Spanish, B.A.

Students who choose the major concentration in Spanish must complete:

• course - Intermediate Spanish II (recommended for non-native or non-heritage speakers of Spanish) OR course - La Gramatica Espanola (recommended for native or heritage speakers of Spanish)

• course - Comparative Romance Literature

• course - Intro Lit Crit Hispanic Stdnt

• course - Spanish Capstone

• And six major Spanish courses numbered 220 and above, which must include three major courses designated as Broad and three major courses designed as Focus. The courses listed as Broad are more comprehensive topically than the Focus courses, which emphasize greater depth within a specific topic

Broad

• course - Latin Amer Through Film

• course - Spanish Culture

• course - Latin American Cultures

• course - Preceptiva Literaria/Hisp Std

• course - The Latin American Short Story

• course - Spain Today

• course - Latin-America Today

• course - Reading & Composition

• course - Masterworks Spanish Lang

• course - Main Currents Spanish Civil I

• course - Main Currents Spanish Civil II

• course - Contemporary Spanish Lit

• course - Main Curr Span-Amer Civ I

• course- Main Curr Span-Amer Civ II

• course - Spanish Conversation

Focus

• course - Aspects of Caribbean Culture

• course - Main Crnts Puerto Rican Civil

• course - Topics in Lit & Linguistics

• course - Cervantes & His World

• course - The Golden Age

• course - 19th Century Spanish Lit

• course - “Modernismo” Spain/Span-America

• course - The Generation of 1898

• course - Gen Ortrge Y Gasset/G Lorca

• course - AfroHispanic Literature

• course - Independent Study Spanish

Bachelor of Arts in Spanish 

Master of Science in TESOL, PreK-12

The TESOL graduate courses that must be completed for the B.A. degree are the following: 

• course - Educational Foundations from Diverse Perspectives

• course - Teaching English as a Second Language

• course - Educational Evaluation and Assessment from Early Childhood through Adolescence

• course- Approaches to Literacy in Early Childhood through Adolescence

• course - Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition for Students with Disabilities

The above 15 credits are taken as an undergraduate student as part of the B.A. degree program. The remaining 15 credits are taken as a graduate student after receiving the B.A. degree and after meeting the admission requirement for acceptance into the M.S. degree program. Please see the Graduate Catalog for course descriptions of the above courses and for specific requirements for the M.S. degree. 

*Students in the 4+1 program must take course - Contemporary Issues in Childhood & Education Credits: 3, under the Social Perspectives General Education Disciplinary Grouping, as a general education elective

Graduate Progression Criteria

In the final undergraduate year, students in the B.A. Spanish / M.S. TESOL, Pre-K-12 program will be evaluated by the School of Education Associate Dean and graduate Program Director for a review of their qualifications to progress to the graduate education portion of the program, including:

1. Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA and in Graduate Education courses

2. Submit a written Effective Educator Statement. 

Students in the 4+1 program who do not meet the above criteria, will not be permitted to continue to the graduate education portion of the program. Their major will be changed to the B.A. Spanish and the undergraduate degree will be conferred upon completion of the undergraduate program. Credits earned for graduate education courses taken will be applied to the undergraduate degree as elective credit.