Department of Teaching and Learning

Foreign Language Education

Bachelor's Degree Program

Program of Study

The 128-point foreign language curriculum offers students the training necessary to be teachers of Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish. In addition to intensive linguistic work in the language of the student’s choice (to be selected by advisement), the core course of study exposes students to diverse approaches to second language acquisition and fosters cross-cultural sensitivity. In addition to the pedagogical core, in which students learn about teaching techniques and methods and creating curricula, stu dents are also required to take a minimum of 60 points in liberal arts. The student's program of study culminates in two semesters of teaching opportunities in a public or independent school setting.

Teaching Foreign Language: Grades 7-12
(Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish)
Undergraduate Program of Study Form

Total Points: 130

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Texts and Ideas (MAP-UA 04xx)

4

Writing the Essay (EXPOS-UA 0001) 4
Natural Science by Advisement 4
Foreign Language by Advisement 4
New Student Seminar (SAHS-UE 0001) 0
Field Observations (TCHL-UE 0005) 1

TOTAL

17

Spring Semester

Pts

Cultures and Contexts (MAP-UA 05xx) 4
The Advanced College Essay (ACE-UE 0110) 4
Foreign Language by Advisement 4
Inquiries into Teaching and Learning I (TCHL-UE 0001) 4
TOTAL 16
Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Society and Social Sciences by Advisement

4

Mathematics by Advisement 4
Liberal Arts Elective (Vxx.xxxx) 4
Foreign Language by Advisement 4

TOTAL

16

Spring Semester

Pts

Expressive Cultures (MAP-UA 07xx) 4
Natural Science by Advisement 4
Foreign Language by Advisement 4
Human Development I (APSY-UE 0020) 2
Human Development II: Early Adolescents and Adolescents (APSY-UE 0023) 2
TOTAL 16
Junior Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Mathematics by Advisement

4

Foreign Language by Advisement 4
Language Acquisition and Literacy Education (TCHL-UE 1030) 4
Teaching Foreign Languages: Theory and Practice (FLGED-UE 1999) 4

TOTAL

16

Spring Semester

Pts

Liberal Arts Elective (Vxx.xxxx) 4
Foreign Language by Advisement 4
Education as a Social Institution (SOED-UE 1015) 3
Field Experiences and Seminar: Teaching Foreign Languages (FLGED-UE 1915)
4
Integrating Media and Technology into the K-12 Curriculum (EDCT-GE 2018) 1
TOTAL 16
Senior Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Foreign Language by Advisement

4

Foreign Language by Advisement 4
The Second Language Classroom: Elementary and Secondary Schools (LANED-GE 2201) 4
Student Teaching Foreign Language Education: 7-9 (FLGED-UE 1911) 4
Drug Alcohol Ed/Child Abuse Id/School Violence (TCHL-UE 1999) 1

TOTAL

17

Spring Semester

Pts

Liberal Arts Elective (Vxx.xxxx) 4
Foreign Language by Advisement 4
Teaching Students with Disabilities in the General Education Classroom (SPCED-UE 1005) 4
Student Teaching Foreign Language Education: 10-12 (FLGED-UE 1922) 4
TOTAL 16

Total Points: 129

Updated June 2011