Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the individual and social dimensions of bilingualism.
2. Explain concepts relevant to bilingual and multilingual language development.
3. Analyze the intersection of socio-cultural features such as gender, ethnicity, and status in language use and choice across various domains of use.
4. Apply knowledge of bilingual (and multilingual) language development and language use (such as code-switching) to areas such as effective pedagogical practices for educating bilingual (multilingual) learners, clinical assessments and interventions of bilingual children, or language policies and language maintenance.
5. Conduct basic research studies exploring questions relevant to bilingual (and multilingual) language development and societal multilingualism.
6. Identify problems of social justice in multilingual workplaces and suggest solutions to ameliorate these problems.

The Basic Certificate requires a minimum of 13-15 units.

Courses and areas:

• Linguistics 553
• 3 units selected from Linguistics 420, 501, Spanish 448, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 300
• 3 units selected from Anthropology 410, Language, Culture, and Society 300, Linguistics 551, Spanish 462
• 3 units selected from American Indian Studies 460 [or Anthropology 460 or Linguistics 460], Dual Language Education 416, 515, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 514
• 1-3 units selected from Linguistics 457, 499, 597, Speech Language Hearing Sciences 499, 595

Students must obtain a grade of C (2.0) or better in each of the certificate courses.

(1) Fill out the Certificate Enrollment Form and send to [email protected]. 

(2) Register and pay for the certificate. You can register, and pay for, courses for the certificate in any of three ways:

1. as an undergraduate candidate for a bachelor's degree, taking the courses as electives. Information regarding fees can be found at the following web site: https://bfa.sdsu.edu/financial/student/tuition.
   
   
2. as a graduate candidate for a master's degree, taking the courses as electives. Additional information is available at: https://admissions.sdsu.edu/graduate.
   
   
3. through the SDSU Global Campus ("Open University"). Additional information is available at: https://ces.sdsu.edu/open-university.

For alternatives 1-2, you must have been admitted to San Diego State University through the regular application process. For alternative 3, no application or acceptance procedure is necessary; the SDSU Global Campus is the division of the university open to the general public. (Note: the course work and all Certificate requirements are the same regardless of the way you register and pay for them, and there is no difference between Certificates earned by individuals registering through Global Campus and those earned by individuals registering as admitted students.)