The Teacher Education B.S. - World Languages Education - Lifelong Learning Track (non-certification) program is specifically focused on students who wish to use their knowledge of World Languages, such as French and Spanish, to pursue educational careers outside of traditional schools. The Lifelong Learning Track prepares graduates for employment in a broad spectrum of professional opportunities including non-profits and non-traditional educational agencies. The Lifelong Learning Track is appropriate for students seeking opportunities for employment outside formal, K-12 schools that do not require certification.
Admission Requirements
- Complete the University General Education requirements or its equivalent, i.e. an AA degree from a Florida College System or State University System institution.
- Complete the EDF 2005 Introduction to Teaching Profession course with a minimum letter grade of “C-” (1.75) or better.
- Meet the Gordon Rule Requirement.
- Meet the foreign language admission requirement.
- Have a minimum 2.5 overall GPA
- The Lifelong Learning Track is a non-certification program and does not require the General Knowledge Test.
Degree Requirements
- Students should see an advisor prior to registering for classes
- The courses designated in 1 (UCF General Education Program) and 2 (Education Common Program Prerequisites) should be completed prior to admission to the major and upper division education courses.
General Education Program (GEP) (36 Credit Hours)
Science Foundations (6 Credit Hours)
- PSC 1121 - Physical Science Credit Hours: 3 (Preferred)
- BSC 1005 - Biological Principles Credit Hours: 3 (Preferred)
Common Program Prerequisites (CPP) (3 Credit Hours)
- A grade of “C-” (1.75) or better is required.
- EDF 2005 - Introduction to the Teaching Profession Credit Hours: 3
Core Requirements: Basic Level (6 Credit Hours)
- Students should consult advisor regarding course options.
- A grade of “C-” (1.75) or better is required.
- EDG 2000 - Careers in K-12 Education Credit Hours: 3
- Select one:
- EDF 2130 - Child and Adolescent Development for Educators Credit Hours: 3 or
- EDP 2270 - Adult Development & Learning Credit Hours: 3
Core Requirements: Advanced Level (75 Credit Hours)
Education Core Requirements (21 Credit Hours)
- A grade of “C-” (1.75) or better is required.
- EDG 4410 - Teaching Strategies and Classroom Management Credit Hours: 3
- EDF 4467 - Learning Theory and Assessment Credit Hours: 3
- TSL 4080 - Theory and Practice of Teaching ESOL Students in Schools Credit Hours: 3
- RED 4043 - Content Reading in Kindergarten through Grade 12 Credit Hours: 3
- EEX 4242 - Teaching Exceptional Students in Secondary Settings Credit Hours: 3
- EDF 4603 - Analysis and Application of Ethical, Legal, and Safety Issues in Schools Credit Hours: 3
- EDG 4942 - Lifelong Learning Education Internship Credit Hours: 3
Lifelong Learning Track Specialization (54 Credit Hours)
- Select preferred specialization courses with advisor approval. A minimum of nine (9) hours must be taken in the content area chosen language. A minimum of twelve (12) hours must be taken in Education coursework (prefix EDF, EDG EEX, FLE, TSL, RED). Substitutions are allowed with advisor approval.
- A grade of “C-” (1.75) or better is required.
- Must have a total of 48 or more hours of upper level courses to graduate.
- SPN 2201 - Intermediate Spanish Language and Civilization II Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 3300 - Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 3420 - Spanish Composition Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 3344 - Advanced Spanish Native Fluency I Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 3345 - Advanced Spanish Native Fluency II Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 3760 - Advanced Spanish Oral Communication Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4410 - Advanced Spanish Conversation Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4421 - Advanced Spanish Composition Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4510 - Spanish Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4520 - Latin American Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4800 - The Syntax of Spanish Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4801 - Spanish Morphology Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4852 - Bilinguismo Credit Hours: 3
- SPW 3100 - Survey of Spanish Literature I Credit Hours: 3
- SPW 3101 - Survey of Spanish Literature II Credit Hours: 3
- SPW 3130 - Survey of Latin-American Literature I Credit Hours: 3
- SPW 3131 - Survey of Latin-American Literature II Credit Hours: 3
- FRE 2201 - Intermediate French Language and Civilization II Credit Hours: 3
- FRW 3100 - Survey of French Literature I Credit Hours: 3
- FRW 3101 - Survey of French Literature II Credit Hours: 3
- FRE 3300 - French Grammar Credit Hours: 3
- FRE 3420 - French Composition Credit Hours: 3
- FRE 3760 - Advanced French Oral Communication Credit Hours: 3
- FRE 3780 - French Phonetics and Diction Credit Hours: 3
- FRE 4421 - Advanced French Conversation Credit Hours: 3
- FRE 4422 - Advanced French Composition Credit Hours: 3
- FRE 4500 - French Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 3
- EDG 4941 - Directed Field Experience Credit Hours: 1-8
- EDG 4948 - Service Learning Credit Hours: 3
- FLE 4340 - Teaching World Languages in K-12 Schools Credit Hours: 3
- TSL 4240 - Issues in Second Language Acquisition Credit Hours: 3
- TSL 4520 - ESOL Cultural Diversity Credit Hours: 3
- TSL 4942 - ESOL Field Experience Credit Hours: 3
- TSL 4943 - L2 Academic Language Instruction Credit Hours: 3
- CCJ 3024 - Criminal Justice System Credit Hours: 3
- CCJ 4651 - Drugs and Crime Credit Hours: 3
- CCJ 4670 - Women and Crime Credit Hours: 3
- CJE 3001 - Careers in Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 4
- CJE 3444 - Crime Prevention Credit Hours: 3
- COM 3311 - Communication Research Methods Credit Hours: 3
- COM 4461 - Intercultural Communication Credit Hours: 3
- DEP 2004 - Developmental Psychology Credit Hours: 3
- DEP 3202 - Psychology of Exceptional Children Credit Hours: 3
- DEP 3464 - Psychology of Aging Credit Hours: 3
- DIG 2000 - Introduction to Digital Media Credit Hours: 3
- EXP 3604 - Cognitive Psychology Credit Hours: 3
- EXP 3250 - Principles of Human Factors Psychology Credit Hours: 3
- EAB 3703 - Principles of Behavior Modification Credit Hours: 3
- ECT 4184 - Curriculum Development Techniques for Industry Training Credit Hours: 3
- HFT 1000 - Introduction to the Hospitality and Tourism Industry Credit Hours: 3
- HIM 3006 - Foundations of Health Information Management (HIM) Credit Hours: 3
- HSA 4003 - The Patient Experience from an Administrator’s Perspective Credit Hours: 3
- HSC 3537 - Medical Terminology Credit Hours: 3
- PLA 3014 - Law and the Legal System Credit Hours: 3
- PLA 3108 - Legal Research Credit Hours: 3
- PLA 3155 - Legal Writing Credit Hours: 3
- PLA 3306 - Criminal Law Credit Hours: 3
- PLA 3951H - Honors Moot Court Credit Hours: 3
- PLA 4020 - Law and Society Credit Hours: 3
- SPC 1603C - Fundamentals of Technical Presentations Credit Hours: 3
- SPC 3301 - Interpersonal Communication Credit Hours: 3
- SPC 3445 - Leadership Through Oral Communication Credit Hours: 3
- SPC 4331 - Nonverbal Communication Credit Hours: 3
Restricted Electives
Capstone Requirements
Foreign Language Requirements
Admissions
- State University System foreign language admission requirement: two years in high school or one year of college instruction in a single foreign language. (This requirement applies to those students admitted to the University without the required two units of foreign language in high school.)
Graduation
Electives
Additional Requirements
Required Minors
Departmental Exit Requirements
- Achieve a minimum 2.5 GPA in all courses within the major.
- Achieve a minimum 2.5 GPA in the education core coursework .
- Achieve a minimum 2.5 GPA in the specialization coursework.
- Achieve a minimum overall 2.5 GPA.
- You must upload key assignments using the Via by Watermark platform. Key assignments are assessed by faculty to provide evidence of candidate proficiency in all Florida Educator Accomplished Practices (FEAPs). All teacher education candidates, Lifelong Learning majors, and Early Childhood Development & Education majors (all ECDE tracks) are required to complete Via by LiveText requirements before being certified for graduation. See https://ccie.ucf.edu/explore-via/
University Minimum Exit Requirements
- A 2.0 UCF GPA
- 48 semester hours of upper division credit completed
- 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
- 30 of the last 39 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
- A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted.
- Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, and nine hours of Summer credit.
Total Semester Hours Required - 120
Honors In Major
Related Programs
Certificates
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Advising Notes
Transfer Notes
Acceptable Substitutes for Transfer Courses
Plan of Study (120 Credit Hours)
Recommended Four Year Sequence of Courses
Freshman Year - Fall (12 Credit Hours)
- GEP B1 Elective Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 1101 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
- MGF 1106 - Finite Mathematics Credit Hours: 3
- PSY 2012 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3
Freshman Year - Spring (12 Credit Hours)
- GEP B3 Elective (Prefer course from section B1) Credit Hours:3
- ENC 1102 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3
- POS 2041 - American National Government Credit Hours: 3
- PSC 1121 - Physical Science Credit Hours: 3
Freshman Year - Summer (3 Credit Hours)
- Select one:
- MUL 2010 - Enjoyment of Music Credit Hours: 3 or
- PHI 2010 - Introduction to Philosophy Credit Hours: 3 or
- THE 2000 - Theatre Survey Credit Hours: 3
Sophomore Year - Fall (12 Credit Hours)
- EDF 2005 - Introduction to the Teaching Profession Credit Hours: 3
- SPC 1608 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication Credit Hours: 3
- STA 2014 - Principles of Statistics Credit Hours: 3
- Select one:
- EDF 2130 - Child and Adolescent Development for Educators Credit Hours: 3 or
- EDP 2270 - Adult Development & Learning Credit Hours: 3
Sophomore Year - Spring (12 Credit Hours)
- EDG 2000 - Careers in K-12 Education Credit Hours: 3
- BSC 1005 - Biological Principles Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
Sophomore Year - Summer (6 Credit Hours)
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
Junior Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- EDG 4410 - Teaching Strategies and Classroom Management Credit Hours: 3
- RED 4043 - Content Reading in Kindergarten through Grade 12 Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
Junior Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)
- EDF 4467 - Learning Theory and Assessment Credit Hours: 3
- TSL 4080 - Theory and Practice of Teaching ESOL Students in Schools Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
Junior Year - Summer (9 Credit Hours)
- EDF 4603 - Analysis and Application of Ethical, Legal, and Safety Issues in Schools Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
Senior Year - Fall (12 Credit Hours)
- EEX 4242 - Teaching Exceptional Students in Secondary Settings Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
Senior Year - Spring (12 Credit Hours)
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
- Choose Specialization course Credit Hours: 3
- EDG 4942 - Lifelong Learning Education Internship Credit Hours: 3
