Structured PhD (Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences) (Spanish Studies)

University of Galway

The Structured PhD in Spanish Studies at the University of Galway offers students a unique opportunity to study under the guidance of academics with expertise in Spanish Cultural Studies, translation, linguistics, second language acquisition, detective fiction, gender studies, issues of identity in literature and issues of space and place in literature. Perhaps one of the most exciting elements of the Structured PhD is the wealth of cross-disciplinary modules offered to the student, which serve to consolidate the student’s learning and guide them towards very interesting and innovative interdisciplinary theoretical approaches to their research topic. It is also envisaged that students on this programme will engage in research in Spain during their studies.As part of the doctoral training available on the Structured PhD programme, students avail themselves of a range of interdisciplinary taught modules. The wide menu of available options include modules that:are discipline-specific in that they augment the student’s existing knowledge in their specialist area, e.g., Language and Intercultural Communication, are dissertation-specific in that they supply core skills which are essential to completion of the research project, e.g., additional language skills, acknowledge a student’s professional development, e.g., presentation of a paper at an international conferenceenhance a student’s employability through generic training, e.g., careers workshops, computer literacy.

College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies