World Languages Certification (P-12)

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Note: The German Major with World Languages Certification is temporarily suspended, and Mount St. Mary’s is not accepting new students into the program at this time.

Program Requirements

Education courses for foreign language majors lead to certification in grades P-12. The following professional course sequence is required:

EDUC 100 - Foundations of American Education Credits: (4)
EDUC 208 - Learning Theory & Human Development Credits: (4)
EDUC 204 - Sophomore Spring Field Experience Credits: (0)
EDUC 300 - Modernity in Education Credits: (3)
EDUC 325 - Literacy in the Secondary Content A Credits: (3)
EDUC 387 - Secondary Internship I Credits: (0)
EDUC 311 - Junior Fall Field Experience Credits: (0)
EDUC 427 - Literacy in the Secondary Content A Credits: (4)
FLED 400 - Methods and Assessment of Learning Credits: (4)
EDUC 490 - Teacher Internship/Art & World Lang Credits: (8)
SPED 308 - Intro to Exceptional Children Credits: (4)
EDGE 343 - Globalization and Education Credits: (3)
EDUC 496 - Seminar Credits: (4)

Note

To earn a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, German or French with P-12 Certification students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours. Students must earn a cumulative GPA of 2.75.

Student Learning Outcomes

Mount St. Mary’s develops educators who are able to:

demonstrate the content and pedagogical knowledge, skills and dispositions to effect student learning (proficient)
examine learning to shape their practice (reflective)
demonstrate commitment to the diversity, dignity, equality and rights of the individual (ethical)
demonstrate leadership as active participants in the education community (leading)
respond to the demands of an increasingly diverse technological and global society (adaptive)

An advisor in the education department will be assigned upon the student’s admission to a teacher education program, though the primary advisor resides in the major department. The student is responsible for knowing and meeting the requirements and deadlines for internship, program completion and certification, as well as all graduation requirements of the major department and of the University. This Maryland Approved Program meets Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) certification requirements. Students are advised to consult certification requirements in other states of interest early in their study.