The Graduate Certificate in German is ideal for those who want to teach dual-credit courses and who need to meet Higher Learning Commission dual-credit qualification standards. These standards require teachers wanting to teach dual-credit courses to hold either a master's degree in their area of instruction or a master's degree in another discipline (such as education), plus at least 18 credit hours of discipline-specific graduate coursework.

If you hold a master's degree in another discipline, you can meet HLC standards by completing the 18-credit hour Graduate Certificate in German.

Your IU Online Graduate Certificate in German prepares you for such careers as:

• German teacher or instructor
• Linguist, bilingual consultant, or translator
• Foreign correspondent
• Technical writer
• Proofreader/editor

To earn a Graduate Certificate in German, you must complete 18 credit hours.  

Requirements are broken down as follows:

• Core courses (18 credit hours) 

To be accepted to this program, you must have:

• Bachelor’s degree 
• 3.0 minimum undergraduate GPA
• 20 credit hours in German coursework at the bachelor’s level

To apply to this program, complete an online application that includes:

• Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended
• 250-word personal statement explaining background and reasons for entering the program

Application Dates

Fall semester: Aug 1

Spring semester: Jan 1 

Core

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