Teacher Certification in Spanish

Degree Requirements

Academic Core – 63 hours

see Bachelor of Arts Degree Academic Core

NOTE: Students must fulfill all core curriculum requirements. If strongly recommended options are not selected, other appropriate courses must be selected to complete the block(s),

B.A. Spanish Major Required Courses – 30 hours

12 hours (6 upper level ) at UMHB

12 hours minimum upper level

SPAN 2310	Spanish 3	3
SPAN 2320	Spanish 4	3
SPAN 3330	Advanced Oral Communication	3
SPAN 3340	Advanced Composition and Stylistics	3
SPAN 3345	Literary Analysis	3
SPAN 3370	Advanced Grammar	3

SPAN 2310, SPAN 2320 and SPAN 3370: Check course descriptions for prerequisites

Choose one required:

SPAN 3350	Introduction to Spanish Literature	3
SPAN 3360	Intro/Spanish American Literature	3

Three electives may be chosen from:

SPAN 3380	Applied Linguistics for Spanish	3
SPAN 3390	Studies in Hispanic Civilization	3
SPAN 4361	Masterpieces of Hispanic Literature	3
SPAN 4380	Spanish for Health Professions	3
	or
	other special topic course

NOTE: The same course cannot be counted as both a required course and an elective.

No grade lower than “C” will count toward fulfillment of a Spanish major.

In addition, students will need to fulfill general requirements for the B.A. or B.S. degree and the certification requirements of the College of Education requirements. This option is available for certification only.

Admission to Teacher Education Program:

Cumulative GPA must be a minimum of 2.5. A minimum 2.75 GPA and no grades lower than a “C” are required in Academic Support & Professional Development.

See Pedagogy & Professional Practices Minor

In addition, FINA 2330, POLS 2310 or 2311 and HIST 2311 or 2312 are strongly recommended but not required. Students certifying in Spanish must take and pass both the PPP EC-12 TExES exam #160 and the TExES-LOTE (Languages Other than English) Spanish Exam #613 in order to receive certification. In addition, students will need to fulfill general requirements for the B.A. degree and the certification requirements of the College of Education.

Placement Test	Score to Place out of ENGL 1311	Score to Place out of ENGL 1312
Accuplacer	78 on Reading	80 on Sentence Skills and 6 on Essay
THEA	230 on Reading	220 on Writing
Compass	81 on Reading	59 on Writing
ASSET	41 on Reading	40 on Writing