Bilingual Education Advanced Certificate

If you already have obtained your teacher certification and are looking to add to your professional skill set, our bilingual education certificate of advanced study is for you. To be eligible for this extension program, you must have native or near-native proficiency in both English and Spanish.

Required Core (15 credits)

LAI 582LEC - Principles of Language Acquisition 1st and 2nd Credits: 3
LAI 587LEC - Methods ESL Content Areas Credits: 1-3
LAI 588LEC - Methods in Bilingual Education Credits: 3
LAI 592LEC - Foundations of Bilingual Education: Theory, Policies, and Practices Credits: 3
LAI 681SEM - Understanding/Teaching Second Language Culture Credits: 1 - 3
or
LAI 682LEC - Assessing Second Language Proficiency Credits: 1 - 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

3.0 GPA required

SED Statement

This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED).