2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Spanish Education, B.A.

Students choosing this option must make a formal application for admission to the School of Education. Prior to taking education courses, all prerequisites must be met.

All students must have and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Praxis I – All students must earn the New Jersey Qualifying score on all three parts (reading, writing and math) of the Praxis I Core Academic Skills exam in order to be eligible for admission into the program as a declared major.

Praxis II – A passing score on the Spanish World Language Content Knowledge exam (computer test only) is required prior to taking the professional field experience.

Oral Proficiency Inventory – All students must achieve the standard of “Advanced High” on this examination.

General Education 41-42

Foundations Requirements 13

A grade of C or better is required for all Additional Required Courses.

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2022RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more)

ENG 1030: Requires a grade of B- or better.

MATH 1010: Course required by Major.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 28-29

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403:GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Interdisciplinary

3

 

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

PSY 1000GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

HIST 1062: GE Distribution course required of all students.

PSY 1000: Course required by Major.

Select One GE Approved courses from one area below:
Economics or ES 1010 World Geography

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 10-11

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

OR

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

OR

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

 

AND

BIO 1000PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY

4

BIO 1000: Course required by Major.

Select One GE Approved Science course from one area below:
Biology

3-4

Chemistry or Physics

3-4

Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Forensic Sciences or Sustainability Sciences

3-4

Interdisciplinary

3

Additional Required Courses 15

Additional Required Courses 15

A grade of C or better is required for all Additional Required Courses.

PSY 2110PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE

3

SPAN 3125CONTRS APP LINGUISTICS SPANISH

3

SPAN 4100SPANISH GRAMMAR: MORPH/SYNTAX

3

EMSE 3255METHODLOGY II:K-12 ASSESSMENT PRACTICES IN CONTEMPORARY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS METHODOLOGY K-12 LANGUAGE INSTR CONT ENVI

3

ID 2052HUMAN EXCEPTIONALITY

3

 

Academic Major 33-34

Major Required Courses 6

SPAN 3100ADVANCED SPANISH COMP-WE

3

 

SPAN 3105ADVANCED SPANISH CONVERSATION

3

OR

Any SPAN 3000-4000 Level Course (Native Speakers Only)

3

SPAN 3100: Writing Emphasis (WE) course.

(SPAN 3105 is not open to native speakers of Spanish. Native speakers must substitute another 3000-4000 level SPAN course, with advisement, for this requirement).

Required Survey Courses 6

(Program requires a one-semester civilization survey and a one-semester literature survey.)

Select one course from the following selection:

SPAN 3210SPANISH CIVILIZATION I

3

SPAN 3215SPANISH CIVILIZATION II

3

SPAN 3225LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION I

3

SPAN 3230LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION II

3

Select one course from the following selection:

SPAN 3200HISTORY OF SPANISH LIT I

3

SPAN 3205HISTORY OF SPANISH LIT II

3

SPAN 3250SURVEY OF LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE I

3

SPAN 3255SURVEY OF LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE II

3

Major Electives 18

Select 3000-4000 level courses with advisement from Spanish Department.

SPAN 3000-4000 Level Course

3

SPAN 3000-4000 Level Course

3

SPAN 3000-4000 Level Course

3

SPAN 3000-4000 Level Course

3

SPAN 3000-4000 Level Course

3

SPAN 3000-4000 Level Course

3

Major Capstone Course 3

SPAN 4700SEMINAR IN SPANISH LITERATURE

3

Professional Education Requirements 31

Sophomore Level

EMSE 2801CLINICAL EXPERIENCE I IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION K-12

3

Junior Level

EDUC 3000CURRICULUM, EVALUATION AND THE LEARNER

3

EDUC 3401LANGUAGE ARTS/READING IN K-12 SUBJECT AREA TEACHING

3

EMSE 3122TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

3

EMSE 3903ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS

1

Note: Praxis I - All students must earn the required qualifying scores on the appropriate Praxis content knowledge examination(s)

Senior Level

EMSE 3250METHODOLOGY I: K-12 LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN CONTEMPORARY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

3

EMSE 4711CLINICAL I PRACTICE IN SUBJECT AREA K-12

3

EMSE 4811CLINICAL II IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION K-12

9

Note: Praxis II - All students must earn the required qualifying scores on the appropriate Praxis II content knowledge examination(s).

EMSE 4811: edTPA - Performance Assessment required and completed during clinical practice II (senior field). Beginning in September 2019, all students must earn the state's qualifying score.

Professional Capstone Course

 
EDUC 4000TEACHER AND CLASSROOM

3

Optional Free Electives 1-2

SPAN 1996 (Optional) Freshman Research course (1 credit). This course can be taken up to two times for credit in this area.

Total Credit Hours: 120