Program of Study - Secondary Bilingual Education Certificate

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.

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. 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 (10 Credits)

EDBE 5310/EDBE 4310	Bilingual Education and the Adolescent Learner	3
EDBE 5315/EDBE 4315	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 course from the following (3 Credits)

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

Choose one course from the following (3 Credits)

EDBE 6324	Dual Language Enrichment Education	3
EDBE 6351	Research on Language Development in Bilingual Environments	3

Total Credit Hours: 16