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Mary Sue Barry
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Courses and Schedule
Students must complete 9 hours of CTSE courses, 15 hours of FLSP OR FLFR courses, and 6 hours of general education courses for a total of 30 semester hours. The distance education courses will be offered for each cohort group in the rotation described below. Distance education students generally will be able to finish their course work in two academic years and 2 summers if they follow the program listed below. All course materials are available online.
Layout of Classes
| Course | Title | Hr | Semester | Pedagogical modes |
| CTSE 7546 | Evaluation of Program in Foreign Language Education | 3 | Fall | Distance (DL) students are connected live to on-campus classes with streaming video and chat, plus direct voice for small group discussions. Some demos will be archived and viewed through asynchronous streaming video. All classes are archived for later viewing. Two on-campus weekend seminars are required. Content includes an overview of testing and creation of tests for use in your classroom. |
| CTSE 7536 | Organization of Programs: Foreign Languages | 3 | Spring | See See CTSE 7546 for general description. In this class DL students' reading and writing lessons will be posted for asynchronous viewing by peers. This will be your Professional Work Sample required by State Department. Content includes overview of L2 reading theory, in-depth look at reading instruction, and creation of thematic units. |
| CTSE 7526 | Curriculum and Teaching: Foreign Languages | 3 | Summer (First Five Weeks) | See See CTSE 7546 for general description. Students learn about ethnographic process and discuss the teaching of culture. We begin the ethnographic projects with library research, observations, and interviews of English-speakers, and we complete the process during the AU Study Abroad described below. |
| FLSP \ FLFR 6000-7000 | AU Summer Study Abroad | 6 | Summer (Second Five Weeks) | Students take 6 hours of elective Spanish or French in these abroad experiences. Students do observations and interviews in the target culture to complete comparative ethnographic project for CTSE 7526. Communications via direct voice and discussion boards will continue |
| CTRD 6716 | Literacy and Inquiry in the Content Area | 3 | Fall | DL students are connected live to on-campus classes with video and chat (streaming video). Two on-campus sessions: 1) orientation, technology and literacy; and 2) how to build and publish a WebQuest on Internet. Content includes electronic literacy and reading learning plan. |
| FLSP 7976 | Seminar: Special Topics | 3 | Spring | Web-based with streaming video option for special topics courses. |
| Elective Topics | 3 | Summer (First Five Weeks) | Web-based and streaming video delivery | |
| FLSP \ FLFR 6000-7000 | AU Summer Study Abroad | 6 | Summer (Second Five Weeks) | Students take 6 hours of elective Spanish or French in an abroad experience. |
Options for Transfer in Credit: Six hours of Spanish or French or three hours of Spanish or French and three hours of general education.
Alabama residents only option: Two campus studies: Take up to 15 hours in Spanish or French at UA or UAB.