Adolescence Education: French (7-12) [AFR] (Major)
Students develop language skills and cultural awareness and acquire the pedagogical background necessary to teach French in grades 7-12 in New York state. For additional information, visit the Modern Languages Department.
Career Potential
- French in the elementary school
(Note: French adolescence education majors are eligible for French K-6 extension by taking ICC 324 Foreign Language for the Elementary School) - Middle school teacher
- High school teacher
Thirty credit hours of FRE courses at 300 level or above. At least 15 credit hours must be from the following group of FRE?_courses focusing on literature and culture:
Note: At least six credit hours must be at the 400 level or above.
- FRE 307 - French Through the Media (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 310 - Pratique de la Lecture (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 311 - Francophone Literatures (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 315 - Introduction to French Literature I (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 316 - Introduction to French Literature II (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 318 - French Civilization (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 319 - Francophone Civilization (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 413 - French Literature of the Seventeenth Century (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 415 - French Literature of the Eighteenth Century (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 417 - Literature of the Nineteenth Century (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 419 - Literature of the Twentieth Century (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 423 - Themes in Literature (3 cr. hr.)
- FRE 515 - Seminar in Literature (3 cr. hr.)
- ICC 353 - Linguistics for Language Teachers (3 cr. hr.)
- AED 323 - Seminar for Field Experience (1 cr. hr.)
(40 field experience hours) Required prior to AED 437 and 438 - 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 FRE courses; score of Intermediate High or better on Oral Proficiency Interview; grade of B or better in FL Methods block; 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.)
Required prior to AED 437 and 438
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.)
