Spanish with Teacher Licensure, Bachelor of Arts
| REQUIRED MAJOR HOURS |
38 |
| REQUIRED MINOR HOURS |
23 |
| TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS |
61 |
| PRESCRIBED COURSES ATTAINABLE IN GEN ED: SPAN 101 AND SPAN 102 |
Goals
At the time of graduation, students majoring in Spanish with teacher licensure are expected to reach a proficiency level approaching Advanced (ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines). All students must pay for and successfully reach a minimum level of Intermediate High on the ACTFL Proficiency exam to prove their competencies for licensure in North Carolina
Spanish with Teacher Licensure at Gardner-Webb University is state approved by the North Carolina State Board of Education..
Student Learning Outcomes
- Maintain Advanced-level proficiency in Spanish (ACTFL scale);
- Demonstrate an understanding of all aspects of the Spanish language well enough to be able to explain and model the component skills for students in K-12 classrooms;
- Demonstrate an understanding of all aspects of Spanish-speaking cultures well enough to be able to explain and model the component skills for students in K-12 classrooms;
- Demonstrate the ability to plan, implement, and evaluate instruction in educationally sound ways; and
- Demonstrate the ability to select and use the appropriate methodologies and materials for students of different ages, interests, and backgrounds.
Program Requirements
Required Major Hours
Upper-Level Spanish Courses (Choose 30 Hours)
Note that many advanced courses require prerequisites, typically
SPAN 201 and
SPAN 202 and some
SPAN 301 and/or
SPAN 302.
| SPAN 201 | Real World Spanish: Let's Go! | 3 |
| SPAN 202 | Real World Spanish: Transitions | 3 |
| SPAN 300 | Aspects of Hispanic Culture and Language | 3 |
| SPAN 301 | Intensive Spanish: Texts and Contexts | 3 |
| SPAN 302 | Advanced Spanish Expression | 3 |
| SPAN 305 | Products, Practices, and Perspectives of the Spanish-Speaking World | 3 |
| SPAN 310 | Spanish for Careers | 3 |
| SPAN 311 | Spanish Study Abroad | 6 |
| SPAN 312 | Spanish Study Abroad | 6 |
| SPAN 315 | Lights, Camera, Action! Studies in Hispanic Film | 3 |
| SPAN 320 | International Experience | 1-3 |
| SPAN 321 | International Experience | 1-3 |
| SPAN 403 | Advanced Spanish Oral Expression | 3 |
| SPAN 409 | Seminar in Spanish: Special Topics | 3 |
| SPAN 410 | Voices that Formed Our World: Texts of Spain | 3 |
| SPAN 420 | Rediscovering New Worlds | 3 |
| SPAN 430 | Advanced Studies in Hispanic Peoples and Cultures I | 3 each semester |
| SPAN 440 | Advanced Studies in Hispanic Peoples and Cultures II | 3 each semester |
| SPAN 495 | Independent Study I | 3 each semester |
| SPAN 496 | Independent Study II | 3 each semester |
Practicum
Students should select a second practicum at the grade level at which they intend to teach.
| SPAN 332 | Spanish Methods/ Practicum K-6 | 2 |
| SPAN 335 | Spanish Methods/ Practicum 6-9 | 2 |
| SPAN 338 | Spanish Methods/ Practicum 9-12 | 2 |
| | |
| SPAN 333 | Spanish Methods/ Practicum K-6 | 2 |
| OR | |
| SPAN 336 | Spanish Methods/ Practicum 6-9 | 2 |
| OR | |
| SPAN 339 | Spanish Methods/ Practicum 9-12 | 2 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 38 |
Required Minor Hours
Professional Education Minor
| EDUC 250 | Teaching in the 21st Century Schools | 4 |
| EDUC 350 | Diverse Populations in 21st Century Schools | 4 |
| EDUC 450 | Student Teaching | 12 |
| PSYC 303 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 23 |
Total Credit Hours: 61
Additional Requirements for Transfer Majors
None.
Students will not be permitted to complete more than 50% of the Professional Education minor (excluding student teaching) until they are formally admitted into the Teacher Education program. Students seeking Spanish licensure K-12 are required to pass the ACTLF OPI with a proficiency level of at least Intermediate High prior to beginning Student Teaching. Students are encouraged to enter the Teacher Education program the semester after successful completion of EDUC 250. Students seeking K-12 Spanish licensure are encouraged to pass the Praxis II licensing exam diring the last year of study before graduation.
A WLLC major and Cultural Studies minor in the same concentration are mutually exclusive. Courses taken in WLLC can only be used for one minor program (Cultural Studies or Language Minor).
All professional education programs, bachelor’s level and graduate level licensure programs, at Gardner-Webb University are state approved by the North Carolina State Board of Education (SBE). The School of Education continues to be nationally accredited in good standing with NCATE, which merged with TEAC to become the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Preparation (CAEP) in 2013. Gardner-Webb University School of Education hosted a CAEP site accreditation visit in April 2019. Official notification of the results of that review will be released by CAEP during late fall 2019.