In the secondary option for the Bachelor of Arts in Education in Spanish, you’ll receive the preparation you need to teach Spanish in middle and high school. You’ll take advanced language courses, study grammar and composition, and learn about Spanish-American civilization, culture and literature.
The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.
Spanish/Secondary Major, Bachelor of Arts in Education (BAE)
This major satisfies the endorsement for grades 5-12.
Note: students who do not have sufficient high school language preparation to begin SPAN 201 will require more than 12 quarters to complete the BAE; students who want to have a second endorsement in a minor field will require more than 12 quarters to complete the BAE.
Grade Requirements: the minimum cumulative GPA for this program is ≥2.7.
| Secondary Education students must complete the required Secondary Education Core and the following courses. | ||
| Required Spanish/Secondary Courses | ||
| GNML 390 | FOREIGN LANGUAGE METHODS | 4 |
| SPAN 201 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH AND CULTURE | 5 |
| SPAN 202 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH AND CULTURE | 5 |
| SPAN 203 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH AND CULTURE | 5 |
| SPAN 310 | ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION | 3 |
| SPAN 311 | ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION | 3 |
| Choose two of the following courses: | 10 | |
| HISPANIC LINGUISTIC STUDIES | ||
| HISPANIC CULTURAL STUDIES | ||
| HISPANIC LITERARY STUDIES | ||
| Electives–Choose courses above SPAN 300 | 14 | |
| Total Credits | 49 | |
Students who earn a BAE in Spanish-Secondary from EWU should be able to:
Notes: may be repeated.
Pre-requisites: SPAN 310 or SPAN 312.
Selected poems by Hispanic authors within a designated thematic or period framework. Content varies.
Pre-requisites: SPAN 310 and SPAN 311 or SPAN 312 and SPAN 313 and SPAN 320; SPAN 321.
This course is a chronological exploration of the connections between travel narratives and the construction of Hispanic identity. Students continue to develop their cultural understanding of the Spanish speaking world while targeting the four language skills through material related to Spanish travel narratives.
Pre-requisites: SPAN 310, SPAN 311, SPAN 313, SPAN 320, SPAN 321.
This course examines the history and diversity of the different Spanish dialects by presenting the geographical, ethnic, and sociolinguistic factors that contribute to the variety present in current modern peninsular and Latin American Spanish. A special emphasis will be placed on the situation of the Spanish in the U.S. as the second most widespread language, second only to English.