Secondary Teaching Certification

The Masters in French with Secondary Teaching Certification requires a minimum of 48 units. Students normally proceed through this Masters program in 5 semesters, completing 6 courses or 18 units during each year in residence, plus one semester for student teaching. Students in the Secondary Teaching Certification will complete their coursework by taking the courses outlined below. 

Part 1
French Language, Literature, and Culture (12 units)

FREN 532 French Translation
FREN 540 Topics in French Literature
FREN 542 French Narratives and Film
FREN 543 Contemporary Francophone Literature and Cinema
FREN 544 Topics in French Culture
FREN 545 Francophone Cultures and Traditions
FREN 547 Topics in Francophone Studies
FREN 550 French Cultural & Literary History: Renaissance to Revolution
FREN 551 French Cultural & Literary History: Revolution-World War II
FREN 552 French Cultural & Literary History: Contemporary France (20th-21st)
FREN 553 Literature in Context: Focus on a Historical period
FREN 561A French Linguistics
FREN 563 Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpretation

Part 2
Secondary Teaching Certification (24 units)

Applied Linguistics and Pedagogy
FREN 567 Topics in French Linguistics: The Acquisition of French
FREN 579 Issues/Methods in Post-Second Foreign Language Teaching/Learning (Required for GATs)
FREN 578 Literacy in L2/FL Classroom: Theory, Research, and Practice
FREN 587 Testing and Evaluation in Foreign/Second Language Programs

Certification
EDP 510 Learning Theory in Education
TLS 536 Alternatives in the Secondary Classroom
LRC 516 Structured English Immersion
SERP 500 Special Learning needs

Part 3
Student Teaching (12 units)

TLS 593 Teaching Internship

Part 4
Constitution

Sample Course Sequence

• 1 Fall
  • FREN 579 Issues/Methods in Foreign Language Teaching/Learning
  • FREN 567 Topics in French Linguistics: The Acquisition of French OR TTE 539 Recent Research in Teaching and Schooling. 
• 2 Spring
  • FREN  587 Testing and Evaluation in Foreign/Language Programs
  • TLS 536 Alternatives in the Secondary Classroom
• 3 Summer
  • EDP 510 Learning Theory in Education
  • SERP 596c Introduction to Learning and Behavioral Disabilities
• 4 Fall
  • FREN 578 Literacy in L2/FL Classroom OR LRC 535 Literacy in a Multicultural Society
  • LRC 516 Structured English Immersion
• 5 Spring
  • TLS 597R Action Research Workshop
  • LRC 517 Structured English Immersion II
• 6 Fall
  • TLS 593 Internship (Student Teaching)

Note: 
UA South LCEV 508 (offered online) may be taken as equivalent for LRC 516
UA South LCEV 516 (offered online) may be taken as equivalent for LRC 517
NB: If you take LRC 516 at the UA, you also have to take LRC 517 at the UA. If you take LCEV 508 at UA South, you also have to take LCEV 516 at UA South. 

See Degree Requirements* for detailed information about completing your Masters in French with a Secondary Teaching Certification.