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2025-2026 UH Mānoa Catalog 
  
2025-2026 UH Mānoa Catalog

SLS/Spanish Applied Linguistics, Advanced Graduate Certificate


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This track allows graduate students to specialize in Spanish applied linguistics. The program is flexibly tailored to the academic and professional goals of the individual student and includes courses in English and Spanish in several departments. Up to 9 credits that are counted toward the AGC SLS/Spanish may be counted toward another concurrent degree. For more information see www.hawaii.edu/sls/graduate/agc/agc-spanish-applied-linguistics/.

Requirements


  • Two graduate courses in Spanish linguistics or applied linguistics topics.
  • Two graduate courses in SLS (second language analysis, second language use, second language learning, second language education, research methods).
  • One graduate course relevant to the Scholarly Paper.
  • At least one course should be a 700-level seminar.
  • Only 3 credits of SLS 699 /SPAN 699  can count towards the AGC. Up to 6 credits can be at the 400 level, if approved by the student’s advisor.

Notes:


Exit requirement: Scholarly Paper, typically a publishable research paper. The Scholarly Paper will be based on a study in Spanish applied linguistics. In accordance with the requirements of Graduate Division, the Scholarly Paper will be written in English or Hawaiian. It will be assessed by a graduate faculty member in Spanish and a graduate faculty member in SLS.

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