Bilingual Education Extension
Advanced Graduate Certificate
Stony Brook University’s 16-credit advanced graduate certificate leads to the NYSED Bilingual Education Extension Annotation and is offered ON CAMPUS ONLY.
The program is designed for fluent, bilingual (English/Spanish) speakers who hold an appropriate NYSED certificate. The program provides the knowledge and skills necessary to teach effectively in English and Spanish in New York State schools.
Certificate Requirements
The certificate program consists of 16 credits, distributed among the areas listed below. Credits for each course are noted. All requirements must be completed within three (3) years from the semester date of admission as a matriculated student.
Students will complete 5 courses (16 credits) in one of two pathways:
Pathway 1: For Speech Language Pathologists (Renee Fabus, Director)
For Speech-Language Pathology, Spanish-English Bilingual Extension
- HHS 574 Speech and Language Pathology in the Schools, Bilingual Clinical (4 credits)
- HHS/CEF 526 Foundations of Teaching English Language Arts to Bilingual Learners (3 credits)
- CEF/FLA/SPN 536 Methods of Teaching Second Language and Content to Bilingual Students (3 credits)
- SPN 505 Hispanic Dialectology & Sociolinguistics, or LIN 542 Sociolinguistics, or LIN 532 Second Language Acquisition (3 credits)
- SPN 506 Bilingualism, or LIN 541 Bilingualism (3 credits)
OR
Pathway 2: For Teachers (Selene Yoel, Advisor)
For English; Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics; Social Sciences, Spanish-English Bilingual Extension
- CEF/FLA 574 Bilingual Education in the Schools (4 credits)
- CEF 526 Foundations of Teaching English Language Arts to Bilingual Learners (3 credits)
- CEF/FLA/SPN 536 Methods of Teaching Second Language and Content to Bilingual Students (3 credits)
- SPN 505 Hispanic Dialectology & Sociolinguistics, or LIN 542 Sociolinguistics, or LIN 532 Second Language Acquisition (3 credits)
*For information about the Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology visit https://healthtechnology.stonybrookmedicine.edu/programs/speech-language-pathology
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