In conjunction with the Department of Education, this degree plan prepares students to teach at the secondary level in public and private schools. Students progress from beginning level Spanish classes to advanced courses in the history, geography, and literature of Spain and the twenty countries of Latin America. In culture/literature-driven advanced grammar and composition studies, students progress towards content mastery and competency in literary critical analysis. In the area of application, an underlying emphasis on pedagogy in advanced courses equips the student in both conventional and innovative techniques in language instruction. Additionally, students gain speaking fluency as they observe a Spanish-only rule in the upper-division courses and as they cap their preparation with studies in advanced conversational Spanish designed to facilitate aural and oral skills in the spoken language.
For more information, contact Maria Perez. Her contact information can be found on her faculty page here.