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Graduate Certificate in Spanish
18 Credits
What you study
IU Online’s Graduate Certificate in Spanish offers advanced-level instruction in the Spanish language, as well as Hispanic culture, literature, and linguistics. This program may be of special interest to K–12 Spanish teachers, or anyone looking to improve their mastery of the language.
How you benefit
Enhance your language proficiency and teaching techniques. Study current research on effective pedagogical strategies and foreign language instruction. Enhance your intercultural competence in order to promote student engagement with the Hispanic world.
Career Outcomes
Your IU Online Graduate Certificate in Spanish prepares you for such careers as:
- Spanish teacher or instructor
- Linguist, bilingual consultant, or translator
- Foreign correspondent
- Technical writer
- Proofreader/editor
This program is part of the School of Humanities & Social Sciences.
Degree Requirements
To earn a Graduate Certificate in Spanish, you must complete 18 credit hours.
Requirements are broken down as follows:
- Core courses (18 credit hours)
Courses
Sample courses for the Graduate Certificate in Spanish include the following:
- SPAN-T 510 Second Language Acquisition for Spanish Teaching (3 cr)
- SPAN-T 520 Spanish Writing and Grammar (3 cr)
- SPAN-T 530 Spanish through Cultural Expressions (3 cr)
- SPAN-T 540 Spanish Phonetics (3 cr)
- SPAN-T 550 Topics in Hispanic Studies (3 cr)
- SPAN-T 560 Hispanic Sociolinguistics (3 cr)