Caribbean Lit. course
* Any elective course offered in Spanish only (to complete the 3 electives requirement).

What is this degree going to do for me?
Participants in this program are already professionals in a large variety of fields: nursing and medical professions, teaching, social workers, lawyers and legal aides, businesspersons, government workers (including local, state and federal branches), law enforcement, etc. Participants have, generally, come to the conclusion that their work environment, markets or clients/customers/students have/are changing dramatically. These changes may be viewed, primarily, as resulting from present and future demographic shifts. The growth of Hispanics in the United States creates linguistic and cultural needs for those that intend to serve these markets and individuals. The M.A. in Bilingual/Bicultural Studies has as its principal objective the education of professionals in the linguistic and cultural aspects necessary to effectively provide goods and services to this rapidly growing segment of the population (currently, 14% of the population, expected to be 25% within the next 20 years). Adding to the complexity of effectively communicating with Hispanics is the fact that, culturally, Hispanics are not monolithic. This means that the program aims to provide sufficient cultural awareness to allow the student to differentiate and to acculturate their products, interpersonal relations, direct/indirect communications, etc. in accordance to the individual/group that the student wants to reach.
In summary, this program aims at making professionals better able to deal with a changing environment caused by current and future demographic developments.

Is the M.A. in Bilingual/Bicultural Studies a part-time or full-time program?
Students determine whether they want to take one, two, three or four courses per semester. No student is allowed to take more than four courses per semester. The Director, in fact, discourages students from taking four courses, unless, the student is not working while attending the program. Most students take one or two courses per semester for, at least, the fall, spring and first summer session semesters. Certain required courses are offered in the summer only, others in the fall or the spring. The Director keeps this in mind when students are advised concerning the curriculum for any semester.

All courses are offered in the late afternoon. Starting times vary: from 5:30pm to 6:15 pm. Classes are, approximately, 3 hours in duration. During the fall and spring semesters, classes are held once per week for each course. In the summer sessions, classes are held twice per week for each course. Regular semesters are 14 weeks long. Summer sessions are 6 week long.