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Latin

Degree Requirements

Content Area Courses

All students need to have sufficient knowledge of the subject they will be teaching. Illinois State Board of Education requires a minimum of 48 quarter hours (32 semester hours) in the content area subject. Students should meet with their designated Content Area advisor at the beginning of their program for an official written content evaluation and provide a copy to your academic advisor. Requirements can be satisfied by undergraduate coursework or courses taken elsewhere. Content courses must be completed before student teaching.

Requirements for World Language Education Latin

All coursework in the content area must earn a grade of C or better and a minimum of 18 quarter hours (12 semester hours) must be coursework at an undergraduate upper level or graduate level.

  • Advanced Latin I
  • Advanced Latin II
  • Advanced Latin III
  • Advanced High Latin I
  • Advanced High Latin II
  • Advanced High Latin III
  • Literature/Culture Elective
  • Literature/Culture Elective
  • Literature/Culture Elective
  • Literature/Culture Elective
  • Literature/Culture Elective
  • Literature/Culture Elective​

Course Requirements

Education Courses: 40 quarter hours required, grade of C or better required.

Course Title Quarter Hours
TCH 403CONCEPTIONS OF HEALTHY ADOLESCENCE4
or SCG 401 ADVANCED LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT
T&L 404INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTARY EDUCATION4
or TCH 402 INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE GRADES AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Select one of the following:4
SCG 408
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
SCG 409
SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION
SCG 411
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
BBE 560SECOND, WORLD AND HERITAGE LANGUAGE ACQUISITION4
BBE 570LANGUAGE, LITERACIES AND CULTURES4
BBE 526THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF TEACHING ESL AND WLE4
T&L 449STANDARD AND CONTENT-BASED METHODS OF TEACHING WORLD LANGUAGES K-12 (Secondary)4
T&L 575MULTILINGUAL PROGRAMMING IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES 4
BBE 407EQUITY ISSUES IN ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGE LEARNERS4
SER 446PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION OF THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD4

Education Elective Course: 4 quarter hours are required, grade of C or better required.

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 60 quarter hours. Choose an Education course in consultation with the Academic Advisor or Content Advisor. Courses must be approved by the WLE Program Director prior to registration and requires graduate level registration.

  • Elective Course

Graduate Level Content Area Courses: 4 quarter hours required, grade of C or better required.

Either a course in Latin at the graduate level or an education language course is required; either course must be approved by the WLE Program director. Courses must be taken before student teaching if pursuing degree (not required for individuals pursuing licensure only). Courses must be approved by the WLE Program Director prior to registration and requires graduate level registration.

  • LAT 300-600 level Latin course

Student Teaching: 8 quarter hours required

Registration in student teaching requires completion of all requirements and procedures listed in the college core section. EDU 95 indicates to the Illinois State Board of Education that all field experience hours are complete.

Course Title Quarter Hours
T&L 592WORLD LANGUAGES STUDENT TEACHING (grade of B- or better required)6
T&L 593WORLD LANGUAGES SEMINAR (grade of C or better required)2
EDU 95CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH (non-tuition, PA grade required)0

Master of Arts (MA) Option Degree Requirements: 4 quarter hours required

This is a Master of Arts degree requirement only. A master’s thesis is written to fulfill the requirements of this course. An oral examination on the thesis is required.

Course Title Quarter Hours
T&L 589THESIS RESEARCH IN TEACHING AND LEARNING4

Licensure Tests

All individuals licensed by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) are required to complete licensure tests specific to their teaching license. World Language Education Latin majors must complete the following tests:

  • Foreign Language: Latin Content Area Test (test #258) – assesses knowledge of the Latin language and culture. Test is required before Student Teaching (deadlines apply).
  • OPI Test (see below).
  • EdTPA - assessment conducted during the student teaching experience including video clips of instruction, lesson plans, student work samples, analysis of student learning and reflective commentaries. Students will submit an electronic portfolio to an outside agency for independent evaluation and a fee will be imposed by that agency as part of the assessment.

Field Experiences​​

Each student seeking licensure from the College of Education/Professional Education Unit must complete supervised field experiences in appropriate settings in conjunction with education courses. The field experiences must include a variety of grade levels, multicultural experiences, and a minimum of 15 hours in special education settings. All field experiences must be completed prior to final approval for student teaching. Field experience hours should be entered by the student into the FEDS system when completing courses with field experience requirements. For details on requirements, expectations, documentation, & courses in your program that require hours, visit the College of Education website.​

Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Test

Pursuing licensure in the teaching of a foreign language (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, or Spanish) requires the oral proficiency test – an Interview – before you begin student teaching. You must earn a rating of "intermediate high" or better on the test. It is recommended that the OPI be taken during the first year in the program and in consultation with the WLE content advisor in Modern Languages.

For additional information about the OPI and a link to the test, please consult the OPI section of the College of Education website.​

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