undergraduate
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages
with an emphasis in English
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about the
Program
The Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages with an emphasis in English at Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) has the objective of training professionals competent in the teaching of English and capable of assuming their role as agents of change in the educational, political, economic, and social reality of the country.
Its strength lies in the high academic and research training it provides to students, its professors, its infrastructure, and the proper management of its resources to provide immediate and timely operation.
The program was designed to strengthen the social and intercultural projection that has historically characterized the Language School, through its lines of training and research, and which has been strengthened inits undergraduate and graduate programs in response to the needs of the environment.
Bucaramanga, Santander: SNIES 106466 | Qualified Registration: MEN N.° 19199 of September 21, 2017, validity 7 years.

DEGREE:
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages with an Emphasis on English

DuraTiOn:
10 semesters (5 years)

Education LEVEL:
Professional

ModaliTY:
In-person

CAMPUS:
Main Campus - Bucaramanga
- Applicant Profile
- Graduate Profile
- Labor Field
APPLICANT
Profile
Applicants persuing a Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Languages with an emphasis in English must have a basic knowledge of the English language; show a special interest in reading, studying, teaching, and researching foreign languages, particularly English. They must be open to dialogue of knowledge with other cultures and to multilingualism that goes through languages equally and effectively. These characteristics will contribute to the proper development of their teaching and research vocations in regional, national, and international contexts.
GRADUATE
Profile
The graduates in Foreign Languages with an emphasis in English from UIS stand out for:
Competently use the English language for professional, academic, and social purposes.
Design and implement resources and strategies for teaching English according to the needs of the learning context.
Appreciate cultural diversity and dialogue with its different expressions, while promoting and spreading local and national culture.
Contribute to the development of education in its different levels and sectors in foreign languages, especially English.
LABOR
Field
The main purpose of the program is to train teachers with a pedagogical, didactic, and research level in the field of foreign languages, particularly in the English language and its culture.
In this sense, the theoretical foundation that underpins the program is addressed from three complementary perspectives: critical pedagogy, didactics seen from the post-method, and research applied to foreign languages. For its part, English language and culture training is based on the current vision of English as a global language.
APPLICANT
Profile
The applicant to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages with an emphasis in English must have basic knowledge ofthe English language; show special interest inreading, studying, teaching and researching foreign languages, particularly English; being open to dialogue of knowledge with other cultures and fostering multilingualism that goesthrough languagesequally and effectively. These characteristics will contribute to the proper development of their teaching and investigative vocation in the regional, national and international contexts.
GRADUATE
Profile
The graduate in Foreign Languages with an emphasis in English from the UIS stands out for:
Competently use the English language for professional, academic and social purposes.
Design and implement resources and strategies for teaching English according to the needs of the learning context.
Appreciate cultural diversity and dialogue with its different expressions, while promoting and spreading local and national culture.
Contribute to the development of education in itsdifferent levels and sectors in the area of foreign languages, especially English.
Labor
Field
The main purpose of the program is the training of teachers with a pedagogical, didactic and research level in the field of foreign languages, particularly in the English language and its culture.
In this sense, the theoretical foundation that underpins the program is addressed from three complementary perspectives: critical pedagogy, didactics seen from the post-method and research applied to foreign languages. For its part, english language andculture training is based from the current vision of English as a global language.
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Academic
Curriculum
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- 2°
- 3°
- 4°
- 5°
- 6°
- 7°
- 8°
- 9°
- 10°
- Electives
- Foreign Language
Code: 28782 Credits: 3 - Pedagogical thinking and society
Code: 28546 Credits: 3 -Reading of University Academic Texts
Code: 28545 Credits: 3 - Introduction to the articulatory phonetics of English
Code: 28544 Credits: 5 - Pre-Intermediate English
Code: 24948 Credits: 0 - University life and culture
Code: 23423 Credits: 1 - Physical and sports culture
Code: 28780 Credits: 3 - Human development
Code: 28551 Credits: 3 - University Academic Text Writing
Code: 28550 Credits: 3 - English Phonetics and Phonology I
Code: 28549 Credits: 3 -Linguistic Fundamentals
Code: 28548 Credits: 5 - Intermediate English
Code: 28555 Credits: 3 -English Phonetics And Phonology II
Code: 28554 Credits: 2 - English Syntax I
Code: 28553 Credits: 5 - Intermediate English
Code: 28552 Credits: 3 - Learning and Pedagogical Models
Code: 00062 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language
Code: 00002 Credits: 3 - Optional Subject
Code: 28561 Credits: 2 - English Syntax II
Code: 28560 Credits: 3 - Academic writing I
Code: 28559 Credits: 5 - Advanced English I
Code: 28558 Credits: 3 -Critical Pedagogy and Poststructuralism
Code: 28557 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language Acquisition Theories and L2
Code: 00062 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language
Code: 28567 Credits: 3 - General research fundaments
Code: 28566 Credits: 2 - English-Spanish Comparative Linguistics
Code: 28565 Credits: 2 - Academic WritingII
Code: 28564 Credits: 5 - Advanced English II
Code: 28563 Credits: 4 - English Didactics
Code: 00062 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language
Code: 28783 Credits: 3 - Curriculum Development
Code: 28573 Credits: 3 - Qualitative Methods Applied to Educational Research
Code: 28572 Credits: 3 - Discourse Analysis
Code: 28571 Credits: 3 - Academic Oral Expression
Code: 28569 Credits: 4 - English Teaching for Children
Code: 00062 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language
Code: 28781 Credits: 3 - Teaching and learning assessment
Code: 28579 Credits: 3 - Quantitative methods applied to educational research
Code: 28578 Credits: 3 - Sociolinguistics
Code: 28577 Credits: 3 - British Cultural Studies
Code: 28575 Credits: 3 -Contemporary Educational Trends
Code: 00062 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language
Code: 28584 Credits: 3 - Final Undergraduate Work I
Code: 28583 Credits: 3 - Education and society in the digital age
Code: 28582 Credits: 3 - American Cultural Studies
Code: 28581 Credits: 4 - Pedagogical Practice I
Code: 00003 Credits: 3 - Elective Subject
Code: 28587 Credits: 3 - Final Undergraduate Work II
Code: 28586 Credits: 2 - Pedagogy for School Inclusion
Code: 28585 Credits: 10 - Pedagogical Practice II
Code: 00003 Credits: 3 - Elective subject
Code: 28590 Credits: 3 - Ethics
Code: 28589 Credits: 2 - English literature
Code: 28588 Credits: 10 - Pedagogical Practice III
Code: 00002 Credits: 3 - Optional Subject
Code: 28591 Credits: 3 - Preparation for International Tests
Code: 28605 Credits: 3 - Language Policies in Education
Code: 28593 Credits: 3 - Plurilingualism and Interculturality
Code: 28594 Credits: 3 - Critical Discourse Analysis
Code: 28595 Credits: 3 - Translation of Texts I
Code: 28596 Credits: 3 - Translation of Texts II
Code: 28597 Credits: 3 - Sign Languages
Code: 28598 Credits: 3 - Other English-speaking Cultures
Code: 28599 Credits: 3 - Visual Impairment in the Classroom
Code: 28600 Credits: 3 - English Literature and Film
Code: 28643 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language I: Basic French I
Code: 28644 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language II: Basic French II
Code: 28645 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language III: Pre French
Code: 28646 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language IV: Pre French
Code: 28647 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language V: Intermediate French
Code: 28648 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language I: Basic Portuguese I
Code: 28649 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language II: Basic Portuguese II
Code: 28650 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language III: Portuguese Pre
Code: 28651 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language IV: Portuguese Pre
Code: 28652 Credits: 3 - Foreign Language V: Intermediate Portuguese I
KEEP IN MIND
Additional Information
- Registration
- Requirements
- Costs
1st semester 2023 ![]() * Subject to demand |
|
Collection opening 2022 Oct 14 Collection closing 2022 Dec 2 |
|
Registration opening 2022 Oct 18 Registration closing 2022 Dec 6 Admission results 2022 Dec 15 |
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Anyone who meets the following requirements may register:
- Having passed the tenth grade or being in the process of doing so.
- Having taken the Saber 11 State Examination as of 2017.
- A minimum score of 31 points in each of the tests that make up the State Test: Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, Natural Sciences and English.
NOTICE 1:For applicants exempted from the English test, according to Article 1 of Decree 34 of 1980 of the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, only the scores in Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, and Natural Sciences will be taken into account.
NOTICE 2: Applicants are warned that the use of fraudulent means of any kind in the enrollment and/or admission process disqualifies them for a period of 5 years to be enrolled and/or admitted in any academic program of the University, without prejudice to any penal sanctions that may apply according to Acuerdo N° 017/95 del Consejo Superior.
A person may not register, even if he/she complies with the above requirements and if he/she does so, his/her registration will be cancelled:
- He/she is enrolled in any academic program of studies at the UIS.
- He/she has a disciplinary sanction in force at the UIS.
- He/she has lost student status for poor academic performance on more than one occasion.
- He/she is applying to the same program of study from which he/she was excluded due to poor academic performance or has not renewed enrollment in said program.
- He/she has initiated without concluding studies, more than one Academic Program at the UIS. No person may attend more than two undergraduate programs at the UIS. Article 5, Agreement 16 of 2008 of the Superior Council.
NOTICE 3:In case of being admitted, the student who obtained his bachelor’s degree abroad or its equivalent, must submit the validation of the degree to the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, if you have not done the procedure enter this link
Additional requirements
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Inscription
$100.000
FOR 1 PROGRAM
Inscription
$150.000
FOR 2 PROGRAMS

Each semester is settled according to the economic capacity of the family unit. It ranges between 1 and 8 minimum legal wage(s) in force.
Maximum 2 programs per enrollment.
For more information, please contact the Admissions and Academic Registration Office
KEEP IN MIND
Additional Information
- Registration
- Requirements
- Costs
1st semester
2023
* Subject to demand

Bucaramanga
Collection opening2022 Oct 14
Collection closing
2022 Dec 2
Registration opening
2022 Oct 18
Registration closing
2022 Dec 6
Admission results
2022 Dec 15
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Anyone who meets the following requirements may register:
- Having passed the tenth grade or being in the process of doing so.
- Having taken the Saber 11 State Examination as of 2017.
- A minimum score of 31 points in each of the tests that make up the State Test: Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, Natural Sciences and English.
NOTICE 1:For applicants exempted from the English test, according to Article 1 of Decree 34 of 1980 of the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, only the scores in Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, and Natural Sciences will be taken into account.
NOTICE 2: Applicants are warned that the use of fraudulent means of any kind in the enrollment and/or admission process disqualifies them for a period of 5 years to be enrolled and/or admitted in any academic program of the University, without prejudice to any penal sanctions that may apply according to Acuerdo N° 017/95 del Consejo Superior.
A person may not register, even if he/she complies with the above requirements and if he/she does so, his/her registration will be cancelled:
- He/she is enrolled in any academic program of studies at the UIS.
- He/she has a disciplinary sanction in force at the UIS.
- He/she has lost student status for poor academic performance on more than one occasion.
- He/she is applying to the same program of study from which he/she was excluded due to poor academic performance or has not renewed enrollment in said program.
- He/she has initiated without concluding studies, more than one Academic Program at the UIS. No person may attend more than two undergraduate programs at the UIS. Article 5, Agreement 16 of 2008 of the Superior Council.
NOTICE 3:In case of being admitted, the student who obtained his bachelor’s degree abroad or its equivalent, must submit the validation of the degree to the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, if you have not done the procedure enter this link
Inscription
$100.000
FOR 1 PROGRAM
Inscription
$150.000
FOR 2 PROGRAMS
Each semester is settled according to the economic capacity of the family unit. It ranges between 1 and 8 minimum legal wage(s) in force.
Maximum 2 programs per enrollment.
For more information, please contact the Admissions and Academic Registration Office
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Mónica Ferrada De Manosalva

Aleyda Fonseca Estepa

Carolina Isabel Montes Perea


Elda Patricia Cristancho Pinto

Ernesto Gallardo Vera




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Johana Lizette Murcia Valderrama





María Eugenia Rojas Villamizar



Nidia Esperanza Abril Lizcano


Silvia Andrea Tarazona Ariza
Master in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Formal Linguistics

Silvia Consuelo Morales Mariño
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Sol Smith Fuentes Hernández


Zulma Xiomara Rueda García
Master in Discourse Studies: Communication, Society and Learning
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Address: carrera 27 #09 (Ciudad universitaria)
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Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
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UIS Central Campus
Bucaramanga, Santander
Address: carrera 27 #09 (Ciudad universitaria)
Edificio de Ciencias Humanas

Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Languages with an emphasis in English
Telephone: +57 (607) 632 2151
PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000
Phone extension: 2238 – 2254
Email: escletdip@uis.edu.co

Office hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Do yo want more information?
Contact Us

UIS Central Campus
Bucaramanga, Santander
Address: carrera 27 #09 (Ciudad universitaria)
Edificio de Ciencias Humanas

Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Languages with an emphasis in English
Telephone: +57 (607) 632 2151
PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000
Phone extension: 2238 – 2254
Email: escletdip@uis.edu.co

Office hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.