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Department of World Languages & Cultures

 

B.A. in Spanish

 

The B.A. in Spanish consists of 8 core courses and 3 electives, 1 of which must be a Capstone Seminar at the Advanced Medium (350-399) level.  Spanish Majors are also required to create an electronic portfolio of work done in the required courses, using the commercially available software LiveText. Students who place beyond the Intermediate High level may, with the previous consent of the Undergraduate Advisor, substitute SPAN 224 (Reading Comprehension) with a course at the Intermediate High level or above.

 

Sequence of required courses: 

 

Intermediate Courses

                          Advanced Courses

Low

201

Medium

202-249

High

250-299

Low

300-349

Medium

350-399

High

400-499

 

Two of the following:*

252

314

Capstone seminar

 

 

209

253

315

 

 

 

211

 

321 and/or 323

 

 

 

212

 

326 and/or 328

 

 

  213        
  224        

 

*Please note: 209, 2011 and 212 are designed for heritage learners; 213 is designed for non-hereitage learners; and 224 is designed for both heritage learners and non-heritage learners.

 

Course Name and Number:

Prerequisites:

Acceptable Course Substitutions:

SPAN 209 Spanish for Spanish Speakers I

Placement exam

 

SPAN 211 Spanish for Spanish Speakers II

SPAN 209 or placement exam

 

SPAN 212: Comp. I - Heritage Spkrs.

SPAN 202 or placement exam

SPAN 228 or SPAN 250

SPAN 213: Comp. I - non-Heritage Spkrs.

SPAN 202 or placement exam

SPAN 228 or SPAN 250

SPAN 224: Reading Comprehension

SPAN 202 or placement exam

SPAN 224 or higher

SPAN 252: Literary Genres

SPAN 212, 213 or placement exam

SPAN 240

SPAN 253: Composition II

SPAN 212, 213 or placement exam

SPAN 317

SPAN 314: Latin American Culture

SPAN 253

SPAN 331

SPAN 315: Spanish Culture

SPAN 253

SPAN 331

SPAN 321: Latin American Literature I

SPAN 253

SPAN 329

SPAN 323: Latin American Literature II

SPAN 253

SPAN 329

SPAN 326: Spanish Literature I

SPAN 253

SPAN 329

SPAN 328: Spanish Literature II

SPAN 253

SPAN 329

 

Students who declare their Spanish Major on or after Fall 2010 will have to adhere to this sequence.

 

Students who declared their Spanish Major before Fall 2010 can choose to follow this sequence or the previous one. See the Academic Course Record Forms for appropriate course substitutions.
 

B.A. in Spanish with K-12 Teacher Certification

To become a certified K-12 teacher of Spanish, students must:

  1. Complete the requirements for a Major in Spanish.
     

  2. Take the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) administered by ACTFL (American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages).
    A score of Advanced Low or above is required to enroll in SCED 304J or SCED 305J/F.
     

  3. Pass the ICTS (Illinois Certification Testing System) Content Area Exam in Spanish with a minimum average score of 240.
     

  4. Complete the requirements for a Major in Secondary Education, which include:

    WLC 302       Introduction to Teaching Foreign Languages
    SPAN 319     Applied Spanish Linguistics
    EDFN 305*   Philosophical & Historical Foundations of Public Education
    EDFN 306*   Education & Individual Differences

     

    Student must apply and be admitted to the College of Education to continue with the following Teacher Education Requirements:

    READ 301*     Teaching Reading in Junior & Senior High School
    EDFN 307*     Psychology of Instruction & Learning
    ELED 311*      School Curriculum
    SCED 303F*   Teaching Modern Foreign Language in the Secondary School
    SCED 304J*    Foreign Language Clinical Experience in the Secondary school
    SCED 305J**  Secondary Student Teaching & Seminar in Spanish
    * C or better grade required
    ** B or better required

    Please note:
    EDFN 306 & 307 each have 20 clock hours of clinical experience attached.
    Spanish K-12 majors must take SPAN 319 prior to enrolling in SCED 304J.
    SCED 304J and SCED 303F must be taken concurrently.
    (SCED 305J is for one full semester, 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, for 9 credit hours.)