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Second Language Acquisition Institute

Graduate Academic Certificate Requirements

Approved by Graduate Council on October 8, 2007

Students completing a DE in SLA will take five courses (20 units) as stipulated below:

  1. Required (8 units):
    • _____ LIN 280: Theories of SLA (or SPA 212, or FRE/GER/SPA 291)
    • _____ LIN 281: Research in SLA
  2. Two courses (8 units) taken from two of the following four areas.
    1. Pedagogy
      • _____ SPA 215: Technology and Foreign Language Learning
      • _____ LIN 205, 298 or equivalent: Special topics. Students will have to consult with Graduate Adviser to determine which courses are appropriate.
      • _____ LIN 289: Pedagogical Applications of Second Language Acquisition Theory
      • _____ SPA 215: Special topics in Hispanic Linguistics. Students will have to consult with Graduate Adviser to determine which courses are appropriate.
      • _____ EDU 249: Discourse Analysis in Educational Settings
      • _____ GER 206: Cognitive Grammar for Applied Linguists
    2. SLA and Multilingualism
      • _____ LIN 282: Bilingualism
      • _____ EDU 251: Research in bilingualism and second language education
      • _____ LIN 205, 298 or equivalent: Special topics. Students will have to consult with Graduate Adviser to determine which courses are appropriate.
      • _____ SPA 215: Special topics in Hispanic Linguistics. Students will have to consult with Graduate Adviser to determine which courses are appropriate.
    3. SLA in Society
      • _____ EDU 249: Discourse Analysis in Educational Settings
      • _____ EDU 252: Multicultural teaching and curriculum.
      • _____ EDU 253: Language and literacy and linguistic minorities
      • _____ LIN 205, 298 or equivalent: Special topics. Students will have to consult with Graduate Adviser to determine which courses are appropriate.
      • _____ SPA 215: Special topics in Hispanic Linguistics. Students will have to consult with Graduate Adviser to determine which courses are appropriate.
    4. SLA and Cognition
      • _____ PSY 264: Psycholinguistics
      • _____ LIN 205, 298 or equivalent: Special Topics. Students will have to consult with Graduate Adviser to determine which courses are appropriate.
      • _____ SPA 215: Special topics in Hispanic Linguistics. Students will have to consult with Graduate Adviser to determine which courses are appropriate.
  3. Required independent study (4 units): Leading to a research paper describing theoretical, empirical, or applied work in second language acquisition.
    • _____ LIN 299 or equivalent: Independent study
  4. Degree Conferral Process

    Successful completion of the GAC requirements is recognized by (1) notation on a student’s transcript and (2) the awarding of a certificate with established language (Systemwide Academic Senate Regulation) and the gold seal of the University of California. The University seal may be used only on certificates awarded as part of an approved GAC program.