Students who wish to pursue K-6 teacher certification in Elementary Education must apply and be admitted to the Teacher Education Program. Once admitted, students will be matriculated into the B.A. in Elementary Education program as a second major.
Please visit the Teacher Education Program website for the required professional sequence of courses and other important Program requirements, guidelines, and procedures. Students also are strongly advised to review the Teacher Education Program Handbook.
120 credits of coursework is required for the baccalaureate degree with a minimum 3.0 overall GPA. Major GPA requirements differ depending on field of study. Consult the Teacher Education Program Handbook for more information.
Degree Requirements Overview
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 1 |
| 18 |
| 30-39 |
| 54-58 |
| 17-4 |
| Total Credits | 120 |
Major Requirements
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 0-9 |
| Spanish I | |
| Spanish II | |
| Spanish III | |
| 3 |
| Basic Spanish for Heritage Learners | |
| Fundamentals of Spanish Grammar | |
| Spanish Composition and Stylistics | |
| 3 |
| Perspectives on Latin America | |
| Image and Identity: Representation of Latin American Women in Film and Fiction | |
| Spanish Language Review Through Literature, Culture and Film | |
| Cultural Studies: Latin America and the Caribbean | |
| 24 |
| Total Credits | 30-39 |
Electives
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| LALS 201 | Perspectives on Latin America | 3 |
| LALS 205 | Image and Identity: Representation of Latin American Women in Film and Fiction | 3 |
| LALS 390 | Special Topics in Latin American and Latino Studies | 3 |
| LALS 401 | Capstone Course in Latin American and Latino Studies | 3 |
| SPAN 221 | Spanish for Business | 3 |
| SPAN 332 | Negotiation Skills in Spanish | 3 |
| SPAN 343 | Introduction to Spanish Phonetics | 3 |
| SPAN 344 | Spanish Conversation | 3 |
| SPAN 346 | Special Topics in the Spanish Language | 3 |
| SPAN 347 | Spanish in the United States | 3 |
| SPAN 348 | Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics | 3 |
| SPAN 349 | Introduction to Hispanic Literary Studies | 3 |
| SPAN 350 | Theory and Practice of Translation | 3 |
| SPAN 351 | Fundamentals of Specialized Translation | 3 |
| SPAN 361 | Voices of the Past and Present: Spain | 3 |
| SPAN 363 | Voices of the Past and Present: Latin America | 3 |
| SPAN 373 | Special Topics in Spanish and Latin American Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 374 | Cultural Studies: Spain | 3 |
| SPAN 375 | Spanish Study Abroad | 3 |
| SPAN 376 | Cultural Studies: Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| SPAN 410 | Advanced Spanish Grammar | 3 |
| SPAN 415 | Introduction to Computer-Assisted Translation | 3 |
| SPAN 420 | Audiovisual Translation | 3 |
| SPAN 421 | Special Topics in Teaching Spanish K-12 | 3 |
| SPAN 429 | Audio Description | 3 |
| SPAN 439 | Spanish Film and Fiction | 3 |
| SPAN 441 | Contemporary Spanish Novel | 3 |
| SPAN 442 | Spanish Poetry and Drama of the 19th Century | 3 |
| SPAN 443 | Spanish Prose of the 19th Century | 3 |
| SPAN 444 | Contemporary Spanish Theater | 3 |
| SPAN 446 | The Latin American Essay and Crónica | 3 |
| SPAN 447 | Short Stories and Cross-Cultural Processes in the Spanish-Speaking World | 3 |
| SPAN 448 | Poetics of Resistance in Hispanic Poetry | 3 |
| SPAN 449 | Negotiating Identity and Power in the Hispanic Novel | 3 |
| SPAN 450 | Introduction to Interpreting | 3 |
| SPAN 452 | Capstone Course in Translation | 3 |
| SPAN 453 | Bilingual Prose Workshop: Fiction and Non-Fiction Writing | 3 |
| SPAN 454 | Bilingual Poetry Workshop: Writing Poetry in the 21st Century | 3 |
| SPAN 455 | Literary Translation: Crossing Borders in Poetry and Fiction | 3 |
| SPAN 460 | El Quijote | 3 |
| SPAN 466 | Scripts and Stages: Hispanic Theater and Performance | 3 |
| SPAN 469 | The Drama of the Golden Age | 3 |
| SPAN 470 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
| SPAN 471 | Contemporary Trends in the Spanish-American Novel | 3 |
| SPAN 473 | Sexual Subversion in Contemporary Hispanic Literature and Film | 3 |
| SPAN 480 | Independent Study | 3 |
New Student Seminar
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| |
| 1 |
| Pathways to Success | |
| Freshman Seminar in Chemistry | |
| First Year Seminar | |
| Adult Academic Success Seminar | |
| New Student Seminar | |
| Freshman Seminar in Health and Physical Education | |
| Pathways to Adult Learning | |
| New Student Seminar | |
| New Student Experience for Mathematical Sciences | |
| Freshman Seminar for Music Majors | |
| Introduction to Nursing | |
| Freshman Seminar in Political Science and Law | |
SEEDS General Education Requirements
Click here for a list of courses that fulfill the SEEDS requirements.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| |
| |
| |
| 9 |
| |
| Total Credits | 18 |
Recommended Roadmap to Program of Study Completion
This recommended degree plan is provided as an outline for students to follow in order to complete their program of study requirements within four years and 120 credits. This plan is a recommendation and must be used in consultation with their academic advisor. Important note: Students should be aware this plan assumes no pre-requisite coursework is required. If pre-requisite coursework is needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which do not appear on the plan.
| First Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| New Student Seminar | 1 | SEEDS: Effective Writing II | 3 |
| SEEDS: Effective Writing I | 3 | SEEDS: World Language (Intermediate or higher depending on placement score.) | 3 |
| SEEDS: World Language (Beginning or Intermediate, or higher, depending on placement score.) | 3 | SEEDS: Exploration 2 | 3 |
| SEEDS: Interactive Communication | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| PSYC 101 (Fulfills SEEDS: Exploration 1 - Analyzing Cultures and Societies) | 3 | FSHD 214 | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| | 16 | | 15 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| ECEL 200 (Fulfills SEEDS: Political and Civic Life) | 3 | READ 209 (Fulfills SEEDS: Exploration 4 - Literary and Artistic Analysis) | 3 |
| SEEDS: Exploration 3 | 3 | MTHM 201 (Fulfills SEEDS: Quantitative Reasoning) | 3 |
| SPAN 135, 241, or 242 | 3 | Spanish Course | 3 |
| SPAN 145, 376, LALS 201, or LALS 205 | 3 | Spanish Course | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| | Free Elective | 2 |
| | 15 | | 17 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| MTHM 302 | 3 | ECSE 339 | 3 |
| READ 399 | 3 | ECEL 408 | 3 |
| ECEL 279 | 3 | READ 408 | 3 |
| Spanish Course | 3 | Spanish Course | 3 |
| Spanish Course | 3 | Spanish Course | 3 |
| | 15 | | 15 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| ECEL 410 | 3 | ECEL 414 | 9 |
| ECEL 412 | 3 | ECEL 421 | 3 |
| ECEL 427 | 3 | |
| Spanish Course or Free Elective | 3 | |
| Spanish Course or Free Elective | 3 | |
| | 15 | | 12 |
| Total Credits 120 |
