The Modern Languages and Literatures Department awards a certificate program for advanced studies in French, German, or Spanish to full-time, degree-candidate students not majoring in modern languages.

The requirements of the certificate program are:

1. Four courses in the chosen language beyond the intermediate level, one course of the four being a literature or culture and civilization course.*
2. One course in a related field outside the Modern Languages and Literatures Department to be determined in consultation with the director of the certificate program and faculty of the Modern Languages and Literatures Department.
3. At least three of the five courses must be taken at Saint Anselm College.*
4. A minimum average of "C+" must be earned in the five courses for certification. No course will be accepted in which a grade below "C" is assigned.
5. A comprehensive examination administered by the department. Further information on the acceptance of advanced language courses taken in overseas programs may be obtained from the director of the certificate program.

* The Spanish Certificate Program stipulates the following:  two of the four courses for the Spanish Certificate must be in literature or culture and civilization - one in Peninsular and one in Latin American. If two courses of a summer program are used toward the Spanish Certificate, one may count as a language course and one may count as a related non-language course outside the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.