Adolescence Education: Spanish (7-12) [ASP] (Major)
Students develop language skills and cultural awareness and acquire the pedagogical background necessary to teach Spanish in grades 7-12 in New York state. For additional information, visit the Modern Languages Department.
Career Potential
- Spanish in the elementary school
Note: Spanish adolescence education majors are eligible for Spanish K-6 extension by taking ICC 324: Foreign Language for the Elementary School - Middle school teacher
- High school teacher
A. Required Spanish Core Courses: 12 credit hours
Courses do not necessarily need to be taken in the sequence that appears below. Students are strongly encouraged to complete some of their requirements through study abroad.
First Year
Fall Total credit hours: 16-17
Fall Total credit hours: 15
Fall Total credit hours: 15
Fall Total credit hours: 15
- SPA 306 - Advanced Spanish Conversation (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 307 - Advanced Spanish Grammar (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 308 - Advanced Spanish Composition (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 318 - Spanish Peninsular Civilization (3 cr. hr.) or
- SPA 319 - Latin American Civilization (3 cr. hr.)
Course is taught in English.
- ICC 353 - Linguistics for Language Teachers (3 cr. hr.)
Choose courses in Spanish at the 300 level or above.
- SPA 301 - Spanish Language Study in Mexico (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 313 - Survey of Spanish-American Literature (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 315 - Survey of Spanish Literature (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 317 - Literary Types in Spanish (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 320 - Spanish for the Professions (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 329 - Special Topics in Spanish (1-4 cr. hr.)
- SPA 330 - Música de la España Contemporánea (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 355 - Spanish Pronunciation and Phonetics (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 411 - The Golden Age of Spanish Literature (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 417 - Spanish Literature of the Nineteenth Century (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 419 - Literature of Twentieth Century Spain (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 421 - Spanish Literature of the Medieval Period (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 422 - Spanish-American Literature (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 423 - Themes in Literature (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 429 - Special Topics in Spanish (1-4 cr. hr.)
- SPA 503 - The Grammatical Structure of Spanish (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 517 - Independent Study (1-3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 529 - Special Topics in Spanish (1-4 cr. hr.)
E. Core Professional Education Courses: 41-42 cr. hr.
- AED 323 - Seminar for Field Experience (1 cr. hr.)
Required prior to AED 437 and 438 (40 field experience hours) - AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (3 cr. hr.) (25 field experience hours)
- AED 437 - Methods of Teaching Second Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools I (3 cr. hr.)
Must be taken concurrently with SPE 275. - AED 438 - Methods of Teaching Second Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools II (3 cr. hr.)
(35 field experience hours)
Must be taken concurrently with SPE 275. - AED 439 - Student Teaching: Adolescence Education - Second Languages (14 cr. hr.)
Requirements for student teaching: 2.5 grade point average overall; 2.5 grade point average in required professional course work; 2.7 grade point average in major course work; 24 credit hours of SPA courses; grade of B or better in FL Methods block; a minimum score of Intermediate High on the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview; passing score on LAST. Grade point averages are figured with all major and/or professional courses taken to date, even if not required prior to student teaching.
- EDU 471 - Foundations of Modern Education (3 cr. hr.)
- HLH 110 - Personal and Community Health (3 cr. hr.) or
- HLH 199 - Critical School Health Issues (2 cr. hr.)
- LIT 449 - Literacy in the Middle and Secondary School (3 cr. hr.)
- PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
Required prior to AED 437 and 438
- PSY 232 - Adolescent Psychology (3 cr. hr.) or
- PSY 332 - Educational Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
Required prior to AED 437 and 438 SPE 275 - Teaching Students with Disabilities in Adolescence Classrooms (3 cr. hr.)
Example of the B.A. over four years
Courses do not necessarily need to be taken in the sequence that appears below. Students are strongly encouraged to complete some of their requirements through study abroad.
First Year
Fall Total credit hours: 16-17
- 2 GE Courses
- COR 101 - The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)
- CPN 100 - Writing Studies I (3 cr. hr.) or
- CPN 102 - Writing Studies in the Community I (4 cr. hr.)
- PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 202 - Intermediate Spanish II (3 cr. hr.)
- 2 GE Courses
- CPN 101 - Writing Studies II (3 cr. hr.) or
- CPN 103 - Writing Studies in the Community II (4 cr. hr.)
- PSY 232 - Adolescent Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 306 - Advanced Spanish Conversation (3 cr. hr.)
Fall Total credit hours: 15
- 2 GE Courses
- ICC 324 - Foreign Languages For The Elementary School (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 307 - Advanced Spanish Grammar (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 308 - Advanced Spanish Composition (3 cr. hr.) (WI)
- 2 GE Courses
- AED 323 - Seminar for Field Experience (1 cr. hr.)
- ICC 353 - Linguistics for Language Teachers (3 cr. hr.) WI
- LIT 449 - Literacy in the Middle and Secondary School (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 315 - Survey of Spanish Literature (3 cr. hr.)
Fall Total credit hours: 15
- Elective/minor (3 cr.hr.)
- AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (3 cr. hr.) (WI)
- EDU 471 - Foundations of Modern Education (3 cr. hr.)
- HLH 110 - Personal and Community Health (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 400 level (3 cr. hr.)
During study abroad:
- Four 300-level SPA (12 cr. hr.) and
- SPA 318 - Spanish Peninsular Civilization (3 cr. hr.) or
- SPA 319 - Latin American Civilization (3 cr. hr.)
Fall Total credit hours: 15
- AED 437 - Methods of Teaching Second Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools I (3 cr. hr.)
- AED 438 - Methods of Teaching Second Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools II (3 cr. hr.)
- SPE 275 - Teaching Students with Disabilities in Adolescence Classrooms (3 cr. hr.)
- SPA 400 level (3 cr. hr.)
- Elective/minor (3 cr. hr.)
AED 439 - Student Teaching: Adolescence Education - Second Languages (14 cr. hr.)
