Sample Four-Year Curriculum Map: World Language Education– B.S. Spanish

Freshmen Fall – Credits / Freshmen Spring – Credits / Summer Credits 0-6
Tier 1 LEP courses should be completed by end of Freshmen year. / First Year Experience (T1) – Inquiry
Multilingual Communication (T1)
ENG 110
SPA 200[1]
MAT 100 / Written Communication (T1) – ENG 112
Tech Fluency (T1)
Quantitative Reasoning (T1)
Critical Thinking (T1)
SPA 210 / Testing – Praxis Core exams or waiver from state. ACT or SAT can also be used.
Optional completion of some SPA credits.
Sophomore Fall – Credits / Sophomore Spring – Credits / Summer – Credits 0-6
Seven Tier 2 LEP courses must be completed by end of sophomore year. / EDU 200 (T2 – Social Structure restricted)
HIS110 or HIS111 (T2 - American Experience, restricted)
Cultural Expression (T2)[2]
Global Awareness (T2)
SPA 300 (W)
Field placement in EDU 200. / SHE 203 – School Health (T2 – Mind & Body restricted)
Creative Drive (T2)
Natural World I (T2)
World Literature course
SPA 301 or SPA 305
Students gain formal admission into WL Teacher Certification program and SOE. / Testing: ACTFL OPI and WPT
Optional completion of some SPA credits.
Summer Study Abroad[3]
Junior Fall – Credits / Junior Spring – Credits / Summer – Credits 0-6
Tier 2 and 3 LEP courses need to be completed by end of the junior year. / WLL211W[4] – Introduction to Linguistics[5]
EDU 316 – Child Development for Educators
SED 482 – Teaching Exceptional Students in Secondary Education Classrooms
Natural World II (T2)
Choose one from SPA 310, 312, 320, or 330
Field Placement EDU 316 / WLL 403 – Second Language Acquisition (T3)
RDG 470 – Literacy in the Content Area
EDU 471 – English Language Learners in the Classroom
EDU 413 – Secondary Education
Time & Place (T2)
SPA 400 or 401
SPA 402 or 403
Field Placement EDU 413 / Summer Study Abroad(if needed to improve language proficiency to pass ACTFL)
and/or
Optional completion of some SPA credits.
Senior Fall – Credits / Senior Spring - Credits
All course work for degree must be completed by end of fall semester of Senior year. / WLL 491 – Methods of Second Language Teaching
SPA 405
SPA 400-level course
SPA 400-level course
W course
Field Placement in WLL 491 / WLL 452 – Student Teaching
WLL 453 – Student Teaching Seminar
Field Placement in WLL 452

[1] Assumes waiver of SPA 100 and SPA 101 due to high school credit and/or placement testing. If student uses SPA200 for LEP Multilingual Communication, (s)he must complete an additional 3 credits in Spanish major. This Curriculum Map assumed student will use SPA 200 for Spanish major and complete a different course this semester for LEP Multilingual Communication T1.

[2] The sequence of these Tier 2 courses may be altered with the exception of those which also fall under the Education program coursework. For example, a student may choose to do the T2 Creative Drive course in the fall of Sophomore year rather than the spring as proposed here. Important is simply to complete most or all of T2 courses during Sophomore year.

[3]Tier2StudyAbroadpolicy: Allstudentswhostudyabroadforthespanofasemesteroryear shall have the opportunity to waive two of their successfully completed courses for Tier 2 requirements. Students, however, may not waive departmental degree requirements, unless authorized by the department, nor may they waive both of the Natural World science requirements.

4 Writing Intensive Courses (W) are required.

5 This course is both a W course and part of the World Language Education program.