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Certificate requirements

There are no admission requirements for the SLAT certificate program. The certificate is awarded upon completion of the course requirements, with the following conditions:

• International students whose first language is not English will be required to document a TOEFL score of 550 (old system) or 213 (new system), or to complete the required sequence of Academic English for International Students (AEIS) courses.
• The certificate is an add-on to a Bachelor's degree. Therefore students interested in obtaining the SLAT certificate must either already hold a Bachelor's degree or be working toward one.
• If the student is working toward the Bachelor's degree, the certificate can be awarded only upon completion of the Bachelor's degree.

To apply for the certificate:

• Confirm with your advisor that all certificate requirements will have been completed on schedule.
• File an on-line application (DuckWeb).
• Indicate that you are applying for the certificate by selecting "Second Language Acquisition and Teaching".

Students interested in earning the undergraduate SLAT certificate should talk with a certificate advisor. Together, the student and advisor will fill out an advising form to track progress in the certificate.

You can get a certificate in more than one language by completing the language-specific course requirements and a separate internship for each language.