MA in TESOL Program Requirements
Degree Requirements
- 36 credit hours of approved TESOL course work
- Completion of a teaching portfolio compiled during course of study
- An oral comprehensive examination taken after completion of all required course work and the teaching portfolio
- Thesis or nonthesis option
Course Requirements
Core Courses (27 credit hours)
- TESL-500 Principles of Linguistics (3)
- TESL-501 English Language Teaching I (3)
- TESL-502 English Language Teaching II (3)
- TESL-503 Structure of English (3)
- TESL-522 Language Acquisition (3) or TESL-523 Second Language Acquisition (3)
- TESL-531 Language Assessment (3)
- TESL-541 Teaching Grammar (3) or TESL-542 Teaching Pronunciation (3)
- TESL-620 English Language Teaching III (3) (waived for students in the AU/Peace Corps program)
- One of the following:
- ANTH-537 Topics in Language and Culture (3)
- ANTH-544 Topics in Public Anthropology: Anthropology of Education (3)
- TESL-527 Cultural Issues in the ESL/EFL Classroom (3)
- or other approved course dealing with language and sociocultural issues
Electives (9 credit hours)
- Three courses as approved by the student’s advisor from the following:
- ANTH-537 Topics in Language and Culture (3) (if not taken in core)
- ANTH-544 Topics in Public Anthropology: Anthropology of Education (3) (if not taken in core)
- EDU-647 Global and Multicultural Education (3)
- TESL-522 Language Acquisition (3) (if not taken in core)
- TESL-523 Second Language Acquisition (3) (if not taken in core)
- TESL-524 Reading and Writing in the ESL/EFL Classroom (3)
- TESL-527 Cultural Issues in the ESL/EFL Classroom (3) (if not taken in core)
- TESL-528 Foundations of Bilingual Education (3)
- TESL-531 Language Assessment (3)
- TESL-541 Teaching Grammar (3) (if not taken in core)
- TESL-542 Teaching Pronunciation (3) (if not taken in core)
- TESL-545 Curriculum and Materials Design (3)
- TESL-554 Technology for Language Learning and Teaching (3)
- TESL-560 TESOL Topics (1–3)
- TESL-691 Internship (1–6)
- TESL-693 Peace Corps Internship (6) (required for students in the AU/Peace Corps program)
- Thesis option: completion of TESL-797 Master’s Thesis Research (6) in lieu of 6 hours of electives listed above (the thesis option is not available to students in the AU/Peace Corps program)
- Nonthesis option: 9 elective credit hours
- Grades of B or better are required for all courses taken for the thesis or nonthesis option.