Teaching Languages Other Than English: Spanish, Grades 7-12- BA

The BA program in Adolescent Teaching Languages Other Than English leads to initial certification as a teacher in New York State.

The undergraduate programs in adolescent education are designed to prepare prospective teachers to serve as high-quality educators for students in urban secondary schools. Teacher candidates will take a specified sequence of education courses in addition to fulfilling the CUNY Common Core Requirement and the requirements of their liberal arts or sciences major. These programs include fieldwork in New York City Public schools.

Declaring the Major

Before you can declare a School of Education major as part of your bachelor’s degree, you must complete a group interview with faculty. Signing up for an interview can be done through the School of Education website. Current Hunter students can request an interview throughout the year.

Students interested in an Education program should interview as early as is possible in the semester prior to the one in which they plan to enroll. Transfer students should seek advisement about declaring a School of Education major as soon as they have been admitted to Hunter.

The School of Education does not accept non-degree or second-degree students. Meeting minimum admission requirements does not guarantee entry into the program.

Requirements to Declare the Major

Minimum of at least 60 credits but no more than 90 credits completed by the first semester in the education program.
A Hunter College Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 or better.
Evidence of advanced writing ability through a review of English composition and writing intensive coursework.
Formal declaration of a major in Spanish.
Participation in a group interview.

Undergraduate Academic Progress Standards

Students must maintain a GPA of at least 3.0.
Any student who receives a grade of B-, C+, C or D in a course with fieldwork or student teaching must apply to the department chairperson for permission to re-register for that course, which may be repeated only once.
Any student who receives a grade of D in an education course will be required to repeat that course. Students are permitted to repeat a course only once.
Any student who receives a grade of F in any education course will not be permitted to continue in the program.
Take and pass both the Educating All Students test (EAS) and the appropriate Content Specialty Test (CST) of the New York State Teacher Certification Exams prior to student teaching.

Hunter Core Requirement

Several courses within this major may fulfill parts of the Hunter Core Requirement (CUNY Common Core Requirement [CCCR], Concurrent Requirements). When selecting courses, it may be to a student’s advantage to choose courses that count toward the Hunter Core Requirement and also advance the student on the path to the major. Details on the Hunter Core Requirement can be found here: General Education - Effective Fall 2019 .

Course of Study

Academic Plan: SPANAED-BA

Credits: 60 - 72

Spanish Requirements (33-45 credits)

1. Introductory Spanish (0-12 credits)

Students who demonstrate proficiency in Spanish through a placement exam or prior study may be exempted from some courses at the 100 and 200 level.

SPAN 10100 - Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 10200 - Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 20100 - Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 20200 - Intermediate Spanish II
-or-
SPAN 10300 - Intensive Elementary Spanish
_{may be substituted for SPAN 10100 and SPAN 10200}
SPAN 20300 - Intensive Intermediate Spanish
-or-
_{may be substituted for SPAN 20100 and SPAN 20200}
SPAN 10500 - Basic Reading and Writing for Native Speakers of Spanish
SPAN 10600 - Oral and Written Skills for Native Speakers of Spanish
SPAN 20700 - Intermediate Spanish for Native Speakers
SPAN 20800 - Advanced Spanish for Native Speakers
-and-
SPAN 21100 - Spanish Grammar and Composition
-or-
SPAN 27000 - Spanish Composition for Spanish Speaking Students

2. Spanish Literature (12 credits)

3. Spanish Literature before the 19th Century (6 Credits)

4. Latin American Literature (9 Credits)

At least 3 credits from this category must be in contemporary literature.
SPAN 36000 - Spanish-American Literature of the Colonial Period
SPAN 36200 - Spanish-American Romanticism, Realism and Naturalism
SPAN 36400 - Spanish-American Modernism and Post-modernism
SPAN 36500 - Survey of Spanish-American Teatro
SPAN 36600 - Contemporary Latin American Poetry
SPAN 36700 - Latin American Essay
SPAN 36800 - Contemporary Latin American Narrative
SPAN 37100 - Special Topics in Spanish- American Literature

5. One course chosen from the following (3 credits)

6. One course in Second Language Acquisition (3 credits)

SPAN 39900 - Second Language Acquisition
SPAN 49500 - Independent Study in Hispanic Literature
Students may choose the remaining 3 credits in any course in literature from Spain or Hispanic America numbered above 34200.

Education Requirements (27 credits)

School of Education Exit Standards

Students must meet the following criteria in order to graduate with a School of Education major or minor:

Have an overall GPA of at least 3.0
Complete the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) anti-bullying workshop. The DASA workshop is required for all students in a NYS certification program at the School of Education. The workshop requires six clock hours of coursework or training.