Master of Arts in Romance Languages, French or Spanish Teaching

Program Information

Appalachian State University offers Master’s Degrees in Romance Languages with specializations in French or Spanish Teaching.  Within each language, candidates can specialize to focus on K-12 or Community College Teaching. The teaching Masters is a non-thesis option and involves 36 graduate hours (12 courses). Students may begin the degree in any semester--summer, spring or fall.

MA Candidates in French, can study part-time off-campus in Hickory fall and spring, and may attend an on-campus Summer Institute in July. For information on French scheduling, click here.

MA Candidates in Spanish can study part-time off campus in Hickory or full-time on campus in Boone and may attend an on-campus Summer Institute in July.  For information on Spanish scheduling, click here.

Fall and Spring classes are scheduled weekly in the evenings (5:00-7:30 pm) 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 a high-quality, interactive program to students who are teaching or otherwise employed during the day.
 

Announcement:  Summer Institute 2012 will be held July 9 through July 27th

Overview of the M.A. 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
   K-12 candidates also take the Product of Learning (FL 5525), a course which helps to 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 for 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. See a list of common French and Spanish Graduate courses.

More Information

Click the “Information for Applicants” sidebar and read the FAQs for Applicants 
Click the "Course Offerings" sidebar to download a current French or Spanish online/hybrid course flyer.
Brochure for full-time, on-campus students (Spanish) - pdf
Brochure for part-time, off-campus students (French and Spanish) - pdf

If you are ready, begin the Online Application here!