Spanish Teacher Certification

Certification

Students seeking certification in the teaching of Spanish in secondary schools must apply for admission to the program through their faculty advisor no later than the end of the sophomore year.  They must maintain a grade point average of at least 3.00 in all courses attempted in the major at Muhlenberg and demonstrate fluent command of the spoken and written language.  We strongly encourage the teaching certification candidates study abroad in a Spanish-speaking country and/or take service-learning courses in the local Hispanic immigrant and Latino communities.

Candidates for certification in secondary Spanish are required to complete:

• Two advanced language courses:

• SPN 301 - Spanish Conversation & Composition Course unit(s): 1 OR
• SPN 303 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers II Course unit(s): 1

• and

• SPN 304 - Advanced Spanish Conversation & Composition Course unit(s): 1

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  Two 300- or 400-level Elective Courses:

• SPN 310 - Spanish for the Professions Course unit(s): 1
• SPN 320 - Civilizations of Spain Course unit(s): 1
• SPN 322 - Civilizations of Latin America Course unit(s): 1
• SPN 327 - Public Health in Practice: Panamá Course unit(s):
• SPN 407 - Interpreting Course unit(s): 1
• SPN 408 - Translation Course unit(s): 1

• Additional language or culture-focused elective courses taken here or abroad may be included here as well.

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  Two Peninsular (Spain)-centered 400-level Courses:

• SPN 410 - Heroes and Sinners Course unit(s): 1
• SPN 411 - Don Quijote Course unit(s): 1
• SPN 412 - Text and Stage Course unit(s): 1
• SPN 413 - From the Golden Age to the Silver Age Course unit(s): 1
• SPN 414 - Spanish Identity in Times of Change Course unit(s): 1

• Additional Peninsular courses taken here or abroad may be included here as well.

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  Two Latin American or LatinX-centered 400-level Courses:

• SPN 415 - The Literature of Conquest & Colonization in Spanish America Course unit(s): 1
• SPN 416 - Postcolonial Realities in Spanish American Literature Course unit(s): 1
• SPN 417 - Contemporary Spanish American Novel Course unit(s): 1
• SPN 418 - Hispanic Literature & Film Course unit(s): 1
• SPN 419 - Border Crossings Course unit(s): 1
• SPN 420 - Human Rights Literature in the Americas Course unit(s): 1

• Additional Latin American or LatinX courses taken here or abroad may be included here as well.

• 
  One CUE: Senior Capstone Seminar in Literature