Foreign Language-Spanish

Spanish updated 08-24-09

Grade Level 5-12 ~ Major Program ~ [See also requirements for Secondary Education Minor] This will allow you to teach 5-12 Spanish.

Required:
Spanish 345 Composition and Conversation	4 s.h.
Spanish 346 Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literature	4 s.h.

One of the following three courses:
Spanish 451 Literature of Spain: Middle Ages and Golden Age	4 s.h.
Spanish 452 Literature of Spain: 18th and 19th Centuries	4 s.h.
Spanish 453 Literature of Spain in the 20th Century	4 s.h.

One of the following courses:
Spanish 461 Intro to Spanish-American Literature: 1492-1880	4 s.h.
Spanish 462 Intro to Spanish-American Literature: 1880 to the Present	4 s.h.

Correlative Requirements:
At least one course in Latin-American history or Latin-American culture and civilization

Electives:
Additional hours in Spanish numbered 340 or above	14 s.h.

Additional Requirements:
Students pursuing a major in Spanish must spend a minimum of 12 weeks of academic study in a country where Spanish is the official language. Oral proficiency examination in Spanish. Completion of one course in Spanish after returning from abroad.

Grade Level 5-12 Second Teaching Area Program ~ This will allow you to teach 5-12 Spanish as a Second Teaching Area in the State of Iowa only.

Required:
16 hours of Spanish numbered above Spanish 202	16 s.h.

Electives:
Additional hours in Spanish	Total 8 s.h.

Additional Requirements:
Students pursuing a major in Spanish must spend a minimum of 12 weeks of academic study in a country where Spanish is the official language. Students pursuing a minor in Spanish must spend a minimum of 3 weeks of academic student in a country where Spanish is the official language.