Bachelor of Arts Major in Spanish with a Preliminary Single Subject Teaching Credential

Lead Faculty: Dr. Luis Acebal

The Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Spanish consists of intensive proficiency-oriented coursework in Spanish language acquisition, as well as instruction in essential knowledge and understanding of history, culture, geography, and politics of the region. The program prepares students for a variety of career paths in government, military, business, and education. Each student has the option of choosing to complete seven courses of upper-division electives or pursuing a Preliminary Single Subject Teaching Credential (California). Note: The below includes information on the BA Spanish with Credential only. Students who do not wish to do the credential should refer to the College of Letters and Sciences BA Spanish program.

Please see additional Credential admissions requirements under Teacher Education in the School of Education’s Credential Programs section of the website.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Develop oral, written and reading proficiency in Spanish
• Read and interpret representative texts and cultural productions in Spanish.
• Develop analytical and critical skills that build from textual, cultural and linguistic analysis to the exploration of society
• Translate and interpret to and from Spanish.
• Differentiate the major aspects of Latin American and Hispanic culture and civilization from pre-Columbian times to the present
• Demonstrate familiarity with the history and culture of the Spanish speaking world.
• A comprehensive familiarity with the history and culture of the region

Requirements

To receive the Bachelor of Arts Degree with a Major in Spanish, students must complete at least 180 quarter units as listed below, 45 of which must be completed in residence at National University, and 76.5 of which must be completed at the upper-division level. All students must complete the university general education. The following courses are degree requirements. In the absence of transfer credit, general electives may be necessary to satisfy the total units required for the degree. Students should refer to the section on undergraduate admission requirements for specific information regarding admission and evaluation.

Preparation for the Major (5 courses, 22.5 quarter units)
SPN 100 Beginning Spanish I
SPN 101 Beginning Spanish II
   Prerequisite: SPN 100
SPN 200 Intermediate Spanish I
   Prerequisite: SPN 101
SPN 201 Intermediate Spanish II
   Prerequisite: SPN 200
LIT 100* Introduction to Literature
   Prerequisite: ENG 100, and ENG 101

* May be used to meet a General Education requirement

Requirements for the Major (11 courses; 43.5 quarter units)
SPN 300 Advanced Spanish I
   Prerequisite: SPN 201
SPN 300A Advanced Spanish I Lab (1.5 quarter units)
   Prerequisite: SPN 201, Corequisite: SPN 300
SPN 301 Advanced Spanish II
   Prerequisite: SPN 300
SPN 301A Advanced Spanish II Lab (1.5 quarter units)
   Prerequisite: SPN 300, SPN 300A, Corequisite: SPN 301
SPN 310 Literary Readings in Spanish
   Prerequisite: LIT 100, SPN 301
SPN 330 Intro Lat Am Cultures
   Prerequisite: SPN 301
SPN 350 Film and Culture
   Prerequisite: SPN 301
SPN 420 Literature and Culture I
   Prerequisite: SPN 310, and SPN 330
SPN 430 Literature and Culture II
   Prerequisite: SPN 420
SPN 450 Identity and Multiculturalism
   Prerequisite: SPN 310, and SPN 330
SPN 499 Spanish Capstone
   Prerequisite: SPN 430

Preliminary Single Subject Teaching Credential (California)
(13 courses; 58.5 quarter units)

The Bachelor of Art in Spanish with a Preliminary Single Subject Credential provides a rigorous education that prepares candidates for a career as a teacher of Spanish at the middle and secondary school levels. The program stresses foundation Spanish and its application. This program prepares candidates for professional work as single subject teachers in a changing cultural and economic environment. Students majoring in Spanish can enroll in this program at any time prior to the completion of SPN 490 or 491. This program prepares students with the knowledge, skills and dispositions required for entry into the teaching profession.

Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate application of educational technology to meet the needs of all learners including those with special needs linguistically and culturally diverse students.
• Demonstrate knowledge of adolescent development in order to explain how to support growth in cognitive, social, physical and emotional domains
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the learning needs of students to create positive learning environment that ensure healthy human growth.
• Utilize systematic observations, documentation, and other effective assessment strategies in a responsible manner to facilitate and account for learning and to support positive growth.
• Design, implement, and evaluate standards-based lesson plans for learning and achievement in content areas.

Education Orientation, Theory and Methodology Requirements
(7 courses; 31.5 quarter units)

Students must complete TED 305 prior to TPA 1

All Teacher Education (TED) courses include a field experience component.
It is strongly recommended students take the following courses in the order they are listed.

TED 305 Teaching as a Profession
TED 300 Fundamentals of Education
   Prerequisite: TED 305
TED 430 Special Needs Students
   Prerequisite: TED 305
TED 310 Development and Learning
   Prerequisite: TED 305
TED 420 Diversity in Schooling
   Prerequisite: TED 305
LTL 504B# Teach Methods: Sec Schs
LTL 524S# Lang Teach & Assess: Spanish

# = Courses may not be taken until all Upper Division SPN courses are completed.

Student Teaching Requirements (4 courses; 18 quarter units)
Please see clinical practice requirements for the Credential under Teacher Education in the School of Education’s Credential programs section of the catalog.

TED 465A Student Teaching I
   Prerequisite: Completion of all upper division course requirements, including all TED coursework.
TED 465B Student Teaching II
   Prerequisite: Completion of all upper-division course requirements, including all TED coursework.
TED 465C Student Teaching III
   Prerequisite: Completion of all upper-division course requirements, including all TED coursework.
TED 465D Student Teaching IV
   Prerequisite: Completion of all upper-division course requirements, including all TED coursework.

Credentialing Requirements (2 courses; 9 quarter units)
Students must have senior standing to enroll in these two classes. The EDX1201X class is considered graduate level. These courses will not transfer to any graduate level program (at National University or elsewhere).

EDX 1201X Computer Tech in Classroom
HEDX 1201X Health Education for Teachers

Please see additional completion requirements for the Credential under Teacher Education in the School of Education’s Credential programs section of the website.

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