Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Note: Graduate students only.

The goal of this Graduate Studies and Professionalization Workshop Series is to provide support, resources, and opportunities to graduate students as they transition through various stages of the program and into professional careers—both inside of and outside of academia. This one-credit course requires participation in monthly workshops and the completion of a professional portfolio due at the end of the semester. Workshops involve presentations by faculty, alumni, advanced graduate students, and campus professional staff, and can be tailored to diverse student needs. Throughout the series, students will learn how to effectively transition through each stage of the graduate program.  We will cover a range of topics, such as preparing for MA/PhD exams, securing research and travel funding, approaches to the dissertation, and creating an academic job dossier.   The series will also offer presentations that explore research tools and methods, the digital humanities, and careers outside of the professoriate.  In each session, the presentations will be followed with time dedicated to workshop the topic at hand.

Students in the M.A. program or in their first year of the Ph.D. program should register for Series I: Graduate Study and Professionalization (section #10173). Students beyond their first year in the Ph.D. program should register for Series II: Advanced Professionalization (#10174).

HISP-S #10173      4:20P-5:50P         F       GA 2134         Prof. Rhi Johnson     
VT: Series I: Graduate Studies and Professionalization

HISP-S #10174     4:20P-5:50P          F       GA 2067          Prof. Erik Willis     
VT: Series II: Advanced Professionalization