Saint Xavier University is approved by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to offer a Secondary Education licensure program in Spanish (PK-12).
For all Education requirements, please visit the PK-12 and Secondary Education Programs page of this catalog.
Requirements (33-36 credit hours)
This program is designed to provide a solid foundation in Spanish language, literature, arts, history and civilization. This option is intended primarily for those students who plan to teach Spanish at PK-12 Level as well as continue their studies in Spanish in graduate school.
This major focuses on the preparation of Spanish teachers according to NCATE/ACTFL and Illinois Content Standards for Educators.
Students in the Secondary Education - Spanish (PK-12) major must complete all requirements for Spanish Language, Literature and Civilization courses, achieve an overall SXU GPA of 3.0 and complete all general education courses, and all professional education courses with a minimum grade of C to be admitted to Student Teaching.
For information, contact, Nathan Peck, peck@sxu.edu, director of Liberal Arts and Humanities.
Required Spanish Courses (12 credit hours)
- SPAN 200: Advanced Grammar and Composition
- SPAN 210: Advanced Spanish Conversation OR SPAN 211: Spanish for Speakers of Spanish
- SPAN 220: Interpretation of Texts
- SPAN 395: Senior Seminar
Spanish Electives (21-24 credit hours)
Choose another 24 credit hours, 21 credit hours if studying Spanish abroad.
12 credit hours (out of the 21-24 credit hours for Spanish electives) need to be from courses in the 300-level.
List of Spanish Elective Courses
- SPAN 205: Language and Culture I
- SPAN 206: Language and Culture II
- SPAN 212: Spanish in the Workplace
- SPAN 231: Introduction to Hispanic Culture and Civilization I
- SPAN 232: Introduction to Hispanic Culture and Civilization II
- SPAN 260: Special Topics
- SPAN 312: Literary Responses to Armed Conflicts in the Twentieth Century
- SPAN 314: Realism and the Turn of the Century
- SPAN 316: Latin American Responses to Colonization
- SPAN 317: Narrative and Spectacle of the Mexican Revolution
- SPAN 319: Cervantes' Don Quixote
- SPAN 334: Film and Literature
- SPAN 391: Selected Topics in Hispanic Literatures and/or Civilizations I
- SPAN 392: Selected Topics in Hispanic Literatures and/or Civilizations II
*This course is taught in English. A maximum of TWO courses taught in English can count through the Spanish major.
Spanish Placement Test and Spanish Retroactive Credits
*You may skip these courses if you provide AP courses, biliteracy certificate, and/or you test up to 200 in the Spanish Placement test (no cost). Please, for details about the SXU Placement Test, contact academictesting@sxu.edu.