Bachelor of Arts in Spanish with Teacher Certification

 

Admission to the teacher certification program requires a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75. Eligibility for Spanish teacher certification by the New Jersey Department of Education is dependent upon completion of the curriculum requirements of a certification program, a passing score on the Praxis Exam, and advanced-low ranking on the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI), and whatever minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) has been put into effect by the state at the time a graduate's application for certification arrives at the New Jersey Department of Education.

 

Course requirements for the completion of a Spanish/Education major are listed below. The prerequisites are listed in the course descriptions that follow.

 

 I. Spanish:

Required (24 Credits: 8 Courses)

Code	Course Title	Credits
LANG 304 LANG 305 LANG 306 LANG 307 LANG 308 LANG 310 LANG 311 LANG 314	Advanced Spanish Composition I Civilization and Culture of Spain Civilization and Culture of Spanish America Survey of Spanish Literature Survey of Spanish American Literature Spanish/English Comparative Grammar I Spanish/English Comparative Grammar II Advanced Spanish Composition II	3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

 

Electives (12 Credits: any 4 courses)

Code	Course Title	Credits
LANG 401 LANG 406 LANG 407 LANG 408 LANG 410 LANG 416 LANG 417 LANG 418 LANG 419 LANG 420 LANG 421 LANG 510	Hispanic Literature of the Caribbean 20th Century Spanish American Prose Spanish American Literature of the 19th Century Colonial and Post-colonial Studies Latina and Latin American Women Writers 20th Century Spanish Prose 19th Century Spanish Literature Theater of the Golden Age Cervantes 20th Century Spanish American Poetry 20th Century Spanish American Drama Second Language Mehtodology I	3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

 

II. General Studies:

Required:

Code	Course Title	Credits
BIO 100 GEO 111 INTD 149 PSYC 152 SOC 114	General Biology Principles of Earth Science                               Human and Intercultural Relations Adolescence to Adulthood Sociology of the Family	3 3 3 3 3

 

III. Education:

Code   Phase I	Course Title	Credits
EDU 250 LTED 330   Phase II	The Education Challenge Focus: Reading, Language and Literacy	3 3
EDU 330 EDU 331   Phase III	Focus: Development, Behavior and Learning Education Field Experience	3 1
LTED 370 EDU 371 LANG 510   Phase IV	Secondary Reading and Language Workshop Secondary Curriculum, Methods & Materials WK Second Language Methodology I	2 4 3
EDU 450 EDU 470 EDU 470	Classroom Management Seminar I Concurrent Student Teaching Seminar Language Arts Seminar	1 4 2