If you are working on a graduate degree, you may elect to add a supplemental certificate to teach in a Bilingual setting. This certification requires fluent Spanish.
Undergraduate students CANNOT take these courses as electives. (These course hours do not count toward hours needed for undergraduate students to graduate.)
Graduate students may take take these courses as electives if part of a master's degree plan.
The courses required for this certification are ONLY offered during the summer sessions and they must be taken in sequence.
Bilingual Certification - Overlap or Graduate Level Only
13-Hour Requirement
ALL COURSES ARE ONLINE
SPA 475 Language Proficiency and MUST PASS the TOPT test
ELE 515 Language Acquisition for ESL/Bilingual
ELE 505 Foundations of ESL/Bilingual
ELE 506 ESL/Bilingual Assessment
ELE 507 ESL/Bilingual Teaching Methods
* Capstone course to be taken in last semester of coursework
Must pass TOPT and Bilingual TExES