Spanish Graduate Certification

Admission to the Graduate Certification program in Spanish is through the Office of Graduate Studies. Candidates who have the appropriate required undergraduate degree and/or major in Spanish, or native fluency and a related undergraduate degree from a Spanish-speaking university, may enroll directly in the graduate courses required for Pennsylvania State Certification K-12.

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 (prereq if never had linguistics: LIN 501)

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

NOTE: you must register a year ahead of time for student teaching with or without an internship.

Information about Post baccalaureat undergraduate-level K-12 Certification in various 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.