Certificate Program The division offers a 15 graduate credit course sequence leading to a bilingual extension certificate. Coursework will provide students with the theory, multicultural perspectives, and practical background to work in bilingual and/or dual-language classroom settings. The five course sequence will allow the initially certified teacher to obtain the knowledge and skills of: (1) the theories of bilingual education and bilingualism, (2) the multicultural viewpoints of education, (3) the social, psychological, and psycho-linguistic aspects of bilingualism, (4) the methods of teaching English language arts and native language arts to bilingual English language learners, and (5) methods of teaching content area instruction to bilingual English language learners, using both the native language and English. This course sequence does not require a practicum although fieldwork is a requirement of most coursework.Admission Requirements:Bilingual Extension Candidates wishing to obtain the bilingual extension can add the 15 credit course work to their initial or professional certificate programs in early childhood education; childhood education; career and technical education; students with disabilities in early childhood, or childhood, or middle childhood, or adolescence; students who are blind or visually impaired; students who are deaf or hard of hearing; students with speech and language disabilities, and literacy education B–6, 5–12, school counseling.Course Requirements EDU 9001 Foundations of Bilingual, Multicultural and Second Language Education EDU 9002 Psychology and Sociology of Language and Bilingualism EDU 9003 Literacy Development for First and Second Language Learners EDU 9004 Content Area Instruction for Linguistically/Culturally Diverse Learners EDU 9006 Human Development in Crosscultural Perspective EDU 9007 Teaching Strategies for the Bilingual Classroom EDU 9009 is subsumed by EDU 9004 Total: 15 credits