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:

  1. Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States or a recognized international equivalent in a similar or related field.
  2. Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 in the last 60 semester credit hours.

Application for admission must be submitted prior to the published deadline. The application is available at www.utrgv.edu/gradapply.

Program Requirements

Required Courses - 6 Hours

CourseCourse Name
EDBE 5310Bilingual Education and the Adolescent Learner
EDBE 5315Pedagogy and Curriculum for Secondary Bilingual Education

Prescribed Electives - 6 Hours

Choose two from the following:
CourseCourse Name
EDBE 6322Bilingual/Multilingual Critical Issues
EDBE 6324Dual Language Enrichment Education
EDBE 6351Research on Language Development in Bilingual Environments
EDSL 6323Approaches and Current Practices in Second Language Instruction

Total Credit Hours: 12