Admission

This program is designed to allow students to advance their knowledge and skills of cultural analysis. This certificate is for students interested in research and teaching that investigates the ways in which culture transforms human beings, literature and language, and social structures. The program combines interdisciplinary approaches in order to understand Hispanic culture.

Admission to the certificate program requires a 3.000 GPA with 1) an earned bachelor’s in Spanish or 2) another area with an advanced level of Spanish (to be determined by the program coordinator). 

Current graduate students of WSU should complete the Declaration of Intent to Pursue a Graduate Certificate form through the Graduate School website. The admission review faculty may request any of the listed admission requirements before rendering an admission decision¹.

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This certificate does not imply all the students have advanced Spanish language proficiency. Some students might have advanced cultural knowledge and the program could decide to accept them. They will have to complete all the assignments and requirements of the courses which are usually in Spanish, but an exception might be made by the instructors. 

Program Requirements

The program consists of 12 credit hours and the students take four (4) of the following courses:

Courses between 500-799 taken at the undergraduate level cannot be used toward the completion of a graduate certificate.

In addition to these requirements, students must meet the Graduate School’s requirements in order to earn this certificate.