Spanish Co-Major with Secondary Education
Would you like to share your knowledge and enthusiasm for Spanish with middle school and high school students?
The Spanish major with a co-major in secondary education will prepare you as a professional educator to meet the many challenges of the 21st century classroom, teaching Spanish language, cultures and literatures in grades K-12.
You will be instructed and mentored by a highly qualified faculty: All full-time and adjunct faculty members in the education department at Cedar Crest are teacher scholars with a minimum of five years of teaching experience in K-12 classrooms. This degree program is certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Spanish with Secondary Education Co-Major Requirements
Students intending to pursue the Spanish major in combination with Secondary Education must take the following 300-level courses in the process of satisfying the requirements for the Spanish major:
- SPA 300 Linguistics and Translation
PLUS one of the following:
- SPA 311 Hispanic Culture and Civilization
- SPA 312 Hispanic Popular Culture in the United States
- SPA 313 Caribbean Literature
Spanish certification candidates who are scheduled to student teach must be formally evaluated in oral proficiency BEFORE their student teaching semester.
Requirements for the Secondary Education Co-Major
- EDU 100 Perspectives on Middle Level and Secondary Education 3 credits
- EDU 102 Educational Psychology 3 credits
- EDU 150 Educational Planning 3 credits
- EDU 151 Field Experience I 1 credit
- EDU 207 Technology for Educators 3 credits (Biology, Chemistry and General Science majors are exempted)
- EDU 214 Adolescent Literacy 3 credits
- EDU 215 Field Experience II: Middle Level and Secondary 1 credit
- EDU 346 Curriculum, Assessment and Learning Experiences for Secondary Science and Mathematics 3 credits
or
EDU 347 Curriculum, Assessment and Learning Experiences for Secondary Social Studies 3 credits
or
EDU 348 Curriculum, Assessment and Learning Experiences for Secondary English 3 credits
or
EDU 349 Curriculum, Assessment and Learning Experiences for K-12 World Language 3 credits - EDU 350 Field Experience III: Secondary 1 credit
- EDU 351 Assessment I 3 credits
- EDU 352 Assessment II 3 credits
- EDU 359 Teaching the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students 3 credits
- SPE 243 The Exceptional Child 3 credits
- SPE 245 Field Experience IV 1 credit
- SPE 320 Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities 3 credits
- SPE 344 Adaptations, Modifications, and Assistive Technology for the Exceptional Child 3 credits
or
SPE 250 Subject Area Content Access for Students with Learning Disabilities 3 credits - EDU 373 Student Teaching: Secondary Schools 9 credits
- EDU 374 Professional Education Seminar 3 credits
Other Required Courses:
- MAT-XXX 3 credits
- MAT-XXX 3 credits
- WRI-100 3 credits
- ENG-XXX [ Any American or British Literature course] 3 credits
Education department information about the secondary education co-major »
