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Spanish with K-12 Teaching Certification (B.A.)
Program Overview
The Spanish Major encompasses a wide variety of courses to study the language itself, as well as the history, literature, culture, and civilization of the Spanish-speaking peoples. Introductory level courses focus on grammar, phonetics, conversation, composition and culture and are taught with an emphasis on oral proficiency. Intermediate and advanced courses are taught in Spanish.
Major Requirements
Complete the following for your major:
SPAN 101 | Fundamentals of Spanish I | 3 |
SPAN 102 | Fundamentals of Spanish II | 3 |
SPAN 201 | Intermediate Spanish | 3 |
SPAN 206 | Spanish Conversation and Composition | 3 |
LANG 493 | Modern Languages Seminar | 3 |
CIS/MATH/STAT
| meeting Quest mathematical science | 6 |
EDSP 207 | Introduction to Special Education | 3 |
EDSP 307 | Inclusion Practices | 3 |
EDUC 201 | Education and American Society | 3 |
EDUC 203/PSYC 203 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
EDUC 208 | Teaching English Language Learners in K-12 Schools | 3 |
EDUC 331 | Instructional Design and Assessment for Middle and Secondary Grades | 3 |
ENGL 1xx
| (ENGL 122-ENGL 176, meeting QuEST literature) | 3 |
LANG 320 | Foreign Language Teaching Methods | 3 |
TEP 210 | Sophomore Field Experience | 0 |
TEP 310 | Junior Field Experience | 0 |
TEP 410 | Secondary Pre-Student Teaching Experience | 0 |
Six credits from the following:
SPAN 301 | Topics in Latin American Literature | 3 |
SPAN 302 | Culture and Identity in Latin America | 3 |
SPAN 305 | Latin American Plays of Protest | 3 |
SPAN 306 | Contemporary Mexico | 3 |
Six credits from the following:
SPAN 311 | Topics in Spanish Pennsular Literature | 3 |
SPAN 312 | Topics in Spanish Peninsular Culture | 3 |
SPAN 314 | The Counter Reformation and the Spanish Baroque | 3 |
SPAN 331 | Trans-Atlantic Literature | 3 |
Three credits in Linguistics:
Fifteen credits of the following:
Approved Spanish courses at the Universidad de Granada, the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso or Universidad de Adolfo Ibanez, Vina del Mar, Chile. Students must complete at least one Latin American or Spanish peninsular literature class (3 hours). Additional courses should be selected among a variety of humanities courses that may include grammar, literature, history, art history, or political science to attain a total of 15 credits of Spanish classes. Students should confirm with the Department of Modern Languages that the courses that they select are approved for the Spanish major.
Note: Students must complete a minimum of 33 credits in Spanish (SPAN).
Professional Semester:
QuEST Requirements
Experiential Learning requirement | 0 |
QuEST requirements | Credits |
First Year Seminar | 3 |
Oral Communication | 3 |
Created and Called for Community (W) | 3 |
Mathematical Sciences | met/major |
Laboratory Science | 3 or 4 |
Science, Technology & the World | 3 |
Social Science (EDUC 203) | met/major |
European History or United States History (3) | 3 |
Literature (ENGL 122 to ENGL 176) | met/major |
Philosophy and Religion | 3 |
Arts | 3 |
First Semester of Language (SPAN 101) | met/major |
Second Semester of Language (SPAN 102) | met/major |
Third Semester of Language or Cross Cultural (SPAN 201) | met/major |
Non-Western Studies (SPAN 305 or SPAN 302) | met/major |
Bible | 3 |
Christian Beliefs | 3 |
Wellness course | 1 |
Ethics, World Views or Pluralism | 3 |
Major requirements | 90 |
QuEST requirements | 34-35 |
Total credits | 124-125 |