Degree Requirements
- Credit Hours: Students are required to complete a minimum of 30 credit hours at the graduate level. No more than 12 hours of coursework done at the 400 level will be counted toward the degree.
- Grade Point Average: Students must earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in courses applied to the degree.
- Graduation Requirement: In addition to completing 30 hours of coursework, students must pass comprehensive examinations or successfully defend a thesis.
- Comprehensive Examinations: The comprehensive examinations are intended to evaluate students’ knowledge, including the ability to synthesize and evaluate ideas in their area of emphasis. The examinations are based on standardized reading lists and coursework.
- Thesis: A student may request to write a thesis and prepare an oral defense. For more information about this option, see the document “Thesis Guidelines.”
- Benchmarks: For details, go to the TESOL Degree Progress tab.
- Additional Requirements:
- Students must satisfy the foreign language requirement by the time they graduate:
- Students in the major in TESOL who are native speakers of English must demonstrate proficiency in a second language prior to graduation by completing one language course of level 204 or above, with a grade of B or better, or by taking the departmental placement examination in one language and placing above the 204-level.
- International students whose native language is not English are considered to have satisfied this requirement by virtue of their TOEFL or IELTS score.
- Students must satisfy the foreign language requirement by the time they graduate:
M.A. Major in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Curriculum
Code | Title | Hours |
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CORE COURSES: | 24 | |
English as a Second Language Methods | ||
Methods of Research | ||
English as a Second Language Theory | ||
Language Assessment | ||
English as a Second Language Linguistics | ||
English as a Second Language Phonetics | ||
Select 2 courses form the following list: | ||
American Culture | ||
Second Language Reading | ||
Computer Assisted Language Learning | ||
Second Language Writing | ||
Literacy in a Second Language | ||
Applied Linguistics | ||
ELECTIVES | 6 | |
The Teaching of Foreign Languages | ||
Teaching English Overseas | ||
Teaching Foreign Language in College | ||
Research (up to 6 credits) * | ||
Structure of Modern French | ||
Phonology | ||
Syntax | ||
Structure of Spanish | ||
Sociolinguistics | ||
Discourse Analysis | ||
Advanced Phonology | ||
Advanced Syntax | ||
Psycholinguistics | ||
Language Typology | ||
Spanish Prosody | ||
Total Hours | 30 |
- *
No more than 6 research credits (697) can be applied to the degree.
Major Learning Outcomes
Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL)
Upon completion of M.A. in TESOL, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the major theories of second language acquisition and ability to apply them in pedagogical practices and evaluate their usefulness.
- Demonstrate understanding of assessment concepts and ability to design and develop assessments, analyze and interpret assessment results.
- Demonstrate knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods and ability to read and synthesize research publications and propose research projects.
- Design and implement English language classes for a variety of contexts.
- Demonstrate knowledge of English grammar and ability to explain, use, and evaluate for pedagogical purposes.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the sound system of English and ability to explain, use, and evaluate for pedagogical purposes.