Internship and TOPT Requirements
Department of Literature and Languages
SPANISH
Students who are seeking to earn certification to teach Spanish need to
know that the Department of Literature and Languages is responsible for
permitting students to enter internship and to take the required state
exams. Approval
to take state certification examinations is based on admission to do an
internship.
Without departmental and College of Education approval to do an
internship,
students will not be permitted to take the certification exams in
Spanish.
To earn certification in Spanish, two exams must be taken: the Spanish
TExES and the Test of Oral Proficiency (TOPT). Students must meet
departmental requirements for internship before they will be able to
sit for the certification examinations.
Department requirements for approval to internship are the following:
UNDERGRADUATE
1. Complete all required course work, including a minimum of 12 hours of
upper-level (300 or 400) courses in Spanish while in
residence at A & M-
Commerce. Study abroad hours will NOT count toward the 12
hour
residency
requirement.
2. A GPA of 3.0 or above in Spanish courses at the 300- and 400-level.
3. A grade of “B” or above in the following courses: Spa 331 or 333,
332 or 334, 341,
353/354, and 485. “C” grades in Spa 331, 332, 341, 353/354,
or 485 will have to be replaced until a grade of “B” or better is
earned.
4. An overall GPA of 3.0 in all Spanish and support course work
(English 358, 457, 462).
5. Students may have no more than two grades of “C” in all Spanish
course work
whether taken at A & M-Commerce or at another
university or college.
6. A meeting with the Spanish Adviser prior to one’s senior year and
preferably at the beginning of the junior year.
Approval to enter internship is subject to positive recommendations
from the students’ instructors in Spanish and support courses, and to
satisfying the above requirements.
GRADUATE
1. Complete all required course work as indicated on College of
Education and Department of Literature and Languages approved
deficiency plans.
Study abroad hours in Spanish will NOT count towards
fulfilling the deficiency plan requirements.
2. A Spanish GPA of 3.5 in graduate Spanish courses, whether taken at
A&M-
Commerce or at another university or college.
3. A meeting with the Spanish TExES Adviser in the Department of
Literature and Languages.
TOPT
Complete the following nine hours with grades of B or better:
Spa331/333 and Spa332/334 and Spa353/354.
For more information on certification in Spanish, contact the
Department of Literature and Languages at 903-886-5260.
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Last Update: 26
February, 2008