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Elementary Licenses: Spanish

The requirements for an elementary license with a 5-8 Spanish license are listed below. All teaching candidates are advised that completion of the program within a four-year time frame requires careful planning. If you seek a license to teach, please seek early advising from the School of Education to plan your program.

The Licensure Requirements Form lists a full description of the required courses and tests.

Education courses:
EDU 3150 Schools and Society
EDU 3250 Educational Psychology
EDU 3350 Teaching Art in the Elementary School
EDU 3360 Teaching Music in the Elementary School
EDU 3370 Teaching Health in the Elementary School
EDU 3380 Teaching Physical Education in the Elementary School
EDU 5400 Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary and Middle Schools
EDU 5450 Teaching Literacy in the Elementary School
EDU 5510 Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary and Middle Schools
EDU 5520 Teaching Science in the Elementary and Middle Schools
EDU 5620 Education and Cultural Diversity
EDU 5640 Families, Schools, and Communities
EDU 5690 Theory to Practice 5-8
EDU 5720 Exceptionality
EDU 5850 Elementary Student Teaching
EDU 5881 World Language Methods
EDU 5900 Student Teaching Seminar

Related course:
MATH 1130 Fundamental Concepts

World Languages and Cultures, Spanish specialty:
MODL 1010 The Language Phenomenon
MODL 1020 Language and Society
SPAN 5900 Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 5910 Spanish for the Professional
Seven courses numbered beyond SPAN 3220: Intermediate Spanish, four of which must be taught in Spanish

See the licensure requirements form for an elementary license with a 5-8 Spanish specialty for a full description of the required courses and tests.


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