Program: Adolescence Education: Spanish (7-12) [ASP] - SUNY Cortland

2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 11, 2025

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 Courses: 33 credit hours

Spanish core courses: 18 credit hours

SPA 305 - Spanish Conversation and Composition (3 cr. hr.)
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.)
SPA 353 - Linguistics for Language Teachers (3 cr. hr.)

Spanish 300-level or above: 12 credit hours

Select four elective courses in Spanish at the 300 level or above from the following:

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 330 - Música de la España Contemporánea (3 cr. hr.)
SPA 355 - Spanish Pronunciation and Phonetics (3 cr. hr.)

Select one Spanish course at the 400-level or above: three credit hours

SPA 411 - The Golden Age of Spanish Literature I (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 422 - Spanish-American Literature (3 cr. hr.)
SPA 423 - Themes in Literature (3 cr. hr.)

B. Core Professional Education Courses: 41-42 cr. hr.

AED 323 - Seminar for Field Observation (1 cr. hr.)
Required prior to AED 437 and 438
(60 hours of observation)
AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (3 cr. hr.)
AED 437 - Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools I (3 cr. hr.)
(15 hours of observation)
AED 438 - Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools II (3 cr. hr.)
AED 439 - Student Teaching: Adolescence Education - Foreign 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; 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

And

Select either

PSY 331 - Psychology of Children with Exceptionalities (3 cr. hr.)
Required prior to AED 437 and 438
or
PSY 432 - Psychology of Learning Disabilities (3 cr. hr.)
Required prior to AED 437 and 438

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124

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.