Bachelor of Arts in Spanish: Spanish for Education Option

Learn more about the Bachelor of Arts in Spanish.

The Spanish for Education option includes the Spanish-language courses required for certification in Spanish for Secondary Education in the College of Education at Temple and satisfies the requirements for the Spanish major in the College of Liberal Arts.

Summary of Degree Requirements

• University Requirements:
  • MATH 0701 (4 s.h.) and/or ENG 0701 (4 s.h.), if required by placement testing.
  • All Temple students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses as part of the major. The specific courses required for this major are SPAN 2096 or SPAN 2098, and SPAN 3096.
  • Students must complete requirements of the General Education (GenEd) Program. See the General Education section of the Undergraduate Bulletin for more details.
• College of Liberal Arts Requirements:
  • Completion of a minimum of 123 credits, including: 90 credits in CLA/CST courses, 45 credits of which must be at the upper level (numbered 2000-4999).
  • Distribution Requirement for Humanities majors: Six upper level credits must be earned in the Social Science, Science, and/or interdisciplinary subject areas.  Select from the following CLA departments and programs: Africology & African American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Criminal Justice, Economics, Environmental Studies, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Geography and Urban Studies, Global Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies, Liberal Arts, Neuroscience (CLA), Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology, or any department in the College of Science and Technology.
  • A minimum GPA of 2.0, cumulatively, in all CLA/CST coursework, and in the major.
  • Only courses in which a student receives a grade of at least C- can satisfy GenEd, major, minor, or CLA Foreign Language and Global Studies requirements.

  • Professional Development Requirement

    • All students in the College of Liberal Arts are required to take a 1 credit seminar in professional development. CLA 1002 Professional Development for Liberal Arts Majors is the appropriate course option for this major. Other courses that fulfill this requirement may be found on the CLA College Requirements page. Only one course in this category may count towards graduation.
  • Foreign Language/Global Studies Requirements:
    • The requirements for the major in Spanish exceed the CLA minimum for this requirement.
    • Notes on Foreign Language Study
      • The third level of language is numbered 1003 in French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese and numbered 2001 in all other foreign language subjects.
      • Students are strongly encouraged to take the third level of a foreign language as it is the minimum required for election to the prestigious honor society Phi Beta Kappa. (Taking the course does not guarantee admission but not taking it guarantees exclusion.)
      • See the College of Liberal Arts Policies section of this Bulletin for more information on the Foreign Language Placement, Regression in Coursework, and guidelines for students' other experiences with language.

• General Electives are typically one-third of a student's program of study and can be focused on a second major, a minor, or towards some other personal enrichment or professional goals. See an academic advisor for assistance in developing an academic plan for these courses.

• Major Requirements (30 credits):

• Prerequisites: SPAN 1001 , SPAN 1002 , and SPAN 1003 .
• After completion of prerequisite courses, a total of ten courses are required for the major:

  Course List

  Code	Title	Credit Hours
  Writing Intensive Courses		6
  SPAN 2096	Composition 1
  SPAN 3096	Advanced Analysis and Writing Skills 2
  Composition & Conversation		3
  Select one of the following:
  SPAN 1076	Intensive Practice in the Four Skills (9 credits)
  SPAN 2001	Conversational Review
  SPAN 2002	Hispanic Readings
  SPAN 2011	Spanish for Heritage and Bilingual Speakers
  SPAN 2098	Advanced Intensive Practice in the Four Skills (9 credits)
  SPAN 3001	Advanced Composition & Conversation
  SPAN 3002	Hispanic Readings II
  SPAN 3003	Advanced Grammar for Communication
  Culture & Civilization		3
  Select one of the following:
  SPAN 3204	Latin America through Film
  SPAN 3221	The Cultures of Spain
  SPAN 3222	Spain through Film
  SPAN 3241	The Cultures of Latin America
  SPAN 3243	The Culture of Puerto Rico
  SPAN 3261	The Hispanic World
  SPAN 4161	Hispanic Literature through Art
  SPAN 4221	The Art of Spain
  Linguistics		3
  Select one of the following:
  SPAN 4301	The Sounds of Spanish
  SPAN 4302	Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
  SPAN 4303	Spanish/English Bilingualism
  SPAN 4304	Spanish Applied Linguistics
  SPAN 4305	Evolution of the Spanish Language
  SPAN 4306	Spanish Sociolinguistics
  SPAN 4307	Language and Gender
  Contemporary Literature		3
  Select one of the following:
  SPAN 4128	Hispanic Modernism
  SPAN 4132	20th &/or 21st Century Spanish Literature
  SPAN 4142	Spanish American Short Story
  SPAN 4144	Spanish American Poetry
  SPAN 4146	National Literatures of Spanish America
  SPAN 4147	20th and/or 21st Century Puerto Rican Authors
  SPAN 4148	Latin American Literature of Social Conflict
  SPAN 4152	U.S. Latino/a Studies
  SPAN 4162	Hispanic Nobel Laureates
  Additional Literature		3
  Select one of the following:
  SPAN 3002	Hispanic Readings II
  SPAN 3121	Introduction to the Literature of Spain
  SPAN 3141	Introduction to the Literature of Latin America
  SPAN 3142	Puerto Rican Readings
  SPAN 3160	Special Topics I
  SPAN 4121	Survey of Spanish Literature
  SPAN 4126	Cervantes
  SPAN 4141	Survey of Spanish American Literature
  SPAN 4161	Hispanic Literature through Art (or one additional contemporary literature course from the above list)
  SPAN 4401	Advanced Translation and Interpretation
  Electives		9
  Three Spanish electives (SPAN 1003 may be taken as one of these)
  Total Credit Hours		30

  1	SPAN 2096 is a prerequisite for many Spanish courses at the advanced levels.
  2	Indicates capstone for the major.

Note: In order to complete the 10-course requirement, students must add additional courses at the 3000 or 4000 level, depending on proficiency.

Suggested Academic Plan

Bachelor of Arts in Spanish: Spanish for Education Option

Requirements for New Students starting in the 2021-2022 Academic Year

Note: Secondary Education majors should see the suggested academic plan for that major.