Certificate in Translation

The Department of World Languages and Literatures offers a program leading to an undergraduate Certificate in Translation for students in the TXST Mexico program at Querétaro University in Mexico. This program is intended for students who wish to gain targeted, advanced training in Spanish, German, or French for translation and other professional careers. Students in the certificate program will broaden the scope of their scholastic mastery and develop and refine their professional skills, thereby increasing their likelihood of obtaining favorable employment using French, German, and Spanish/English in translation and professional fields in Mexico and internationally.

The program’s advanced coursework in French, German, and Spanish is designed to provide students a competitive advantage by professionalizing their written and spoken German, French or Spanish/English skills while helping prepare them to meet market demands for language proficiency and intercultural sophistication.

The certificate requires 9 semester credit hours of advanced Spanish coursework. Students must have English proficiency and German, French, or Spanish proficiency equivalent to two years of coursework. While all undergraduate students in the TXST Mexico program may pursue this certificate, it is primarily designed to benefit students in science, technology, engineering, math, and finance who have the prerequisite language proficiency.