Students with a major or minor in education must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 in the major and minor combined with no grades below a “C”. All courses in the professional education sequence must be at least a “B-“.
TEACHER CERTIFICATION
To qualify for teacher certification in French, in addition to course requirements, students must also meet the following criteria:
- Pass the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) for French (#23).
- Achieve state and nationally-accepted ratings (with a minimum of Advanced Low) on an officially administered American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI or OPIc) in French.
- Achieve state and nationally-accepted ratings (with a minimum of Advanced Low on the ACTFL scales) in reading, writing, and listening in French, as evaluated at NMU.
- In accordance with state requirements, spend a minimum of four weeks of planned time in a French-speaking country. (Twelve or more weeks are recommended, and aid students significantly in achieving passing results on the MTTC exam and the ACTFL ratings.)
- Students who fulfill the FR 310 requirement through a transfer course or a course taken abroad must present a cultural portfolio (4-6 pages) for the corresponding area, citing key perspectives of the target culture, connecting those perspectives to cultural products and practices, and comparing perspectives, products and practices to those of their own culture.
For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Languages, Literatures, and International Studies department page.
For related information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/high-school-teachers.htm
| Total Credits Required | 22-26 |
*FR 202 is a prequisite.
**Not required if major is Spanish education.
Bulletin Year:
2017 - 2018 Undergraduate Bulletin
| View the current NMU Catalog.