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 7 to 12 with a grades 1 to 6 extension).
Why Spanish and Spanish Education at UB?
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 the classroom.
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 schools across diverse 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 1 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. 8 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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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 and SPA 152 (unless these are waived by the Department on the basis of placement results or if additional prerequisite language courses are required to achieve the level of 151 proficiency)
- 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
- Six SPA courses (18 credits) at the 300/400 level
- CEP 400 Educational Psychology
- ELP 405 Sociology of Education
- LAI 350 Introduction to Education
- LAI 414 Adolescent Writing Across the Curriculum
- LAI 474 Teaching the Exceptional Learner in the Regular Education Classroom
Progression to Graduate Coursework
You will not apply separately to graduate study; instead, there are a series of progression points that you must meet.
Advancement to the graduate portion of the program requires that you:
- maintain a 3.0 GPA
- earn a “C” grade or higher in content courses (courses in the major)
- earn a “B-” or better in all education and graduate level coursework
- complete an interview with the Office of Educator Preparation in year three of bachelor's program
- submit two letters of recommendation
Spanish Education EdM Courses
- 12 credits of SP at the 500-level
- 3 credits of LAI electives at the 500/600 level
- LAI 552 Middle Childhood/ Adolescent Literacy Methods
- LAI 581 Linguistics For L2 Education
- LAI 582 Principles Language Acquisition 1st and 2nd
- LAI 593 Teaching Foreign Language Grades 1-6
- LAI 595 Supervised Teaching 2
- 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 or Comprehensive Exam
Questions?
For more information about coursework and requirements, please contact:
Office of Educator Preparation, ubedprep@buffalo.edu, 716-645-2461