Oct 08, 2024  
2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Spanish Major with Adolescence Education


Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: ACADEMIC PROGRAMS A-Z

The purpose of the major program is to educate students to think and perceive rationally and critically. This education includes reading and thinking; learning about literary and cultural movements; and making connections between the primarily aesthetic literary artifacts of the culture and its political, social, and economic history.

Through the Emerson Foreign Language Laboratory, students are trained to use new learning and technology media at all language levels to allow them to communicate effectively in the world. Likewise, they are encouraged to prepare themselves philosophically and practically to make linkages between the major and other academic disciplines.

The student majoring in Spanish learns about the world of ideas and letters, past and present. This training requires at least one semester of study abroad; one year is recommended. The cohesive, integrated program of foreign language, culture, and literature courses ensures maximum proficiency in the target language.

Spanish Core


Spanish majors are required to take the following courses. (Note: Only 300 level courses may be taken abroad.  SPN 401G and SPN 402 must be taken at Nazareth.)

  • Four Upper Division Spanish courses (300 level) credits: 12

As well as:

Spanish Study Abroad Program


Nazareth College offers its own Spanish study abroad program in cooperation with the Institute of Spanish Studies in Valencia, Spain. Spanish majors and non-majors alike may take advantage of the extensive program of courses offered during fall, spring and summer. Challenging courses such as Phonetics, Composition and Conversation, Medieval, Renaissance and Contemporary Literature, Analysis of Texts, Culture and Civilization courses, Commercial Spanish and Translation courses form part of the extensive curriculum available to Valencia Program participants.

Required Courses for Adolescence Education


The following courses are required for Adolescence Education for majors in Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Mathematics, Theatre, (English Certification) French, Italian, German, or Spanish.

  • Student Teaching and Curriculum Methodology: These courses hold the academic department acronym. These course are numbered 457, Curriculum Methodology: Middle School and Senior High in their area of certification and 479, Student Teaching or professional semester in their area of certification (Ex: HIS 457 or MTH 457).

 

Additional Program Option: Teaching Students with Disabilities at the Adolescence level (Grades 7 - 12) (Dual Certification)


Students also have the option of completing required coursework and field experiences that would lead to another certification in Teaching Students with Disabilities at the Adolescence level. This dual certification option is designed to provide the knowledge base to support student learning in content areas at the adolescence level, as well as to specifically meet the needs of students who have special education needs in grades 7-12 by means of differentiated instruction and collaborative teaching.

Students who elect to pursue this option complete the following courses in addition to the required courses for Adolescence Education listed above:

Spanish Senior Experience


The Senior Experience for the Spanish major culminates with two literature seminars, SPN 401-402, that encourage students to develop further scholarly and critical thinking, including current theoretical discussions in the academy.

The Comprehensive Examination (written, oral) provides students with the threefold opportunity:

  • to ascertain that seniors have adequately mastered the Spanish language

  • to help seniors synthesize the subject matter of the four-year learning experience

  • to demonstrate a working knowledge of Spanish speaking cultures and literatures

Sample Program for the Spanish Major with Adolescence Education


Freshman Year


  • Perspectives I Credits: 9
  • Math and Science Perspectives I Credits: 7
As well as:

Sophomore Year


  • Minimum of one semester abroad in Fall.
  • Perspectives I Credits: 3
  • Perspectives II Credits: 6
  • Math or Science Perspectives II  Credits: 3
  • Liberal Arts Elective Credits: 6
  • Spanish (300 level) Credits: 3

As well as:

Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: ACADEMIC PROGRAMS A-Z