Interdisciplinary Studies, Bilingual Certification, BS

Bilingual Specialization: 24 hrs

• SPAN 1412 - Elementary Spanish II 4 hrs
• SPAN 2311 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 hrs
• SPAN 2312 - Intermediate Spanish II 3 hrs
• SPAN 3301 - Advanced Spanish Grammar, Reading, Composition I 3 hrs
• SPAN 3302 - Advanced Spanish Grammar Reading Composition II 3 hrs
• EDUC 3320 - Foundations of Bilingual Education 3 hrs
• EDUC 4340 - Language Arts/Reading: Bilingual 3 hrs
• EDUC 4364 - Approaches to English Language Learners (ELL) 3 hrs

Professional Education Courses: 24 hrs:

*Student must be admitted into TEACH in order to register for the Professional Education Courses

• EDUC 3344 - Reading Comprehension in EC-12 3 hrs
• EDUC 4348 - Literacy Diagnosis and Remediation EC-12 3 hrs
• EDUC 4356 - Differentiated Learning Strategies 3 hrs
• EDUC 5303 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods ll: Deconstruction 3 hrs
• EDUC 5307 - Classroom and Behavior Management 3 hrs
• EDUC 5330 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods lll: Reconstruction 3 hrs

Additional Foundation Required Courses: 13 hrs

• HIST 1302 - United States Since 1865 3 hrs
• MATH 1306 - Essentials in Mathematics I 3 hrs
• MATH 1307 - Essentials in Mathematics II 3 hrs

• Students seeking EC-6 Certification are required to take an additional science course, will also fulfill the Natural Science General Education requirement:

  BIOL 1400  and PHSC 1400  are recommended.

Required General Education Courses: 13 hrs

• HIST 1301 - United States to 1865 3 hrs
• MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hrs

• or

• MATH 1404 - College Algebra with Lab 4 hrs
• POLS 1301 - American Government 3 hrs
• SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hrs

• or

• SPAN 2342 - Spanish for Heritage Language Speakers I 3 hrs

Fall - Year One

• INDS 1311 - Applications of Learning 3 hrs

• (For first term traditional freshmen)

Spring - Year One

• EDUC 1321 - Introduction to the Teaching Profession 3 hrs
• HIST 1302 - United States Since 1865 3 hrs

Summer - Year One

• SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hrs
• SPAN 1412 - Elementary Spanish II 4 hrs
• SPAN 2311 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 hrs
• SPAN 2312 - Intermediate Spanish II 3 hrs

Note(s):

*Spanish credit can be obtained through Advanced Placement credit (AP) or CLEP credit.

**Students may take some GE courses in summer school with advisor approval to reduce load during school year if needed during years one and two.

Fall - Year Two

• EDUC 2310 - Diversity 3 hrs
• MATH 1306 - Essentials in Mathematics I 3 hrs
• SPAN 3301 - Advanced Spanish Grammar, Reading, Composition I 3 hrs

Spring - Year Two

• EDUC 4330 - Childhood Growth and Development 3 hrs
• EDUC 4372 - The Creative Child: Art, Music, and Movement 3 hrs
• MATH 1307 - Essentials in Mathematics II 3 hrs
• SPAN 3302 - Advanced Spanish Grammar Reading Composition II 3 hrs
• SPED 2338 - Survey of Exceptionalities 3 hrs

Fall - Year Three

• EDUC 3320 - Foundations of Bilingual Education 3 hrs
• EDUC 4345 - Literacy Development and Instruction: EC-12 3 hrs
• EDUC 4363 - Language Development: English Language Learners 3 hrs
• EDUC 5343 - Methods of Teaching Mathematics 3 hrs

Spring - Year Three

• EDUC 3344 - Reading Comprehension in EC-12 3 hrs
• EDUC 4356 - Differentiated Learning Strategies 3 hrs
• EDUC 4364 - Approaches to English Language Learners (ELL) 3 hrs
• EDUC 5303 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods ll: Deconstruction 3 hrs
• EDUC 5355 - Methods of Teaching Science 3 hrs

Summer - Year Three

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Fall - Year Four

• EDUC 4340 - Language Arts/Reading: Bilingual 3 hrs
• EDUC 4348 - Literacy Diagnosis and Remediation EC-12 3 hrs
• EDUC 5307 - Classroom and Behavior Management 3 hrs
• EDUC 5330 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods lll: Reconstruction 3 hrs
• EDUC 5372 - Methods of Teaching Social Studies 3 hrs

Spring - Year Four

Note(s):

The following components are required in all degrees:

General education, major, and verification completion of:

• overall semester hours - 136
• institutional semester hours - 45
• overall advanced hours - 36
• institutional advanced hours - 24

Other course requirements:
Professional Education courses may not be taken until after students are officially admitted to the teacher education program

Required General Education courses:

HIST 1301 , MATH 1304 , POLS 1301 , SPAN 1411  

Two Science courses required one Life Science and one Physical Science, one course must have a lab.  Recommended science courses:

BIOL 1400 , PHSC 1400  

Professional Education courses may not be taken until after students are officially admitted to the teacher education program

Candidates seeking EC-6 Certification must earn a C or better in all Foundation, Supporting and Professional Education courses.

Candidates seeking EC-6 Certification may earn only one D in PHIL, Foreign Language or THSA as long as the cululative GPA requirement is met.  These three courses fulfull General Education requirements and are not considered “content” courses per TEA.

Required Courses for Additional Certitifcations:

ESL: EDUC 3310 , EDUC 4364  

Special Education: SPED 4324 , SPED 4351 , SPED 5343  

Acceptable minor fields:
None required