Yale Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Guidelines for the Advanced Language Certificate in Portuguese
If you would like to fulfill, or have fulfilled the certificate requirements, please declare intent to earn a certificate by the last day of add/drop period in your final term of enrollment.
This is done on the Declare Major, Concentration within the Major, Certificate page on Yale Hub. Once declared, Degree Audit will track your progress toward completion of the certificate.
1. Students seeking to earn the certificate are required to take four courses, all beyond the L4 level in Portuguese, at least two of the four required courses must be Yale courses designated as L5.
2. With the approval of the certificate adviser, one advanced non-L5 course, conducted in Portuguese, such as an independent study course (graded pass/fail), a graduate seminar, or an advanced seminar may count toward certification requirements.
3. The adviser may approve the substitutio of one credit earned as part of a Yale or Yale-designated study abroad program and taught in Portuguese to count toward the certificate requirements. If the adviser approves courses taken outside of Yale for inclusion in the certificate requirements, students must take the necessary steps to ensure those courses appear on their transcripts.
4. The DUS for Portuguese will review and approve all courses to be applied to the certificate.
Credit/D/Fail No courses taken Credit/D/Fail may be counted toward the requirements of the certificate.
Certificate adviser: Aurélie Vialette, DUS