Spanish and Secondary Education

 

In collaboration with the Department of Education, Modern Languages and Literatures majors may follow a joint program in Modern Languages/Secondary Education to prepare themselves to teach Spanish at the secondary school level. Students in the joint program will complete a major program in Spanish (see below) and a minor program in education (seven courses, including student-teaching internship). Courses in language, literature, conversation, civilization, linguistics, and methodology, along with the appropriate education courses, will help students acquire the skills and knowledge necessary for successful teaching. Modern Languages and Literatures majors who wish to avail themselves of this program should consult the undergraduate advisers in both departments as soon as possible in their undergraduate careers in order to insure that they make room in their schedules for all the required courses in both fields. In Spanish, the undergraduate advisor for this program is Dr. Margaret Ann Kassen, kassen@cua.edu. The program advisor in Education is Dr. Agnes Cave, cave@cua.edu.

 

See also the secondary education requirements in the Department of Education.

 

 

I. MAJOR REQUIREMENTS: 12 COURSES (thirty-six credit hours)

 

Tracking Sheet #	CURRENT
1	SPAN 203 or 210	Adv Conv/Comp I  or Span for Bilinguals  I
2	SPAN 204 or 211	Adv Conv/Comp II or Span for Bilinguals II
3	SPAN 205 or 206	Culture Spain/Lat Am or Topics in LatAm Culture
4	SPAN 300	Intro to Literature
5	SPAN 301	Practical Phonetics
6	SPAN 310	Contemp Hispanic Issues
7	SPAN 320	Translation I
8-11		ELECTIVES*
12	SPAN 462	Coordinating Seminar

 

* ELECTIVES: Four additional courses (twelve credit hours) at the 300 level or higher in both Spain and Latin America, of which at least 2 must be at the 400 level or higher and taken at CUA.

 

II. SECOND LANGUAGE / AREA STUDIES: 4 COURSES (twelve credit hours)

 

Students must select these courses in consultation with the Joint Program advisor:

 

1. A combination of 4 courses (twelve credit hours) relevant to the teaching of Spanish is today’s schools, including (but not limited to) courses in Education, History, English linguistics, Media Studies, and Spanish (maximum of two).

2.  Four courses in a second foreign language (ancient or modern).

 

 

 

III. SECONDARY EDUCATION : 7 COURSES (twenty-one credit hours)

 

Tracking Sheet #	COURSES
13	EDUC 251	Foundations of Education
14	EDUC 361	Psychology of Education
15	EDUC 586	Curriculum and Methods in Adolescent Education
16	ML 521	Principles and Practice of Second Language Teaching
17	EDUC 597	Student Teaching and Seminar
18	EDUC 598	Student Teaching and Seminar
19	EDUC 599	Student Teaching and Seminar