Offered by Department of Modern Languages:

Spanish Major

Spanish 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education

FAH BAE 3704

• Minimum General Studies = 45
  including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education
  • English Language minimum = 9 including:
    • ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours
    • ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
  • Humanities minimum = 12 including:
    • Take 1 course from:
      • HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
      • HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
      • HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
      • HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours
    • Take 1 course from:
      • HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
      • HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
  • Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
  • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including:
    • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
    • Take any Economic Perspective GS course - 3 hours
    • Take any GS course from:
      • Social Perspective,
      • Geographical Perspective or
      • Behavioral Perspective - 3 hours
  • Personal Development minimum = 3 including:
    • PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 3 hours
• Professional Sequence = 30 including:
  • TE 319, Management and Assessment in K-12/Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours
  • TE 320, Field Experience in Secondary Classroom - 2 hours
  • Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
• Endorsement = 33
• Second Subject Endorsement, normally = 30
  Should required hours of the second endorsement also meet other requirements, the total required hours may be reduced.
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 138
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in Spanish 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 138
  All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

1. Spanish Teaching Subject Endorsement Requirements (27 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • SPAN 200GS, Intermediate Spanish I - 3 hours
     • SPAN 201GS, Intermediate Spanish II - 3 hours
     • SPAN 204GS, Culture, Conversation & Writing - 3 hours
     • SPAN 302, Spanish Phonetics/Phonology - 3 hours
     • SPAN 303, Advanced Spanish Grammar - 3 hours
     • SPAN 304, Advanced Conversation and Composition - 3 hours
     • SPAN 408, Comparative Grammar - 3 hours
     • FORL 472, Foreign Language Pedagogy - 3 hours
   • Take 1 course from:
     • SPAN 305, Spanish Civilization - 3 hours
     • SPAN 360, Latin American Civilization - 3 hours
2. Spanish Teaching Subject Endorsement Electives (6 hours required)
   • Take ONE of the following options:
     • Study Abroad Option
     • Take 6 hours at the appropriate level from:
       • SPAN 275-SPAN 276, Spanish Study Abroad II - 6 hours
       • SPAN 375-SPAN 376, Spanish Study Abroad III - 6 hours
       • SPAN 475- SPAN 476, Spanish Study Abroad IV - 6 hours
     • Literature Option
     • Take 1 course from:
       • SPAN 306, Survey of Spanish Literature I - 3 hours
       • SPAN 307, Survey of Spanish Literature II - 3 hours
       • SPAN 430, Survey of Latin American Literature - 3 hours
     • Take 1 course from:
       • SPAN 337, Seminar on Hispanic Film - 3 hours
       • SPAN 357, Seminar on Women in Hispanic Literature - 3 hours
       • SPAN 400, Golden Age Drama - 3 hours
       • SPAN 401, Modern Hispanic Drama - 3 hours
       • SPAN 419, Short Story - 3 hours
       • SPAN 420, Spanish Novel - 3 hours
       • SPAN 421, Latin American Novel - 3 hours
       • SPAN 425, Modern Hispanic Poetry - 3 hours
       • SPAN 435, Cervantes - 3 hours
       • SPAN 470, Seminar in Spanish/Latin American Studies - 3 hours
       • SPAN 499, Independent Studies in Spanish - 3 hours