Prerequisite Evaluation Form

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MSSE SPANISH Prerequisite Evaluation Form

A minimum of 36 semester credits in Spanish, the equivalent of a major, is required. A minimum grade point average of 3.0 overall and in Spanish is expected of all applicants. As part of your application to the Master of Science in Secondary Education Program, please complete this form to the best of your ability and include it with your application.

The courses listed below are examples of the kinds of courses that would fulfill the requirements drawn from the Undergraduate Bulletin at the University at Albany. These courses or their equivalents should be a minimum of 3 credits each unless otherwise noted. A minimum of 18 of the 36 credits should be completed at or above the 300 level with at least one three-credit course at or above the 400 level. In some cases, applicants are admitted with deficiencies in their prerequisites which they are required to fulfill before completing the program.

Your Equivalent – Completi # of Required Spanish Courses (36 Include Course Title Grade on Institution Credit credits) and Description Date s Spanish for Bilinguals OR Intermediate Spanish Conversation (3 cr.) Examples: A Spn 105L Spanish for Bilinguals I A Spn 206 Intermediate Conversation and Oral Grammar

Intermediate Spanish Composition (3 cr.) Example: A Spn 207 Intermediate Composition and Written Grammar

Hispanic Literature (3 cr.) Example: A Spn 311 Hispanic Literature through the Golden Age

Advanced Conversation and Composition (3 cr.) Example: A Spn 301 Advanced Conversation and Composition

Spanish Literature (6 cr. – minimum of two courses at either the 300 or 400 level) Examples: A Spn 319 Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature A Spn 320 (= A Lcs 319) Twentieth-Century Spanish-

of 3 American Literature A Spn 344 Women in Hispanic Literature

Spanish-American Authors (3 cr.) Example: A Spn 316 (= A Lcs 316) Representative Spanish- American Authors

of 3 Your Equivalent – Completi # of Required Spanish Courses (36 Include Course Title Grade on Institution Credit credits) and Description Date s Spanish Phonetics and Phonology (3 cr.) Example: A Spn 401 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology

Spanish for Teachers (3 cr.) Example: A Spn 403 Spanish for Teachers (3)

Spanish-Language Civilization (3 cr.) Example: Study of Spanish-American cultures and institutions from the beginnings of the 20th century.

Advanced Spanish-Language Literature (3 cr.) Examples: A Spn 414 (= A Lcs 414) Literature of the Hispanic Caribbean A Spn 418 Hispanic Cinema and Literature A Spn 444 Topics in Hispanic Language and Literature A Spn 445 Satire in Hispanic Literature A Spn 446 Literature and Human Rights A Spn 449 Myths and Archetypes A Spn 453 Cultural Foundations of Spanish Literature: Golden Age A Spn 454 Cultural Foundations of Spanish Literature A Spn 481 The Generation of ‘98 A Spn 482 Cervantes

Spanish Elective (3 cr. )

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Overall Grade Point Average Overall GPA of 3.0 or higher. Your overall GPA: ______(out of 4.0 = A)

Spanish Grade Point Average GPA of 3.0 or higher in Spanish courses. Your Spanish GPA: ______(out of 4.0 = A)