Graduate Certificate in Spanish Program Overview
If you’re seeking a graduate credential in Spanish to enhance your career but aren’t ready to commit to a master’s degree program, you do have another option. UT Permian Basin’s 12-credit online Graduate Certificate in Spanish provides condensed academic training in Spanish language, culture, literature, and linguistics, offering you a deeper context and understanding of Spanish. This stackable credential complements your existing bachelor’s degree with new knowledge and skills and improved Spanish fluency that will help you excel in the classroom or wherever your work takes you.
Population Growth Leads to Career Growth
Between 2010 and 2020, the Hispanic population of the United States grew by about 23%, expanding from 50.5 million to 62.1 million. By 2050, that number is expected to exceed 100 million, amounting to 30% of the total U.S. population, and professional opportunities for Spanish-speaking professionals are expected to increase accordingly. Our graduate certificate program can prepare you to effectively meet this unprecedented demand and help your resume stand out in a growing field.
Stack this Certificate into the MA in Spanish Program
We’ve designed our online Graduate Certificate in Spanish to be attainable regardless of your professional circumstances. You can complete coursework any hour of the day from just about anywhere in the world around your professional and personal responsibilities. No campus visits are required. If you do eventually decide to pursue your Master of Arts in Spanish with us, you’ll enjoy the same online advantages and start your master’s degree 12 credits closer to completion! Learn more about how this certificate stacks into the master's degree program here.
Career Options
The University of Texas Permian Basin's online Graduate Certificate in Spanish program provides a solid foundation for you to excel in a variety of roles, including:
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Admission Requirements
Regular Admission Requirements
- A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States or a recognized international institution, with 12 hours of intermediate and advanced undergraduate Spanish courses.
Conditional Admission Requirements
- Students with less than 12 college-level credit hours in Spanish must demonstrate competence in Spanish with at least an intermediate-high level (based on ACTFL guidelines) as assessed during an oral interview and through a statement of purpose written in Spanish. Note: Students with a bachelor’s degree from a Spanish-speaking country will not be assessed.
Official Transcripts:
You will need to submit official transcripts from each college or university you attended to the Office of Admissions. Currently enrolled or former UTPB students do not need to request their UTPB transcript.
Official copies of transcripts must come directly from the school in a sealed envelope and can be mailed to:
UT Permian Basin
Graduate Studies Office
4901 E. University Blvd.
Odessa, TX 79762
Official transcripts in electronic format can be sent to gradstudies@utpb.edu.
Supporting Documents
All supporting documents related the graduate program should be sent to the Graduate Studies Office:
UT Permian Basin
Graduate Studies
4901 E. University Blvd.
Odessa, TX 79762-0001
Electronic versions of supporting documents may be emailed to gradstudies@utpb.edu.
Application Fee
The application fee is $40.
If you have any questions regarding the admission requirements, please email gradstudies@utpb.edu.
Associate Professor and Head of the Graduate Program
abrego_p@utpb.edu
Dr. Ábrego joined UT Permian Basin in August 2013. Dr. Ábrego earned her PhD in Hispanic literature from Vanderbilt University. Her academic areas of specialization include border literature and theory; migration and cultural exchange as expressed in literary, historical, filmic, and theoretical texts. She has collaborated in different academic publications in Mexico and the United States.
Associate Professor
moreno_j@utpb.edu
Dr. Moreno is an essayist, narrator, travel author, and contributor to cultural supplements, journals, and newspapers in Mexico City, Colombia, Spain, the United States, Denmark, and France. He is an associate professor and researcher at The University of Texas Permian Basin. He has written Querida Margot (short stories, 2018); Desires of Community: The Interstitial Character in the Novel and the Cinema of the Nineties in Mexico (essays, 2016); and a compilation of chronicles: Road to Ciudad Juárez: Chronicles and Border Stories (2014). Two more compilations will be published in 2021. In addition, he prepares Chronicles of Campus Visit.