Second Language Competency - Certificate in Second Language Competency (CRT)

Offered at IU Southeast by School of Arts and Letters

Offered on campus

The Certificate in Second Language Competency creates a focused program of study that enables students to achieve a useful level of competency in French, German, or Spanish and provides documentation of their language skills.

Students completing the certificate should be able to do the following:

• Converse in the target language on a variety of subjects and be understood by native speakers.
• Comprehend authentic prose, fiction, and articles in the target language and apply critical-thinking skills to readings.
• Write essays in the target language with complex sentences on various topics.
• Possess an awareness of cultural values and beliefs of the world regions where the target language is spoken.