1996-1997 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

The College of Education

Foreign Languages and International Studies Program for Elementary Teaching (FLISET) (2)
Elementary Education/Early Childhood majors may develop an academic specialty in Spanish and International Studies, which will prepare them to teach in elementary programs where content teaching in the foreign language is the objective. To complete this specialty area, students must: (1) attain a minimum level of the ACTFL/ETS scale; (2) successfully complete a six-week summer study/internship abroad at a site approved by the department (usually the summer following the junior year); (3) successfully complete the student teaching experience in a bilingual or immersion elementary school classroom; and (4) complete the following minimum number of credits in Spanish:

Required courses:			               22 (1)
SP201	Intermediate Spanish	          4sh
SP221	Intermediate Conversation	  3sh
SP230	Intermediate Spanish Composition  3sh
SP290	Intensive Spanish for 
        Elementary Teaching               3sh
SP321	Advanced Conversation	          3sh
SP340	Hispanic Civilization 
        Through the 19th Century          3sh
SP390	Teaching of Elementary Content 
        Through the Spanish Language	  3sh

Controlled elective:  one course          3
SPXXX	Elective (taken abroad)	          3sh

Other Requirements:
GE252, PS387, or AN474 
as the non-Western course                 0
Study/internship in Mexico 
for six to eight weeks the
summer following junior year            0-6sh
Student teaching experience 
in immersion classroom                    0sh

(1) While the total number of credits required in Spanish in order to attain the desired proficiency level will vary from student to student depending on the entry level of proficiency, most students can expect to complete between twenty-five and thirty-one credits.
(2) Students interested in the program should contact the director of the FLISET Program in the Department of Spanish and Classical Languages.

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