Spanish Teacher (7-12) (Non-Heritage Speakers), B.A. Four-Year Degree Map for Bulletin Year 2018-2019

First Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits	Credits	Spring Classes - 15 credits	Credits
ENGL 1010 Pathways Required Core	3	ENGL 1012 Pathways Required Core	3
Math & Quantitative Reasoning Pathways Required Core	3	Life & Physical Sciences Pathways Required Core	3
Creative Expression Pathways Flexible Core	3	World Cultures & Global Issues Pathways Flexible Core	3
SPAN 1010 Pathways College Option	3	SPAN 1020 Pathways College Option	3
General Elective General Elective	3	General Elective General Elective	3

Second Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits	Credits	Spring Classes - 15 credits	Credits
U.S. Experience in Its Diversity Pathways Flexible Core	3	Scientific World Pathways Flexible Core	3
Creative Expression Pathways Flexible Core	3	SPAN 3510 or 3515 or 3520 or 3525 Major	3
SEED 2001 Major (Also fulfills Pathways Individual & Society)	3	Advanced SPAN course* Major (SPAN 2120 recommended)	3
SPAN 1030 General Elective	3	SEED 2002 Major	3
General Elective General Elective	3	General Elective General Elective	3

Third Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits	Credits	Spring Classes - 16 credits	Credits
College Option Pathways College Option	3	College Option Pathways College Option	3
SPAN 2030W Major	3	SPAN 3610 Major	3
SPAN 3510 or 3515 or 3520 or 3525 Major	3	Advanced SPAN course* Major	3
Advanced SPAN course* Major	3	Advanced SPAN course* Major	3
SEED 3401 Major	3	SEED 3402 Major	4

Fourth Year

Fall Classes - 16 credits	Credits	Spring Classes - 13 credits	Credits
Advanced SPAN or MLAN course** Major	3	Advanced SPAN or MLAN course** Major	3
SEED 4405 Major	5	SEED 4411 Major	5
SEED 3456 Major	3	General Elective General Elective	3
General Elective General Elective	3	General Elective General Elective	2
General Elective General Elective	2

Degree Details

39 Pathways Credits†

56 Major Credits

25 General Elective Credits

Students may apply a minor towards their general elective credits.

120 Total Credits

Contact Information

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
4239 Boylan Hall
Vanessa Pérez-Rosario, Chair
VPerezRosario@brooklyn.cuny.edu

†The Pathways curriculum is typically 42 credits. However, the Spanish Teacher B.A. major includes one course (SEED 2001) that also satisfies a Pathways requirement. Therefore, students majoring in Spanish Teacher B.A. need to complete 39 additional Pathways credits.

The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or General Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied.

*Students must complete four advanced SPAN courses from: SPAN 2021, SPAN 2024, SPAN 2432, SPAN 2120, SPAN 3510, SPAN 3515, SPAN 3520, SPAN 3525.

**Students must complete two courses from the following options:

Up to two additional courses in the major language and/or from Modern Languages 2310 or higher
Two courses in a second language, level 2021 or higher
Up to two courses in related areas, subject to department approval

Students who place out of SPAN 1010, SPAN 1020, and SPAN 1030 due to proficiency, will still need to complete 12 credits of College Option.

If the student is a native speaker, or has taken advanced courses in high school, the first SPAN course at Brooklyn College should be SPAN 2120 or an equivalent composition course. The student can then take SPAN 2030W the following term.

Thirty credits in the content area are required for New York state certification to teach a Language Other Than English at the secondary level. Twenty-four of those credits must be taken in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. An average of B or higher in the major is required for student teaching. An average of B- or higher in the major is required for all SEED courses.

In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your academic plan with your advisor on a regular basis.