The joint master's degree/certification program in foreign language teaching is designed for individuals who possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher education and who wish to pursue certification and a master's degree in education at the same time. Certificates are recommended only in conjunction with the completion of the requirements for the Ed.M. degree.

The major goals of the program are to provide students with a thorough understanding of:

1. Language analysis, including the analysis of the phonology, morphology, and syntax of the target language, as well as the comparison of similarities and differences between English and the target language;
2. The process of second language acquisition as it concerns foreign language learning in a classroom context and as it varies by age levels;
3. Language assessment and test development procedures as they apply to foreign learning;
4. The target culture and the principal ways in which it resembles and differs from that of the United States; and
5. Strategies of teaching the target language activites; creating situations that cause students to use the language; creating learning situations that bring the reality of the culture closer to the student; and devising activities that develop students' knowledge of the structure of the target language.