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Undergraduate Programs PA Teaching Certification:  Foreign Language (French and Spanish) Education (K-12)


Program Description
Admissions & Retention Requirements
Course Requirements (Recommended Course Sequence)

Program Description

To be able to teach foreign language (Spanish or French) in a Pennsylvania (PA) public secondary school, students need to declare the first major in either language and elect a secondary major in language certification.  In addition to completing requirements in their major, they need to fulfill the following requirements. Students may complete the professional semester requirements in the graduate year if they elect the BA/M. Ed. Combined 5-year program.

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Course Requirements

Course Number

Course Name

Credit

Language Certification Courses (21 Credits)

EDU 200*

Social and Philosophical Foundations of Modern Education

3

EDU 201*

Introduction to Special Education

3

EDU 207

Child, Adolescent, & Educational Development

3

EDU 250*

Field Experience

3

EDU 403

Reading in the Content Area

3

LAN 350

Teaching of Modern Lan. and ESL

3

ANTH 101
(OR EDU 417)

Cultural Anthropology
(OR Multicultural Education)

3

Recommended Elective

BKIN 201

First Aid

3

Professional Semester (15 credits)

EDU 410

Student Teaching

12

EDU 420

Practicum

3

*At least 20 hours of required urban observation can occur in any of these three courses.

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