Language Instruction
The Graduate Certificate in Language Instruction is an interdisciplinary certificate related to the fields of applied linguistics, second language acquisition, psychology, neuroscience, and other disciplines that has important implications for the way we teach foreign languages. Study within these different fields provides a fascinating examination of the way that second languages (L2) are learned and how second language is generated by learners. An understanding of second language acquisition processes both enriches our knowledge of how the mind works and serves to better inform the ways that foreign language teachers design and implement curricular approaches for different levels and skills.
In order to provide our graduate students with additional qualifications and formal training that will make them strongly prepared for a range of demanding academic positions, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures offers the Graduate Certificate in Language Instruction for students enrolled in doctoral degree programs.
In addition to individual courses, another means of interdisciplinary study for current Arts & Sciences PhD students is the addition of a graduate certificate. PhD students may pursue only one certificate. Tuition remission will be granted for required units for a program of study to which a student has been admitted, including an approved Arts & Sciences graduate certificate program. Earning a certificate should not increase a student's expected time to degree or the amount of support from the School of Arts & Sciences.
Graduate students interested in a Graduate Certificate should first apply for admission to the Washington University PhD program in which they wish to obtain an advanced degree. Once admitted to a PhD program, students should notify their primary advisor, the Director of Graduate Studies for their PhD program, and the Certificate Program director of plans to obtain the Certificate. Students must fill out an application for admission to a certificate program on the Office of Graduate Studies, Arts & Sciences, Forms page and receive the approval of their PhD program, the certificate program's director, and the Office of Graduate Studies, Arts & Sciences.
contact: rll@wustl.edu
