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Spanish Education, B.A.

  • Requirements
  • Graduation Plan
  • Department
  • Program Details

Requirements

This four-year degree prepares students to teach Spanish in Secondary education (grades 7-12) settings. Students take major courses from the Languages and Cultures department and licensure courses through the School of Education. This degree requires separate application to the School of Education.

Total Program Credits: 120

Matriculation Requirements:  
  1. ENGL and MATH QL courses must have a grade C or higher.
  2. GPA of 3.0 or higher with no grade lower than a C in content area courses.
  3. Completion of all General Education requirements and 70% of content area courses.
  4. Pass LiveScan Criminal Background Check.
  5. Requirements by the Department of Languages: a) Complete the Spanish controlled writing sample, b) Complete a video of you teaching a lesson in Spanish, c) ACTFL OPI test with a score of Advanced Low or higher.
General Education Requirements: 35 Credits
  ENGL 1010 Introduction to Academic Writing CC 3
or ENGH 1005 Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC (5)  
  ENGL 2010 Intermediate Academic Writing CC 3
Choose one of the following: 3
  MATH 1050 College Algebra QL (4)  
  MATH 1055 College Algebra with Preliminaries QL (5)  
  MAT 1030 Quantitative Reasoning QL (3)  
  MAT 1035 Quantitative Reasoning with Integrated Algebra QL (6)  
  MATH 1090 College Algebra for Business QL (3)  
  STAT 1040 Introduction to Statistics QL (3)  
  STAT 1045 Introduction to Statistics with Algebra QL (5)  
Choose one of the following: 3
  HIST 1700 American Civilization AS (3)  
  HIST 2700 US History to 1877 AS (3)  
and HIST 2710 US History since 1877 AS (3)  
  POLS 1000 American Heritage SS (3)  
  POLS 1100 American National Government AS (3)  
  HIST 1740 US Economic History AS (3)  
Complete the following:  
  PHIL 2050 Ethics and Values IH 3
  HLTH 1100 Personal Health and Wellness TE 2
or EXSC 1097 Fitness for Life TE (2)  
Distribution Courses:  
  Humanities Distribution (non-language courses only) 3
  Social/Behavioral Science 3
  Fine Arts Distribution 3
  Biology 3
  Physical Science 3
  Biology or Physical Science 3
Discipline Core Requirements: 56 Credits
  SPAN 3040 Spanish Conversation and Composition II LH WE 3
or SPAN 3050 Advanced Spanish LH WE (3)  
  SPAN 351G Culture and Civilization--Spain GI 3
or SPAN 352G Culture and Civilization--Spanish America GI (3)  
ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Score of Advanced Low or higher.  
  SPAN 4050 Special Topics in Grammar Usage and Style WE 3
Any two upper division Spanish Literature courses 6
  SPAN 4100 Teaching Spanish Grammar 3
  SPAN 4900 Capstone Seminar 3
  LANG 4200 Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language 3
Education Courses:  
  EDSC 1010 Introduction to Education 2
  EDSP 340G Exceptional Students GI 2
  EDSC 3000 Educational Psychology 3
  EDSC 325G Equitable Technology Integration GI 2
  EDSC 4200 Classroom Management I 2
  EDSC 4250 Classroom Management II 2
  EDSC 4440 Content Area Literacies 3
  EDSC 445G Multicultural Instruction ESL GI 3
  EDSC 455G Secondary Curriculum Instruction and Assessment GI 3
  EDSC 4850 Student Teaching Secondary 8
  EDSC 4990 Teacher Performance Assessment Project WE 2
Elective Requirements: 29 Credits
Complete 18 credits of any upper-division SPAN or LANG courses not previously taken.  18
Complete 11 credits of any courses 1000-level or higher.  11

 Graduation Requirements:

  1. Complete a minimum of 120 credit hours with a minimum of 40 upper-division credits.
  2. Overall Grade of 3.0 (B) or above with no grade lower than a C or better in major required content courses and no grade lower than a B- in Licensure and Methods courses.
  3. Completion of General Education, Spanish core, and elective requirements.
  4. Meet residency and maximum years in program requirements and any other requirements stated in the College Catalog or established by the department.
  5. Successful completion of at least one Global/Intercultural course.

NOTES: Students should frequently review their program with faculty or department advisor.
Post-BA/BS students must take 30 hours of education courses, fulfill the Math 1050 requirement, and meet all stipulated deadlines.

Graduation Plan

This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied. You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation plan in Wolverine Track.

Semester 1 Course Title Credit Hours
ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1000 Introduction to Academic Writing CC or Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC 3
American Institutions-AS 3
HLTH 1100 or EXSC 1097 Personal Health and Wellness TE or Fitness for Life TE 2
General Elective 4
General Elective 3
  Semester total: 15
Semester 2 Course Title Credit Hours
ENGL 2010 Intermediate Academic Writing CC 3
MATH 1050 or MATH 1055 College Algebra QL or College Algebra with Preliminaries QL 4
Biology Distribution 3
Social/Behavior Science-SS 3
SPAN 3050 Advanced Spanish LH WE 3
  Semester total: 16
Semester 3 Course Title Credit Hours
Humanities-HH 3
Physical Science Distribution 3
PHIL 2050 or 205G Ethics and Values IH GI 3
Fine Art-FF 3
SPAN 4050 Topics in Grammar Usage and Style WE 3
General elective 2
  Semester total: 17
Semester 4 Course Title Credit Hours
Third Science Distribution 3
SPAN 3610 or 3620 or 3630 or 3640 Spanish Peninsular Literature to 1800 or Spanish Peninsular Literature from 1800 or Spanish American Literature to 1880 or Spanish American Literature from 1880 3
SPAN 351G or 352G Culture and Civilization--Spain GI or Culture and Civilization--Spanish America 3
SPAN Elective 3
General Elective 3
  Semester total: 15
Semester 5 Course Title Credit Hours
SPAN 3610 or 3620 or 3630 or 3640 Spanish Peninsular Literature to 1800 or Spanish Peninsular Literature from 1800 or Spanish American Literature to 1880 or Spanish American Literature from 1880 3
SPAN Elective 3
SPAN Elective 3
SPAN Elective 3
  Semester total: 12
Semester 6 Course Title Credit Hours
EDSP 340G Exceptional Students GI 2
EDSC 3000 Educational Psychology 3
EDEL 1010 Introduction to Education 2
EDSC 455G Secondary Curriculum Instruction and Assessment GI 3
SPAN 4100 Teaching Spanish Grammar 3
SPAN Elective 3
  Semester total: 16
Semester 7 Course Title Credit Hours
EDSC 325G Equitable Technology Integration GI 2
EDSC 4200 Classroom Management I 2
EDSC 4440 Content Area Literacies 3
EDSC 445G Multicultural Instruction and ESL GI 3
SPAN 4900 Capstone Seminar 3
LANG 4200 Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language 3
  Semester total: 16
Semester 8 Course Title Credit Hours
EDSC 4850 Student Teaching Secondary 8
EDSC 4250 Classroom Management II 2
EDSC 4990 Teacher Performance Assessment Project WE 2
  Semester total 12
  Degree total: 119

Department

Languages and Cultures

The Languages and Cultures department is in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences. To find the most up-to-date information, including Program Learning Outcomes for degree programs offered by the Languages and Cultures department, visit their website.

Languages and Cultures department

Program Details

Program Learning Outcomes
  1. Student will be able to negotiate meaning with individuals via speaking, writing, or reading at the Advanced Mid rating of the ACTFL proficiency levels.
  2. Students will be able to interpret meaning in either oral or written forms with no recourse to active negotiation of meaning with the writer, speaker, or producer at the Advanced Mid rating of the ACTFL proficiency levels.
  3. Students will be able to create messages that can be interpretedby members of the target language with no recourse to active negotiation of meaning with the writer, speaker, or producer at the Advanced Mid rating of the ACTFL proficiency levels
  4. Students will be able to use cultural knowledge to conform linguistically and behaviorally in many social and work-related interactions at the Advanced Level of the ACTFL proficiency levels.
  5. Students will be able to apply pedagogical theories, knowledge and skills.
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