The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Advanced Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultural Studies requires 15 credit hours and is designed for professionals who may have a bachelor’s degree in a field other than Spanish but who are able to demonstrate linguistic and analytical skills in Spanish equivalent to having completed a minimum of 21 undergraduate credits above the 204 level.

The program's goals are to:

Increase student’s language skills in Spanish to a high level;
Prepare qualified candidates for cross-cultural professions; and
Help prepare instructors who must have at least 18 credits of graduate credit in order to teach Spanish at an accredited community college, four-year college or university.

Students may choose to continue with an additional 3-credit course or apply for admission as M.A. candidates.