Secondary Bilingual Education Certificate - Online Program
Overview
This certificate is focused on how to teach adolescent emergent bilinguals to support their language and content learning, particularly in middle and high schools with bilingual education programs.
This program is 100% online.
Admission Requirements
To be admitted to the certificate program, prospective candidates must meet all requirements listed below:
- Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States or a recognized international equivalent in a similar or related field.
- Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 in the last 60 semester credit hours. If applicant does not meet minimum undergraduate GPA criterion, GRE general test with minimum scores of 150 Verbal, 141 Quantitative, and 4.0 Analytical are required for conditional admission
Application for admission must be submitted prior to the published deadline. The application is available at www.utrgv.edu/gradapply.
Program Requirements
Required Courses - 16 Hours
| EDBE 5310 | Bilingual Education and the Adolescent Learner | 3 |
| EDBE 5315 | Technology, Pedagogy and Curriculum for Secondary Bilingual Education | 3 |
| EDBE 6175 | Seminar in Secondary Bilingual Education | 1 |
| EDBE 6322 | Bilingual/Multilingual Critical Issues | 3 |
Choose one from the following:
| EDBE 6324 | Dual Language Enrichment Education | 3 |
| EDBE 6351 | Research on Language Development in Bilingual Environments | 3 |
Choose one from the following:
| EDSL 6323 | Approaches and Current Practices in Second Language Instruction | 3 |
| EDSL 6325 | ESL for Bilingual and Multicultural Settings | 3 |
| EDSL 6351 | Linguistics for ESL | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 16