Part of the Graduate School of Education
Combined Spanish, BA / Spanish Education, EdM
The UB Teach Spanish education program is an accelerated, combined degree program that allows you to earn a Spanish BA and a Spanish education EdM within five years. It provides you with content expertise in Spanish language and culture while preparing you to teach Spanish at the adolescence level (grades 5 to 12).
In this combined program, students study in the Spanish Program within the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in the College of Arts and Sciences as well as the Department of Learning and Instruction in the Graduate School of Education. While in the Spanish program, you benefit from a dedicated focus on the study of Spanish Language and Literature; in the Department of Learning and Instruction, you will learn how to bring Spanish to life in a grades 5 to 12 classroom.
Why Spanish and Spanish Education at UB?
UB prepares highly qualified teachers who lead their classrooms, shape students’ lives and positively engage with the communities they serve.
Students enrolled in this program will:
- Develop language competence and communicative strategies in preparation for cross cultural, global interaction.
- Enhance research and analytical skills to locate and interpret sources and produce original research.
- Complete intensive clinical education experiences in collaboration with Western New York grades 5–12 schools in rural, suburban and urban settings, while learning the nuances of the teaching profession.
- Gain the skills, expertise and confidence to implement evidence-based practice in the classroom and co-teach alongside an expert teacher in a one-year residency.
Program Overview
| Academic credential granted | Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Education (EdM) |
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| Certification option | Successful completion of program leads to an institutional recommendation for New York State initial and professional certification in Spanish education |
| Grade levels | 7 to 12 with 5 to 6 extension |
| Credits required for completion | 150 |
| Time to completion | 5 years |
| Course delivery | On campus, online |
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| Application deadline | Early action: Nov. 15 Scholarship consideration: Dec. 15 Regular decision: Feb. 1 Students can continue to submit an application for fall consideration until capacity is reached. |
Important Fall Dates
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Program Coursework
Coursework Note
This is a sample course schedule. These courses are subject to change. As a student in the UB Teach program, you must work closely with your advisor before registering for classes.
Spanish BA Courses
- SPA 151 Intermediate Spanish 1st Semester
- SPA 152 Intermediate Spanish 2nd Semester
- SPA 207 Spanish Conversation and Language Workshop
- SPA 208 Spanish Composition and Language Workshop
- SPA 304 Early Spanish American Literature
- SPA 311 Survey of Spanish American Literature
- SPA 325 Phonetics
- SPA 328 Spanish American Culture and Civilization
- SPA 300/400 Electives (6 courses)
Progression to Graduate Coursework
Students will not apply separately to graduate study; instead, there are a series of progression points that must be met.
Advancement to the graduate portion of the program requires the following:
• maintain a 3.0 GPA
• earn a “C” grade or higher in content courses, as well as any course that is used to fulfill general education requirements for teacher certification
• earn a B- or better in all graduate level coursework
• complete an interview with the Teacher Education Institute in year three of bachelor's
Spanish Education EdM Courses
- CEP 400 Educational Psychology
- ELP 405 Sociology of Education
- LAI 350 Introduction to Education
- LAI 414 Adolescent Writing across Curriculum
- LAI 474 Teaching the Exceptional Learner
- LAI 552 Middle Childhood/ Adolescent Literacy Methods
- LAI 581 Linguistics For L2 Education
- LAI 582 Principles Language Acquisition 1st & 2nd
- LAI 593 Teaching Foreign Language Grades 1-6
- LAI 595 Supervised Teaching 2
- LAI 500-600 Elective (1 course)
- LAI 616 Teaching Foreign Language Grades 7-12
- LAI 667 Field Experience
- LAI 668 Supervised Teaching 1
- LAI 674 Seminar in Teaching
- LAI 698 Instructional Strategies in Secondary Schools
- LAI 700 Capstone
- SPA 500 Electives (4 courses)
Program Requirements
Dignity for All Students Act Requirement
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) requires that all students applying for certification as of December 31, 2013 have 6 hours of coursework or training on the social patterns of harassment, bullying and discrimination. As mandated by NYSED six clock hours of training in harassment, bullying, and discrimination prevention and intervention. This workshop is available through the University at Buffalo as well as other NYSED-approved providers. If you have already completed a workshop through a NYSED-approved provider, you must submit proof of completion when you apply.
Students with Disabilities Requirement
The New York State Education Department requires three semester hours of study in the area of students with disabilities for those who are entering the teacher education programs. If you have not yet fulfilled this requirement, you may take our students with disabilities course (LAI 574).
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University Computing Standards
You are required to have daily access to a reliable broadband connection and a computer that meets university computing standards. You are also expected to have basic computer competency before beginning your coursework.