Sample TESU BA Foreign Language - Spanish Degree Plan

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Please get an advisor to pre-plan your UL courses before purchasing them. TESU may have other ideas about what works for this degree.

Due to the lack of alternate credit available for this degree, this is not necessarily one of the cheapest degrees available. If money is a concern, students may wish to choose a degree in Liberal Studies or something else more cost-effective.

Generic BA Foreign Language (Spanish) Degree Plan[edit]

This is a generic degree plan that applies to Thomas Edison State University for a Bachelor Arts in Foreign Languages (Spanish) as of approximately August of 2022. Please make sure that the suggestions are still valid before beginning to follow this plan.

General Education Requirements[edit]

See the GE Requirements Roadmap for details and suggestions on courses that will fill this requirement. As of 2021, students are required to have a minimum of 30 RA credits to complete their degree. Due to the nature of this degree, many/most of the required RA credits will fall in the AOS.

Spanish AOS[edit]

42 credits are in the AOS. 15 credits need to be UL, plus the capstone.

Part A. Intermediate Language I & II[edit]

6 credits.

Course Expected Recommended Course to Take Recommended Provider
200-level Spanish Spanish (3 intermediate, 9 total) CLEP

Part B. Advanced Language I & II[edit]

6 credits.

Course Expected Recommended Course to Take Recommended Provider
UL Spanish OPI/WPT
Credit value depends upon exam score(s).
ACTFL

Part C. History & Civilization[edit]

3 credits. Must be taught in Spanish. Must be 200-level or better.

Course Expected Recommended Course to Take Recommended Provider
Spanish History/Civlization Spanish 9 - Spanish Business & Culture
May not meet this requirement.
Fresno City College
Spanish History/Civlization Spanish 42 - Hispanic American Culture
Get this preplanned to confirm that it will work for this requirement
Fresno City College
Spanish History/Civlization SPAN 4362. History of Spanish Language
May or may not be valid for this requirement.
Sam Houston State University
Spanish History/Civlization SPAN 3380. Spanish Culture & Civilization Sam Houston State University
Spanish History/Civlization SPAN 3385. Span-Amer Culture & Civilization Sam Houston State University
Spanish History/Civlization SPAN 321 - Spanish Culture and Civilization Olivet Nazarene University
Spanish History/Civlization SPAN 322 - Latin American Culture and Civilization Olivet Nazarene University

It is currently unconfirmed whether the Olivet Nazarene University courses are actually taught in Spanish or are taught in English. If English, they will not work for this requirement.

Part D. Major Writers of Literature[edit]

6 credits. Must be taught in Spanish. Must be 200-level or better. Topics can include Major Writers and/or Masterpieces of Literature.

Course Expected Recommended Course to Take Recommended Provider
Writers/Literature Spanish 41 - Introduction to Poetry in Spanish Fresno City College
Writers/Literature SPAN 3362. Survey Of Spanish Literature I Sam Houston State University
Writers/Literature SPAN 3363. Survey Of Spanish Literature II Sam Houston State University
Writers/Literature SPAN 3374. Intro-Lit Of Spanish America Sam Houston State University
Writers/Literature SPAN 318 – Introduction to Spanish Language Literature Oregon State University

The Fresno City College Spanish 41 class has been confirmed to be pre-planned to work for this degree. The other classes have not yet been confirmed.

Part E. AOS Electives[edit]

9 credits. Must be taught in Spanish. Excess ACTFL credits not used above can go here.

Check the Obscure Credits page for more possibilities.

Course Expected Recommended Course to Take Recommended Provider
Spanish Spanish CLEP
Spanish Spanish 105: Spanish for the Workplace
Shouldn't overlap with other recommended Spanish courses.
Study.com
Spanish Spanish I
Has not been confirmed, but almost certainly overlaps with CLEP exam.
Sophia.org
Spanish OPI/WPT/Reading Test/Listening Test
Credit value depends upon exam score(s).
ACTFL

Part F. Additional AOS Electives[edit]

12 credits. Humanities (History, Communications, Art, etc.). If insufficient UL credits above, taking UL Humanities courses should count towards the UL credit requirement.

Course Expected Recommended Course to Take Recommended Provider
Humanities Art History I Sophia.org
Humanities Art History II Sophia.org
Humanities US History I Sophia.org
Humanities US History II Sophia.org
Humanities Ancient Greek Philosophers Sophia.org
Humanities Approaches to Studying Religion Sophia.org

Liberal Arts Capstone[edit]

Must be taken at TESU. There is an alternative 6-credit capstone available that provides hands-on experience.

Electives[edit]

30 credits required. These electives can be on any topic.

See the GE Requirements Roadmap for suggestions.