Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Major in Spanish (Secondary Education; Teacher Certification in Spanish, Early Childhood through Grade Twelve, with Double Major in B.A. Education)

Minimum Hours: 120 Semester Credit Hours

Admission Requirements

1. All students pursuing teacher certification must apply and be accepted to the Office of Educator Preparation.

General Requirements

1. The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses. 
2. In addition to the general education core curriculum requirements, the In addition to the general education core curriculum requirements, the Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) requires three additional hours of English literature, three additional hours of math/science/logic/computer science courses, six hours of 2000-level modern language courses, and a minor. For this program, the additional literature course may be satisfied by selecting a sophomore literature course for the 040 component of the core curriculum and the second major in Education fulfills the minor requirement.
3. Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
4. Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation, which can be completed by courses in the major, minor, or general education core curriculum.
5. The major in Spanish requires 27 hours including 24 hours of advanced Spanish coursework and LING 4307. Students must earn a “C” or higher in all major course work and maintain a major GPA of at least 2.50. Course requirements include the following:

   Course List

   Code	Title	Hours
   SPAN 3307	Advanced Composition for Spanish Heritage Speakers	3
   or SPAN 3308	Advanced Composition
   SPAN 3309	Introduction to Hispanic Literature and Literary Analysis	3
   SPAN 3340	Advanced Spanish Grammar and Stylistics	3
   Select 3 of the following:		9
   SPAN 3301	Literatures of Spain I
   SPAN 3302	Literatures of Spain II
   SPAN 3305	Latin American Literatures I
   SPAN 3306	Latin American Literatures II
   SPAN 3370	Spanish Civilization
   SPAN 3371	Latin American Civilization
   Select 2 of the following:		6
   SPAN 4302	The Spanish Novel
   SPAN 4330	The Latin American Novel
   SPAN 4341	Gabriel Garcia Marquez
   SPAN 4350	Hispanic Film
   SPAN 4361	Hispanic Poetry
   SPAN 4362	Hispanic Drama
   SPAN 4370	Hispanic Literature of the Southwest
   SPAN 4380A	Hispanic Nobel Prizes in Literature
   SPAN 4380F	Mexican Literature
   SPAN 4380G	Women, Minorities and Marginal Groups in Medieval Spanish Literature
   SPAN 4380H	Nature and Nation in Latin American Literature
   LING 4307	Foreign Language Acquisition	3
   Total Hours		27

6. To satisfy graduation requirements for teacher certification, students must have at least a 2.75 Overall GPA and a GPA of at least 2.50 in all assigned courses in the professional sequence of the Education major with no grade below a “C”.
7. This degree program is designed to prepare students for all-level teacher certification in Spanish and requires that students pursue a double major by declaring and completing requirements for the major in Spanish and the major in Education. The following courses are required for the major in Education:

   Course List

   Code	Title	Hours
   Educations Foundation
   CI 2310	Education for Change	3
   CI 3325	Adolescents and Society	3
   CI 4332	Secondary Teaching: Curriculum and Technology	3
   Teaching and Learning
   CI 3340	Teaching for Linguistic Diversity	3
   CI 4343	Instructional Strategies for the Secondary Teacher	3
   CI 4370	Building Relationships in the Secondary Classroom	3
   CI 4372	Teaching in Communities	3
   RDG 3323	Teaching Literacies in the Content Areas	3
   SPED 4344	Educating Students with Mild Disabilities	3
   Clinical Practice
   EDST 4380	Student Teaching All-Level I	3
   EDST 4381	Student Teaching All-Level II	3

8. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) requires multiple background checks for progression through the Educator Preparation Program. Based on information recorded in your criminal history, you may be ineligible for issuance of a teaching certificate upon completion of the Educator Preparation Program. If you have a criminal history, you may obtain a Preliminary Criminal History Evaluation from TEA. For more information, go to:  https://tea.texas.gov/Texas_Educators/Investigations/Preliminary_Criminal_History_Evaluation-FAQs/.
9. For transfer students, 6 semester credit hours in Curriculum and Instruction and Special Education may be transferred from a Texas public institution of higher education for the Associate of Arts in Teaching Field of Study and be applied to the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Education at Texas State University. More information about the Field of Study is available in the Academic Policies section of this catalog. The transferable Texas Common Course Number (TCCN) is listed below the Texas State University course number in the following course list:

   Course List

   Code	Title	Hours
   CI 2310	Education for Change (CI ELNA)	3
   TCCN: EDUC 1301
   SPED 4344	Educating Students with Mild Disabilities (CI ELNA)	3
   TCCN: EDUC 2301

 Course Requirements