K-12 Education in Foreign Language–Spanish
39 credit hours Bachelor of Arts in Spanish
39-41 credit hours K-12 Education Minor
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish
Six required courses at the St. Charles campus:
| SPA 31100 | Advanced Oral Expression | 3 |
| SPA 31200 | Advanced Written Expression | 3 |
| SPA 33500 | Peninsular Spanish Culture and Civilization | 3 |
| SPA 33600 | Latin American Culture and Civilization | 3 |
| SPA 35000 | Masterpieces of Peninsular Spanish Literature | 3 |
| SPA 35100 | Masterpieces of Spanish-American Literature | 3 |
Two courses at the St. Charles campus selected from the following options:
| SPA 40000-40099 | Seminar on Selected Authors and Genres of Spanish and Spanish-American Literatures | 3 |
| SPA 41200 | Spanish Romanticism | 3 |
| SPA 41300 | Major Movements in the 19th-Century Spanish Novel | 3 |
| SPA 41500 | The 20th-Century Spanish Novel | 3 |
| SPA 41600 | The Role of Women in Hispanic Societies | 3 |
| SPA 41800 | The Spanish-American Short Story | 3 |
| SPA 42100 | The Spanish-American Regional Novel | 3 |
Methods of Teaching
| EDU 33200 | Secondary Methods of Teaching Modern Languages | 3 |
Also required are 15 credits hours in one option below:
Costa Rica Option:
Three required courses in Costa Rica
| SPA 31300 | Advanced Spanish Composition Workshop | 3 |
| SPA 31400 | Introduction to Spanish Linguistics | 3 |
| SPA 33700 | Costa Rica: History and Society of 19th and 20th Centuries | 3 |
Two courses in Costa Rica selected from the following options:
Spain Option:
One required course in Spain:
| SPA 32100 | Practical Oral/Written Expression | 3-6 |
Twelve credit hours in Spain selected from the following options:
| SPA 32101 | Advanced Spanish Grammar | 3 |
| SPA 32102 | Business Spanish | 3 |
| SPA 32103 | English-Spanish Translation | 3-6 |
| SPA 32104 | Islamic Culture in Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32105 | Jewish Culture in Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32106 | Selected Periods in the History of Spain | 3-6 |
| SPA 32107 | Selected Periods in the History of Latin America | 3 |
| SPA 32108 | Geography of Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32109 | Society and Politics in Modern Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32110 | The Political System of the European Union | 3 |
| SPA 32111 | Economy and Business in Spain and Latin America | 3 |
| SPA 32112 | The Spanish and Latin American Economies | 3 |
| SPA 32113 | History of Art in Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32114 | Selected Periods of the History of Art in Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32115 | History of Spanish Cinema | 3 |
| SPA 32116 | Health, Ecology, and the Environment in Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32117 | Special Topics: Culture | 3 |
| SPA 32118 | Selected Authors, Works, & Themes in Spanish Literature | 3-6 |
| SPA 32119 | Selected Authors, Works, and Themes in Latin American Literature | 3 |
| SPA 32120 | Spanish Theater | 3 |
Note: All 30000- and 40000-level culture and literature courses are conducted in Spanish.