Bachelor of Arts in Education in Spanish/Secondary

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In the secondary option for the Bachelor of Arts in Education in Spanish, you’ll receive the preparation you need to teach Spanish in middle and high school. You’ll take advanced language courses, study grammar and composition, and learn about Spanish-American civilization, culture and literature.

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Curriculum & Requirements

Spanish/Secondary Major, Bachelor of Arts in Education (BAE)

This major satisfies the endorsement for grades 5-12.

Note: students who do not have sufficient high school language preparation to begin SPAN 201 will require more than 12 quarters to complete the BAE; students who want to have a second endorsement in a minor field will require more than 12 quarters to complete the BAE.

Grade Requirements: the minimum cumulative GPA for this program is ≥2.7.

Secondary Education students must complete the required Secondary Education Core and the following courses.
Required Spanish/Secondary Courses
GNML 390FOREIGN LANGUAGE METHODS4
SPAN 201INTERMEDIATE SPANISH AND CULTURE5
SPAN 202INTERMEDIATE SPANISH AND CULTURE5
SPAN 203INTERMEDIATE SPANISH AND CULTURE5
SPAN 310ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION3
SPAN 311ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION3
SPAN 320CULTURAL STUDIES IN SPAIN5
SPAN 321CULTURAL STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICA5
SPAN 338SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE3
or SPAN 339 SURVEY OF SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE
Electives–Choose courses above SPAN 30011
Total Credits49

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Program Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully earn a BAE in Spanish-Secondary from EWU should be able to do the following:

  • analyze in Spanish Hispanic artistic products taking into consideration historical, political, economic, and other social issues;
  • articulate one’s philosophy and methods for teaching Modern Languages through a teaching portfolio;
  • demonstrate listening comprehension at the advanced-low (or higher) level of proficiency on the ACTFL scale in Spanish;
  • read at the advanced-low (or higher) level of proficiency on the ACTFL scale in Spanish;
  • speak at the advanced-low (or higher) level of proficiency on the ACTFL scale in Spanish;
  • write at the advanced-low (or higher) level of proficiency on the ACTFL scale in Spanish. 

Sample Courses

SPAN 321. CULTURAL STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICA. 5 Credits.

Pre-requisites: SPAN 203 or permission of the instructor.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–global studies.
This course examines cultural and social themes (identities, social movements, intellectual life, religion, education, environment, etc.) in Latin American countries. Though the class offers an historical contextualization of the global contact between groups from Europe, Africa, and the Americas, the course’s emphasis is on 20th- and 21st-century Latin American cultures. Assigned texts may include films, literature, podcasts, music, visual art, and scholarly studies.

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SPAN 460. SPANISH POETRY. 3-5 Credits.

Notes: may be repeated.
Pre-requisites: SPAN 310 or SPAN 312.
Selected poems by Hispanic authors within a designated thematic or period framework. Content varies.

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SPAN 474. SPANISH TRAVEL NARRATIVE. 3-5 Credits.

Pre-requisites: SPAN 310 and SPAN 311 or SPAN 312 and SPAN 313 and SPAN 320; SPAN 321.
This course is a chronological exploration of the connections between travel narratives and the construction of Hispanic identity. Students continue to develop their cultural understanding of the Spanish speaking world while targeting the four language skills through material related to Spanish travel narratives.

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SPAN 479. SPANISH DIALECTOLOGY. 3-5 Credits.

Pre-requisites: SPAN 310, SPAN 311, SPAN 313, SPAN 320, SPAN 321.
This course examines the history and diversity of the different Spanish dialects by presenting the geographical, ethnic, and sociolinguistic factors that contribute to the variety present in current modern peninsular and Latin American Spanish. A special emphasis will be placed on the situation of the Spanish in the U.S. as the second most widespread language, second only to English.

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