appalachian state university
graduate study in world languages at applachian state university
 
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French and Spanish graduate students gather for co-present class meetings in Hickory, Spring 2010
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Appalachian State University offers Master’s Degrees in Romance Languages with specializations in French or Spanish Teaching. Within each language, candidates can further specialize to focus on K-12 or Community College Teaching.

{I think she wants this deleted, but just in case she doesn't, I'm just hiding it for now} The teaching Master’s is a non-thesis option and involves 36 graduate hours. Specific requirements for each concentration are available here.

Applications are accepted online at https://www.gradadmissions1.appstate.edu/gradweb/DEFAULT.ASP {This is the end of the hidden part} The teaching Master’s is a non-thesis option and involves 36 graduate hours, (12 courses). Students may begin the degree in any semester, Summer, Spring or Fall. 

For MA Candidates in French, we offer part-time study off-campus (Hickory) fall and spring, and an on-campus Summer Institute in July. Click here for infomation on scheduling.

MA Candidates in Spanish can study part-time off campus (Hickory) or full-time on campus in Boone, with an on-campus Summer Institute in July. Click here for infomation on scheduling.

Fall and Spring classes are scheduled weekly in the evenings (5:00-7:30 p.m.), in an online/hybrid format. In the Fall and Spring, 10 course sessions are delivered entirely online, and 5 course sessions (approximately one every three weeks) meet at our distance-education facility in Hickory, directly off I-40. This combination of online and face-to-face meetings allows us to offer an interactive, high-quality program to students who are teaching or pursuing other employment during the day.

Overview of Program

Courses are distributed in three areas:

  1. All students take two required FL courses that are offered in alternate years:
    • Fall, even years: FL 5601, Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition
    • Fall, odd years: FL 5590, Issues in Teaching Foreign Languages and Cultures

    2. K-12 candidates also take the Product of Learning (FL 5525), a course which helps them structure the final project required for the degree.

  2. All students take two professional education courses instructed by Appalachian’s Reich College of Education.

    K-12 teachers take two courses focused on children and schools:

    • Advanced Topics in Diversity
    • Teacher Leadership and School Improvement

    Community College candidates select two courses on working with adults, such as:

    • The Adult Learner
    • The Community College

  3. All remaining coursework for the MA are “elective” courses.

    K-12 teachers take 7 electives; Community College candidates take 8 electives.

    These electives are rotated through the program in fall, spring and summer. Read a list of common French and Spanish graduate courses.

For more specific information on how to apply, click on the “Information for Applicants” sidebar and read the FAQs for applicants.

If you’re ready to start an application, begin the online application here: http://www.graduate.appstate.edu/admissions/index.html

Download our brochure for full-time, on-campus students (Spanish)
Download our brochure for part-time, off-campus students (French and Spanish)

Read a flyer for a recent online/hybrid course in French (with 5 meetings in Hickory)
Read a flyer for a recent online/hybrid course in Spanish (with 5 meetings in Hickory)

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