Post Baccalaureate Certification in German, Latin, Russian

If you already hold an undergraduate degree with a major in German, Latin or Russian, you may pursue Pennsylvania State Certification K-12 in the above languages at the graduate level.

There are new requirements being put in place by the state of PA for fall 2009 entering students. They will include EDR 545 and EDA 541. Adjustments may be made to the list below in order to accommodate these new requirements. The courses presently required by the state include:

EDF 589 Sociological Foundations of Education

EDT 500 Educational Technology

EDP 531 Principles of Educational Testing

EDP 550 Advanced Educational Pyschology

EDP 569 Adolescent Development and Learning

EDS 505 Field Observation

LAN 503 Techniques of Second Language Teaching (prerequisite if never had linguistics: LIN 501)

EDS 411-412 Student Teaching (not for graduate credit but required)

Note: You must register a year in advance for student teaching, with or without an internship.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Rebecca Pauly, Graduate Coordinator
Department of Languages and Cultures
109 Main Hall
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
(610) 436-2382
rpauly@wcupa.edu

Information on Post baccalaureate undergraduate-level K-12 Certification in these languages is also available through the Office of Graduate Studies (610) 436-2943 or the Secondary Education Advisement Center at 251 Greene Library, (610) 436-3063.