Spanish Secondary Education

Spanish Secondary Education

Major in Spanish Education (K-12)

I. Major Program Requirements
Thirty semester hours of upper-division courses beyond SP 204.

  • SP 101-102 Acquisition of Spanish I and II*
  • SP 203-204 Acquisition of Intermediate Spanish III & IV*

Eighteen (18) upper-division Spanish credits from the following courses in residence at Carroll:

  • SP 304 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
  • SP 305 Reading and Writing in Spanish
  • SP 306 Spanish Morphology & Syntax
  • SP 307 or 308 The Hispanic Short Story I or II and any one of the following four classes:
    • SP 401-402 Culture and Literature of Spain I or II
    • SP 403-404 Culture and Literature of Latin America I or II

*See index for page number of Language Placement Guidelines.

II. Professional Education Requirements

  • AN/SO 218 Introduction to Native American Studies
  • CS 103 Instructional Media and Technology
  • ED 102 Foundations of Education
  • ED 205 Classroom Management
  • ED/PSY 229 Educational Psychology
  • ED 245 Diversity Field Experience
  • ED 318 Content Area Reading and Secondary Methods
  • ED 405 Education Seminar
  • ED 410 Student Teaching
  • ED 412 Measurement & Assessment in Teaching
  • LL 400 Theories and Methods of Learning and Teaching
  • Language
  • HPE 214 The School Health Program
  • PSY 227 Child Psychology and PSY 228 Adolescent Psychology or PSY 105 General Psychology and PSY 203 Developmental Psychology
  • SPED 300 Introduction to Exceptional Children
  • United States and contemporary world cultures course(s)—see Carroll Course Catalog for page number.

III. Other Program Requirements
Majors in Spanish education must fulfill other standard requirements for the Spanish major as listed in “Spanish Major Program Requirements.”

IV. Acceptance into the Teacher Education Program and Student Teaching Program Teacher Education Program:
Students pursuing academic programs that lead to teacher licensure must seek admission to the teacher education program by the end of their sophomore year.

Student Teaching Program: In the spring semester of the junior year, all preservice teachers must seek admission to the student teaching program. See Carroll Course Catalog for page numbers for Teacher Education and Student Teaching programs.

V. Proficiency Exam
All Spanish education (K-12) students are required to take the ACTFL oral proficiency examination during their senior year.

Note: In order to be licensed to teach in a secondary school in Montana, a student is required to have a teaching major in a subject field acceptable for licensure endorsement as well as the teaching minor. All degree students should review requirements for graduation as described in the Carroll Course Catalog.

All Spanish (K-12) students must have a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average. All Professional Education Requirements, Major Program Requirements, and Other Program Requirements must be completed with a grade of “C” or better