In the past, the Department of Foreign Languages included Spanish and Portuguese, as well as romance philology. In its recent history, the program has concentrated on Spanish peninsular literature, Spanish-American literature, and Hispanic linguistics. All periods and genres are taught by the graduate faculty. A strong undergraduate program supports the equally strong M.A. program.
Faculty are active in publishing their research in prestigious journals and presses.
The M.A. degree consists of 36 hours of graduate course work. The department offers concentrations in all periods and genres of peninsular and Spanish-American literature, and both theoretical and applied Hispanic linguistics. Most assistantships require teaching one course each semester. The following is a representative sample of faculty publications during the last five years. LSU Home Copyright 2000.