Foreign Language Education: Culture and Content Graduate Certificate

Graduate Certificate Admissions and Process

Students must apply and be admitted into the Graduate Certificate to be eligible to receive a Graduate Certificate. Applicants are encouraged to contact the Graduate Certificate Director prior to applying. 

Applicants must meet the following admission requirements:

1. University Admission Requirements, including English Proficiency    
2. Graduate Certificate Admission Requirements    
3. ​​Application Process 

Curriculum Requirements (12 Credit Hours)

• Complete the following:

   

• FLE 6665 Current Trends in Secondary Foreign Language Education Credit Hours: 3

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  Select one of the following courses:

• FLE 6932 Selected Topics in Second Language Acquisition Credit Hours: 3

• taken as Curriculum Materials Development: Special Project (3 Credit Hours)

• taken as Integrating Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom for Intermediate Users (3 Credit Hours)

• FLE 5895 Dual Language Education Credit Hours: 3
• FLE 5291 Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom Credit Hours: 3

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  Depending on what you would like to specialize in, you may want to choose the remaining two courses from ESOL, Second Language Acquisition, Applied Language, Foreign Language Education, Spanish, German, French, or Latin specific courses. For a representative sampling of these courses see below:

   

• LIN 6720 Second Language Acquisition Credit Hours: 3
• LIN 6932 Selected Topics Credit Hours: 1-4 taken as Language and a Movie (3 Credit Hours)
• LIN 6601 Sociolinguistics Credit Hours: 3
• TSL 5440 Language Testing Credit Hours: 3

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  For the French Connoisseur:

• FRW 5934 Selected Topics Credit Hours: 1-3

• taken as French Women Writers

• taken as African Images in Francophone Film

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  For the German Connoisseur:

• GEW 5934 Selected Topics Credit Hours: 1-3

• taken as Fantastic Films Early German Cinema

• taken as German Popular Film

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  For the Latin Connoisseur:

• SPW 5135 Colonial Spanish American Literature Credit Hours: 3
• SPW 5934 Selected Topics Credit Hours: 3

• taken as Hispanic Women Writers

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  For the Chinese Connoisseur:

• EDG 6931 Selected Topics in Education Credit Hours: 1-4

• taken as Chinese Teaching Methods

• taken as China Today

• HIS 6939 Seminar in History Credit Hours: 3

• taken as History of China

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  For the ESOL Teacher:

• TSL 5085 Theory and Practice of Teaching English Learners Credit Hours: 3
• TSL 6253 Applied Linguistics for Teaching ESOL Credit Hours: 3
• TSL 6470 Assessment and Progress Management for Teaching ESOL Credit Hours: 3
• TSL 6390 Instructional Methods and Strategies for Teaching ESOL Credit Hours: 3
• TSL 6133 Curriculum and Instructional Materials Development Credit Hours: 3
• FLE 6167 Cross-Cultural Issues in Teaching ESOL Credit Hours: 3

Graduate Certificate Time Limit

Five (5) Years.

Graduate Certificate Completion

For procedures to confirm completion of the Graduate Certificate, please refer to the website.