Spanish B.A.– K-12 Spanish Teaching Emphasis - Licensure: World Languages (grades K-12)

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Contact: Department of Hispanic Studies

Location: Candelaria 0295

Telephone: 970.351.2811

Website: http://www.unco.edu/hss/hispanic-studies

Advising Information:

Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.

To find your advisor, log into ursa.unco.edu; go to 'Student' tab and click 'View Student Information' link. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.

The program consists of four parts:

Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
Required Major Credits
University-Wide Credits
Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) Credits

Program Description:

Students develop a functional proficiency in the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) with an appreciation and understanding of the civilization and culture of the Hispanic world. Students become competent secondary school teachers of Spanish.

Program Admission Requirements:

Academic Good Standing

Program Requirements:

Students must earn a grade of “C” or better (GPA 2.0 or above) for all Spanish courses in the major.
All Spanish language courses to be counted for the major and minor must be beyond the first year level.

PTEP Program Requirements:

Teacher candidates who complete an approved content degree and the UNC professional teacher education program, as well as pass the appropriate Colorado Department of Education designated PRAXIS exam (if applicable), will be eligible for recommendation from UNC for a Colorado Department of Education teaching license.

If you are seeking licensure in your program area, the following items are required to complete your program

Completion of Application for Initial Admission to PTEP
Completion of Full Admission to PTEP
Completion of Application for Student Teaching
Completion of content specific PRAXIS test prior to Student Teaching
Candidates may not take extra courses with Student Teaching without prior approval from the Program Coordinator and the STE Director.
All PTEP Field Experiences and methods courses need to be successfully completed prior to Student Teaching.
Student Teaching outside the supervision of UNC Faculty may or may not be approved.
Teacher Candidates will not be placed in a school where they were once students or where they have a close relative attending and/or working.Teacher education and educator preparation licensure programs do not accept Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) or field based courses that are more than ten years old. PLEASE NOTE: Teacher Candidates have the right to petition this policy at the discretion of the program coordinator.

Please work with your content advisor to determine when these requirements

Program Recommendations:

It is recommended that Spanish majors take HIST 118 and MAS 337 or ENG 337. Students who wish to take additional electives may select HISP 102.

Degree Requirements — 120 Credits

Degree Requirements

1. Required Specified LAC — 9 credits

LAC area 3.d. — World Languages

SPAN 201	Intermediate Spanish I	3
SPAN 202	Intermediate Spanish II	3

LAC area 8 - United States Multicultural Studies

Choose one of the following courses:

MAS 100	Introduction to Mexican American Studies	3
MAS 110	Contemporary Chicano Literature	3

Note: MAS 110 will satisfy both LAC area 3.b. and LAC area 8.

Remaining LAC— 31 credits

See “Liberal Arts Core”.

2. Required Major — 33 credits

Complete one of the following options:

Non-Heritage Speaker Option

SPAN 301	Spanish Grammar	3
SPAN 302	Spanish Composition	3

Heritage Speaker Option

SPAN 310	Spanish for Native Speakers	3
SPAN 312	Written Spanish for Native Speakers	3

^{The Heritage Speaker courses must have program approval through a placement exam.}

Take all of the following courses:

SPAN 304	Introduction to Hispanic Literature	3
SPAN 305	Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics	3
SPAN 455	Literature for Children and Adolescents	3
SPAN 470	Spanish for Oral Proficiency	3

Choose five of the following courses:

^{(at least two courses must be 400 level)}

SPAN 303	Spanish Conversation	3
SPAN 321	Spanish Civilization and Culture	3
SPAN 331	Latin American Civilization and Culture	3
SPAN 341	Mexican and Mexican American Civilization and Culture	3
SPAN 405	Spanish Phonetics and Dialects	3
SPAN 406	Introduction to Translation	3
SPAN 450	Masterpieces of Spanish Literature	3
SPAN 451	Masterpieces of Latin American Literature	3
SPAN 456	Spanish and Latin American Short Story	3
SPAN 457	Masterpieces in Chicano/a Literature	3
SPAN 459	Hispanic Drama	3

3. University-Wide Credits — 9 credits

Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for this degree at UNC; for this degree, that will typically be 9 credits.

4. Required PTEP — 38 credits

Phase I (5 credits taken concurrently)

EDFE 170	Introduction to Field Based Experience	1- 3
EDF 366	Conceptions of Schooling: Context and Process	3

Phase II (8 credits taken concurrently)

EDFE 270	Field Based Experience	2
EDSE 360	Adaptation, Modification, and Integration of Curriculum for the Secondary Exceptional Learner	3
PSY 347	Educational Psychology for Elementary Teachers	3
	or
PSY 349	Educational Psychology for Secondary Teachers	3

Phase III (11-14 credits taken concurrently)

EDFE 370	Advanced Field Based Experience	1- 3
EDRD 340	Academic Language/Literacy Development in the Content Areas at the Secondary Level	3
FL 441	Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages in K-12	3
TESL 350	Second Language Acquisition	3

EDRD 340 may be taken outside of Phase III.

Phase IV (14 credits)

EDFE 444

Supervised Student Teaching

1-15

See “Spanish Endorsement”.

Students wishing to be licensed must have obtained a grade of 3.0 or better in FL 441.

It is recommended that Spanish majors take HIST 118 and either HIST 314 or HIST 315.

All Spanish language courses to be counted for the major and the minor must be beyond the first year level.

Courses with the SPAN prefix are taught in Spanish and courses with the HISP prefix are taught in English.