Oct 31, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Modern Languages, BA (42-574) - Teacher Education Option (ML03) (4 Year Guide)


This guide is valid for this Undergraduate Catalog only and is subject to change. This guide is a recommendation only and your actual program may vary. The time it takes to complete a degree and the sequence in which courses are taken will depend on any credits transferred to UCM and on placement in math and writing. See the current Undergraduate Catalog for a complete listing of academic policies, curriculum, prerequisites, and course descriptions.

Suggested Schedule


Freshman Year - Fall Semester


  • Elementary I (FREN, GER, or SPAN) (3) *
  • General Education - Fine Arts (3)
  • General Education - Managing Information (2)
  • General Education - Natural Science with a Lab (4)

Semester Total: 15 Hours


Freshman Year - Spring Semester


Semester Total: 15 Hours


Sophomore Year - Fall Semester


  • Intermediate I (FREN, GER, or SPAN) (3) *+
  • General Education - Literature (3)

Sophomore Year - Spring Semester


Semester Total: 15 Hours


Junior Year - Fall Semester


  • 2000/3000 level courses (FREN, GER, or SPAN) (6) *
  • 3000/4000 level course (FREN, GER, or SPAN) (3) *
  • Free Electives (6)

Semester Total: 15 Hours


Semester Total: 15 Hours


Semester Total: 17 Hours


Semester Total: 12 Hours


(All non-student teaching coursework and tests must be successfully completed before this semester for enrollment in student teaching.)

Modern Languages Major (Professional Applications Option - Education Concentration (K-12 Certification)), BA Degree 120 Hours


  • * All 33 hours of the language requirement must be in the same modern foreign language (French, German, or Spanish).
  • + Enrollment in Intermediate I requires completion of 6 hours of credit for Elementary Language I and Elementary Language II or equivalent proficiency. If you received college credit for these classes while in high school (dual credit), these credits will be applied to the major sequence. Students who have taken high school language courses (French, German or Spanish) may enroll beyond the Elementary I level, and may apply for Validated Credit for the class(es) skipped. A student completing Elementary II with a grade of C or higher will earn three credit hours for Elementary I at no tuition charge; a student completing Intermediate I with a grade of C or higher will earn six credit hours for Elementary I and II at no tuition charge.
  • ** Students pursuing the Education Concentration must complete a biology prefix.
  • *** UNIV 1400  is a free choice elective and is highly recommended for academic success. If UNIV 1400  is chosen, 1 less hour of free choice electives will be needed.
  • Teacher Education candidates must take the appropriate Missouri Content Assessment (MoCA) for their certification area before they can student teach, and must pass it in order to be recommended for certification. Information and registration is available on the MEGA website: http://www.mo.nesinc.com/.
  • See www.ucmo.edu/cert for statement and information (including application) on admission to teacher education. Full admission is required before enrollment in professional education classes and student teaching. The application for student teaching is due approximately one year in advance.