The Spanish Teaching major is a program developed for students who are interested in Spanish and would like to pursue a teaching career. The major requires a total of 33-36 credit hours of courses in Spanish Literature and Culture in addition to others in teaching methodology and linguistics. Students pursuing a Spanish Teaching Major are required to demonstrate a high level of proficiency in the Spanish. An oral Spanish Proficiency Assessment is administered by the department in the last phase of the program. In order to get a Utah teaching license, teaching majors will need to be admitted to the Secondary Education Licensure Program with the Urban Institute of Teacher Education.<br><br>Students must complete up to the third year in Spanish in order to begin the program. The program requirements begin at SPAN 3020 or 3060, but students must have the appropriate prerequisites or immersion experience to qualify for these courses.