French with Teacher Certification (B.A.)

Program: B.A. with Teacher Certification
Department of International Language and Culture Studies
College of Arts and Sciences

Liberal Arts Building 267 ~ 260-481-6836 ~ ipfw.edu/ilcs

The student learning outcomes for the degree are as follows:

• Acquire a broad foundation in language, literature, culture and a knowledge of current methodologies in foreign language pedagogy;
• Achieve the ACTFL intermediate-high level in speaking, demonstrate the ability to recognize and analyze grammatical and usage errors in own and others’ writing;
• Develop an increased understanding of what it means to belong to a culture and awareness of how culture affects other interconnected issues of identity;
• Demonstrate the ability to think critically about these issues and how they shape intercultural communication. 

Students pursuing a French major for the B.A. with teacher certification must fulfill the requirements of IPFW (see Part 8 ) and the College of Arts and Sciences (see Part 4 ) and satisfactorily complete the requirements of the major, given below.

Prior to your junior year, the Department of Educational Studies requires that you successfully complete EDUC F200/EDUC M101, EDUC W200, and the Pearson Core Academic Subject Assessment (CASA) or approved alternative before admission to the professional education program. You must also establish a minimum 2.70 GPA in your content (major) courses and a 2.70 GPA  for admission to this program.  The Pearson CORE content exam must be taken before the student teaching semester.  You must apply for student teaching one year in advance of the semester you plan to student teach.  You must also pass the Pearson pedagogy exam for Secondary Eduction, pass the CORE content exam, and achieve a 3.00 GPA in your major and overall to obtain the teaching license.  For more information on these and other requirements, please contact the College of Education and Public Policy, EPIC Office, in Neff Hall 243, 260-481-6449.