Program: Foreign Languages, Spanish Teacher Licensure, B.S. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 07, 2025

2021-22 Undergraduate Catalog

World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
615-898-2981
Theresa Mcbreen
Theresa.Mcbreen@mtsu.edu

Students seeking a license to teach a foreign language in secondary schools (grades 6-12) 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
Major Requirements	35 hours
Auxiliary Requirement	3 hours
Secondary Minor	30 hours
Minor	15-18 hours
TOTAL	124 hours (15 hour minor; 127 hours 18 hour minor)

General Education (41 hours)

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

Major Requirements (35 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 3080 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature 3 credit hours
SPAN 4000-level 6 credit hours
SPAN upper-division 10 credit hours
FL 3000 - Career and Professional Development for World Language Majors 1 credit hour

Auxiliary Requirement (3 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)

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
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours
HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours
HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 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 - World Literatures 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 * (2 times)
SPAN 3080 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature 3 credit hours
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 10 credit hours
Minor courses 9 credit hours
FL 3000 - Career and Professional Development for World Language Majors 1 credit hour

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.