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Graduate Bulletin Homepage |School of Education |Graduate Program Curricula |General Masters Programs | The Master of Science in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): Certification Option

The Master of Science in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): Certification Option

This program leads to New York State K-12 certification in TESOL. Applicants must have a minimum of 12 credits in a language other than English and an introductory course in linguistics (3 credits).

Program of Study
(48 Credits)

Required Core Courses (39 credits)
E Psy 522 Adolescent Development (3)
E Spe 560 Introduction to Human Exceptionality (3)
E Tap 501 TESOL Methodology (3)
E Tap 536 Second Language Learning (3)
E Tap 550/A Eng 552/A Lin 552 Approaches to English Grammar (3)
E Tap 598 Directed Field Experience in Education (3)
E Tap 635 Methods for Teaching Limited English Proficiency Children (3)
E Tap 652B Perspectives in Bilingual Education (3)
E Tap 690T TESOL: Guided Field Experience and Seminar (12)
Choose one of the following for 3 credits:
E Tap 680 Research Seminar: Critical Introduction to Educational Research Paradigms (3)
E Tap 681 Research Seminar: Research in Practice (3)

Elective Courses (9 credits)
Choose one technology course for 3 credits:

E Tap 634 Using Media in the Language Classroom (3)
E Tap 653 Language, Literacy, and Technology (3)
Other technology course as advised (3)
Choose one linguistics course for 3 credits:
A Lin 521 Introduction to Syntactic Theory (3)
A Lin 522 Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology (3)
Other linguistics course as advised (3)
Choose one language and culture course for 3 credits:
A Ant 524 Language and Culture (3)
A Com 577 Culture and Communication (3)
E Tap 610/ E Rdg 610 Literacy in Society (3)
E Tap 657/ E Rdg 657 Reading in a Second Language (3)
Other language and culture course as advised (3)

Last updated on 7/10/2008