Foreign Languages, Spanish Teacher Licensure, B.S.

Students seeking a license to teach a foreign language in secondary schools (grades 7-12) must complete (1) a major in the language they intend to teach; (2) FL 4500 Introduction to Teaching Foreign Languages ; (3) a minor; and (4) the Secondary Education Minor . Each student must pass an oral interview in the target language at the high intermediate level.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Foreign Languages, Spanish Teacher Licensure, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements include Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

The following General Education course is recommended for this major:

HUM 2610

Major Requirements (38 hours)

SPAN 1020 - Elementary Spanish II 3 credit hours OR
SPAN 1040 - Intensive Elementary Spanish 6 credit hours (only 3 credit hours counted toward degree)
SPAN 2010 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 credit hours
SPAN 2020 - Intermediate Spanish II 3 credit hours
SPAN 3010 - Advanced Spanish 3 credit hours
SPAN 3020 - Advanced Spanish 3 credit hours
SPAN 4000-level 6 credit hours
SPAN upper-division 14 credit hours
FL 4500 - Introduction to Teaching Foreign Languages 3 credit hours

Secondary Education Minor (30 hours)

Please see Secondary Education Minor for additional information.

Minor (15 hours)

Total hours in program: 124 (15-hour minor)

Curriculum, Foreign Languages, Spanish Teacher Licensure

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
SPAN 2010 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 credit hours (by FLL Placement exam or AP)
SPAN 2020 - Intermediate Spanish II 3 credit hours
Mathematics 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
Choose 6 hours from the following:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
SPAN 3010 - Advanced Spanish 3 credit hours
SPAN 3020 - Advanced Spanish 3 credit hours
SPAN 3000 - Group Conversational Spanish 1 credit hour *
YOED 2500 - Planning and Assessment 3 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences (2 rubrics) 6 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
Minor courses 6 credit hours
Natural Sciences 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 32 Hours

Junior

SPAN 3000 - Group Conversational Spanish 1 credit hour *
YOED 3000 - Classroom Management 3 credit hours
YOED 3300 - Problem-Based Instructional Strategies 3 credit hours
SPAN 4000-level elective 3 credit hours
SPAN 3000-4000 level electives 12 credit hours
Minor courses 12 credit hours

Subtotal: 34 Hours

Senior

SPAN 4000-level elective 3 credit hours
FL 4500 - Introduction to Teaching Foreign Languages 3 credit hours
YOED 4030 - Residency I: Grades 7-12 9 credit hours
YOED 4400 - Residency II 12 credit hours

Subtotal: 27 Hours

NOTE:

*An upper-division, 3-hour Spanish elective can be taken in the place of these 2 hours.