K-12 Education in Foreign Language–Spanish

39 credit hours Bachelor of Arts in Spanish

39-41 credit hours K-12 Education Minor

Bachelor of Arts in Spanish

Six required courses at the St. Charles campus:

SPA 31100Advanced Oral Expression

3

SPA 31200Advanced Written Expression

3

SPA 33500Peninsular Spanish Culture and Civilization

3

SPA 33600Latin American Culture and Civilization

3

SPA 35000Masterpieces of Peninsular Spanish Literature

3

SPA 35100Masterpieces of Spanish-American Literature

3

Two courses at the St. Charles campus selected from the following options:

SPA 40000-40099Seminar on Selected Authors and Genres of Spanish and Spanish-American Literatures

3

SPA 41200Spanish Romanticism

3

SPA 41300Major Movements in the 19th-Century Spanish Novel

3

SPA 41500The 20th-Century Spanish Novel

3

SPA 41600The Role of Women in Hispanic Societies

3

SPA 41800The Spanish-American Short Story

3

SPA 42100The Spanish-American Regional Novel

3

Methods of Teaching

EDU 33200Secondary Methods of Teaching Modern Languages

3

Also required are 15 credits hours in one option below:

Costa Rica Option:

Three required courses in Costa Rica
SPA 31300Advanced Spanish Composition Workshop

3

SPA 31400Introduction to Spanish Linguistics

3

SPA 33700Costa Rica: History and Society of 19th and 20th Centuries

3

Two courses in Costa Rica selected from the following options:
SPA 32121Literature of Costa Rica

3

SPA 32122Latin American Theater

3

SPA 32123Literature of the Spanish Conquest Period

3

SPA 32124Literature of the Spanish Language: Open Topics

3

Spain Option:

One required course in Spain:
SPA 32100Practical Oral/Written Expression

3-6

Twelve credit hours in Spain selected from the following options:
SPA 32101Advanced Spanish Grammar

3

SPA 32102Business Spanish

3

SPA 32103English-Spanish Translation

3-6

SPA 32104Islamic Culture in Spain

3

SPA 32105Jewish Culture in Spain

3

SPA 32106Selected Periods in the History of Spain

3-6

SPA 32107Selected Periods in the History of Latin America

3

SPA 32108Geography of Spain

3

SPA 32109Society and Politics in Modern Spain

3

SPA 32110The Political System of the European Union

3

SPA 32111Economy and Business in Spain and Latin America

3

SPA 32112The Spanish and Latin American Economies

3

SPA 32113History of Art in Spain

3

SPA 32114Selected Periods of the History of Art in Spain

3

SPA 32115History of Spanish Cinema

3

SPA 32116Health, Ecology, and the Environment in Spain

3

SPA 32117Special Topics: Culture

3

SPA 32118Selected Authors, Works, & Themes in Spanish Literature

3-6

SPA 32119Selected Authors, Works, and Themes in Latin American Literature

3

SPA 32120Spanish Theater

3

Note: All 30000- and 40000-level culture and literature courses are conducted in Spanish.