Advanced Language Certificate in Spanish

Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Yale University
Guidelines for the Advanced Language Certificate in Spanish

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.

All transcripts are updated to reflect the Language Certificate at the time the student’s degree is conferred.

1.  The certificate requires four courses, all beyond the L4 level taught entirely in Spanish, at least two of which must be Yale courses designated as L5, and at least one of which must be a Yale 3000-level advanced undergraduate lecture or seminar
2. A maximum of one course may be taken abroad as part of a non-Yale program. Students must take the necessary steps to ensure that any DUS-approved non-Yale course appears on their transcripts or Degree Audit record.
3. All courses must be taken for a letter grade. Students must achieve a grade of B or above. Courses taken Credit/D/Fail will not be counted for the certificate.
4. The DUS for Spanish will review and approve all courses to be applied to the certificate.