Program: Adolescence Education: French and Spanish (7-12) [AFS] - SUNY Cortland

2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 06, 2025

Students develop language skills and cultural awareness and acquire the pedagogical background necessary to teach both French and Spanish in grades 7-12 in New York State.

Career Potential

Middle school teacher
French and Spanish in the elementary school
(See the Additional possibility for K-6 Extension below)
High school teacher

Content Core: 63 credit hours

A. Required Spanish Courses: 30 credit hours

One Spanish course at 400-level (3 cr. hr.)
Elective courses in Spanish at 300-level or above (12 cr. hr.)

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.)

B. Required French Courses: 30 credit hours

Required courses: 30 credit hours at the 300 level or above. At least 15 credit hours must be from the following group, 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 499 - Senior Seminar (3 cr. hr.)
FRE 504 - Teaching French Civilization (3 cr. hr.)
FRE 506 - Teaching French Literature (3 cr. hr.)
FRE 515 - Seminar in Literature (3 cr. hr.)

C. Required Linguistics Course: three credit hours

Required for both French and Spanish majors; taken only once for dual certification.

FRE 353 - Linguistics for Language Teachers (3 cr. hr.)
or
ICC 353 - Linguistics for Language Teachers (3 cr. hr.)
or
SPA 353 - Linguistics for Language Teachers (3 cr. hr.)

D. Professional Education: 38-39 credit hours,

Including 14 credit hours of student teaching plus State Department of Education mandated workshops

CAR and SAVE workshops

AED 323 - Seminar for Field Observation (1 cr. hr.)
(60 hours of observation)
AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (3 cr. hr.)
(25 hours of observation)
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.)
(15 hours of observation)
AED 439 - Student Teaching: Adolescence Education - Foreign Languages (14 cr. hr.)
(14 cr. hr. – seven each for French and Spanish)
Eligibility for student teaching: 2.7 grade point average in course work in both majors, French and Spanish; 2.5 grade point average in professional education course work; completion of 24 credit hours in the major; 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 - General Psychology I (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 232 - Adolescent Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
or
PSY 332 - Educational Psychology (3 cr. hr.)

And

Select either

PSY 331 - Psychology of Exceptional Children (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

Program Notes

This program leads to a B.A. degree. Ninety liberal arts and sciences (LASR) credit hours are required. These credit hours are earned in the content core courses (63 cr. hr.) and in the General Education courses most of which are LASR courses.

Additional possibility for K-6 Extension

An additional course, ICC 324: Foreign Languages for the Elementary School, is available to majors in this program. Successful completion of this course will enable graduates to apply separately to the State Education Department (SED) for the K-6 foreign language extension. Students would then be certified to teach French and Spanish (K-12). This course has been included in the sample four-year course of study, but the credit hours are not included in the range given for the dual major.

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 135-140

Example of the B.A. in Adolescence Education: French and Spanish over four years

The following sample course of study includes two study abroad components, one in each major. While not mandatory, these experiences are strongly recommended in order for preservice teacher candidates to be able to meet the NCATE/ACTFL Advanced Low level for language proficiency.