Effective Fall 2009
Students seeking Secondary Education Certification in Spanish must declare majors in both Spanish and Secondary Education (Spanish) and complete the full Spanish course sequence as well as the Secondary Education Professional Course and Certification requirements. Students must consult their advisers in both departments each semester regarding course selection and other certification requirements.
A total of 121 credits are required for a Bachelor of Science in Education degree with a specialization in Spanish. Required courses include:
SPANISH.203 Spanish III
SPANISH.204 Spanish IV
SPANISH.206 Structure of the Spanish Language (SPANISH.250 Spanish for Heritage Speakers I replaces for Spanish speakers or advanced language students the required course SPANISH.206)
SPANISH.207 Conversation and Composition I
SPANISH.214 Hispanic World Culture and Civilization
SPANISH.305 Applied Phonetics and Pronunciation.
SPANISH.306 Conversation and Composition II (SPANISH.350 Spanish for Heritage Speakers II replaces for Spanish speakers or advanced language students the required. course SPANISH.306)
SPANISH.402 Advanced Conversation
SPANISH.403 Advanced Structure and Composition
SPANISH.420 Spanish Literature
SPANISH.421 Spanish American Literature
Electives 3 Credits Minimum by Advisement - Substitution with these courses requires chair approval
Note: A student exempted from a required course must substitute the course with an advanced elective in Spanish with the chair’s approval:
EDFOUND.206 Teachers, Schools and Society
EDFOUND.251 Psychological Foundations of Education
EDFOUND.291 Principles of Teaching
EDFOUND.311 Classroom Measurement and Assessment
EDFOUND.497 Teaching in Education: First Experience
EDFOUND.498 Teaching in Education: Second Experience
LANGCULT.350 Foreign Language Methodology and Research
SPECED.275 Linking Assessment
SPECED.358 Methods of Instruction
Choose one of the following three courses:
Choose one of the following two courses:
Among 50 credits of general education courses, the following are required:
ENGLISH.101 Foundations of College Writing
ENGLISH.201 Composition II or a Writing Intensive Course:
Choose one of the following two courses:
A mathematics course
ANTHRO.200 Principles of Cultural Anthropology
AUDSLP.415 ELL: Basics of Language and Communications or
PROFSTUD.494 ELL: Strategies and Methods
PSYCH.101 General Psychology
PSYCH.212 Adolescent Psychology
SPECED.101 Introduction to Exceptional Individuals
Among courses chosen to meet humanities requirement, three departments must be represented from Art and Art History, Communication Studies and Theatre Arts, English, Languages and Cultures, Music History, and Philosophy. Among natural sciences and mathematics requirements, three departments must be represented from Biological and Allied Health Sciences, Chemistry; Geography and Geosciences; Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, and Physics and Engineering Technology.