Indiana University of Pennsylvania

1999-2000 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 in which content teaching in the foreign language is the objective. To complete this specialty area, students must:
  1. attain a minimum level of intermediate-high on 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	Spanish for Elementary Teaching   3sh

SP321	Advanced Spanish 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:					0

GE252, PS387, or AN474 

as the non-Western course                 

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 25 and 31 semester hours.
(2) Students interested in the program should contact the director of the FLISET Program in the Department of Spanish and Classical Languages or the FLISET coordinator in the Department of Professional Studies in Education.
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