World Languages and Cultures, Spanish BA-MEd Secondary Education

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply. The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

COURSES IN MAJOR (36 Credits Total)

Required major in Secondary Education: (30 Credits; courses with asterisk carry grad and undergrad credit)

• EDC 115 Exploring Education
• EDC 404 Introduction to Teaching
• EDC 405 Culturally Responsive Teaching
• EDC 415 Effective UDL Classroom Practices
• EDC 416 Introduction to Assessment
• EDC 462 Fieldwork seminar II: Critical Issues and Effective Practices for Secondary and Specialist Teachers

• Graduate Courses:

  • *EDC 782 Methods of Teaching Spanish I
  • *EDS  860 Sheltering Content for ELL
  • *EDC 762 Technology Methods
  • *EDC 783  Methods of Teaching Spanish II
  • *EDC 763  Classroom Management & Community Building

Additional Information and Notes

♦ Programmatic Assessments are required for all students pursuing educational licensure in a specified

  sequence. Results will be factored into gateway reviews for progression that occurs each  

  term beginning Spring term of the Junior year.

          ¶ Students may choose any graduate Spanish course at the 700-level to fulfill the graduate Spanish electives.

                                         Exceptions in the timing of courses will be made for transfer students

 Total credits graduation:120-135              The additional credits listed above are required for Graduate degree.