Spanish, B.A. (Secondary Teacher Certification)

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This degree requires 122 credit hours, including 43 hours of Core coursework.

Degree Requirements

All candidates must meet the following:

Fulfill all university requirements for a bachelor’s degree, as outlined in the Bachelor’s Degree Requirements section of this catalog.
Complete Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or later.
Satisfy Bachelor of Arts degree requirements:
- Lower Division: 3 semester hours of speech and fulfillment of the computer literacy/proficiency requirement (see note below).
- Foreign Language: 6 semester hours at the sophomore level in one foreign language.
  - Students with an approved foreign language test score from the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences may substitute 6 elective hours.
Complete all required courses for the degree plan (outlined below).

Note: Students who are core complete but did not take speech and computer literacy/proficiency as part of their core curriculum will be required to complete these courses to meet degree requirements.

Core Curriculum Requirement - 43 Semester Hours

Core 010 Communication - 6 hours
Core 020 Mathematics - 3 hours
Core 030 Life and Physical Science - 7 hours (including 1 Lab)
Core 040 Language, Philosophy and Culture - 3 hours
Core 050 Creative Arts - 3 hours
Core 060 American History - 6 hours
Core 070 Government/Political Science - 6 hours
Core 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 hours
Core 090 Component Area Option: Speech - 3 hours
Core 090 Component Area Option: Computer Literacy - 3 hours

Plan Program Requirements

General Program Requirements - 12 Semester Hours

Speech (May be satisfied in Core)
Computer Literacy (May be satisfied in Core)
SPAN 1301 Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 1302 Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 2301 Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 2302 Intermediate Spanish II

Major Requirements - 22 Semester Hours

Upper Division Spanish Electives - 12 Semester Hours

Students must take 12 s.h. of Upper Division Spanish electives- based on advisement.

SPAN UD
SPAN UD
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SPAN UD

Professional Development/Education - 27 Semester Hours

LD/UD Free Electives

Additional lower- or upper-division electives as needed to meet the 120 semester hour degree requirement, including at least 36 upper-division semester hours.

Total Required Hours - 122 Semester Hours

Optional ESL or SPED Certification Requirements

Additional ESL Certification - 12 Semester Hours

Students pursuing an additional ESL Certification will complete the following courses in place of free electives.

Additional Special Education Certification - 12 Semester Hours

Students pursuing an additional Special Education Certification will complete the following courses in place of free electives.