Offered by Department of Modern Languages

Spanish Major

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

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • ENG 102GS, Academic Writing and Research - 3 hours
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
    • TE 100GS, Teaching in a Democratic Society - 3 hours
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 27
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 6
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6 including:
      • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
    • Wellness minimum = 3 including:
      • PE 150GS, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise - 3 hours
  • Capstone = 3
• Professional Sequence = 25 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
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 103
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 17
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in Spanish 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 120
• All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 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