M.A. in TESOL – General

The general M.A. in TESOL program consists of 12 three-credit courses.

8 required courses (24 credits):

  • EDUC 601 – Human Learning and Cognition [3]
  • EDUC 602 – Instructional Systems Development I [3]
  • EDUC 625 – Teaching Reading and Writing to Beginning Learners of English [3]
  • EDUC 644 – Educational Linguistics [3]
  • EDUC 666 – Intercultural Communication and Sociolinguistics for TESOL [3]
  • EDUC 688 – Methodology of Teaching English as an Additional Language [3]
  • EDUC 794 – TESOL Project Seminar [3]
  • EDUC 792S – TESOL Internship [3]

4 elective courses (12 credits) selected from among the following:

  • EDUC 636 – Language Assessment [3]
  • EDUC 655 – Teaching Reading and Writing to Intermediate and Advanced Learners of English [3]
  • EDUC 667 – Structure of English for TESOL [3]
  • EDUC 670 – Second Language Acquisition [3]
  • EDUC 672 – Multilingualism [3]
  • EDUC 673 – Technology, Language and Intercultural Communication [1-3]
  • EDUC 677 – Teaching and Assessing Second Language Speaking and Listening 3
  • EDUC 689 – Advanced Special Topics in Education [1-3]
  • EDUC 711 – Approaches to English Language Teaching for Adults [3]