Program Structure
Courses are fully online and asynchronous. There are no prerequisites for the Second Language Education: TESOL program and you may take the courses in any order. While pacing of the courses is up to you, most students who are teaching full time find one or two courses per semester manageable. Our graduate courses are intensive, so taking more than two per semester is not recommended if you are teaching full time.
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Required courses
The following courses (25 credit hours) are required for the TESOL program:
- ESL 503: Second Language Testing and Assessment
- ESL 522: Theory and Practice of Bilingual/Multilingual Education
- ICC 521: Grammar for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- ICC 523: Integrating Technology in the Second Language Classroom
- ICC 620: Materials and Techniques for Teachers of English as a Second Language Through Content Areas
- ICC 621: Linguistics for Second Language Educators
- ICC 623: Second Language Acquisition: Theory and Research
- ICC 624 Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- ICC 685 Comprehensive Examination (1 credit)
Electives
Students must choose two electives (6 credit hours) from the following options:
- EDU 671 Issues in Foundations of Education
- ESL 504 Literacy in the Elementary School
- ESL 529 Special Topics (may be repeated provided the topic changes)
- FSA 510 Teaching the Special Education Learner in the General Education Classroom
- ICC 529 Special Topics (may be repeated provided the topic changes)
- ICC 629 Special Topics (may be repeated provided the topic changes)
- LIT 549 Literacy in the Secondary School
Other elective choices must be approved by the department.