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MA TESOL - Degree Requirements

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Prerequisites for all graduate level LING courses except for LING 571

LING 390 Introduction to Linguistics or equivalent

  • LING 390 cannot be taken Pass/No Pass.

LING 492 Structure of English or equivalent

  • The MA TESOL Grammar Prerequisite can also be met by earning a passing score on the grammar test taken during your first quarter as an MA student.

48 Required Credits

  • Courses = 4 credits unless otherwise noted.

  • Please note that classes may have prerequisites.

 

Group I = 20 CREDITS: Language Education / Applied Linguistics Theory
  • 16 required credits
  • LING 538: Second Language Acquisition
  • LING 571: Understanding the International Experience 
  • LING 577: TESOL Methods I
  • LING 578: TESOL Methods II and Portfolio
  • Choose 4 credits:
  • LING 509: Practicum
  • LING 539: Language Assessment
  • LING 565: Administration of ESL/EFL Programs
  • LING 570: Grammar for TESOL
  • LING 575: Curriculum Design and Materials Development
  • LING 576: Corpus Linguistics in Language Teaching
  • LING 510: Special Topics (on approval)
   

Group II = 8 CREDITS:  Foundations in Language and Linguistic Theory

Linguistic Analysis:

  • Choose 4 credits

 
  • LING 513: Linguistic Semantics
  • LING 514: Linguistic Pragmatics
  • LING 515: Linguistic Phonetics
  • LING 516: Discourse Analysis
  • LING 520: Historical-Comparative Linguistics

Linguistic Argumentation:

  • Choose 4 credits
  • LING 511: Syntax
  • LING 512: Phonology
   

Group III = 8 CREDITS:  Language and Society and/or Language and the Mind

You may choose:

  • 8 credits from “Language & Society”
  • or 8 credits from “Language & Mind”
  • or 4 credits from each

Language and Society:

 
  • LING 532: Sociolinguistics
  • LING 580: Bilingualism
  • LING 581: World Englishes
  • LING 582: Pidgins & Creoles
Language and Mind:
  • LING 533: Psycholinguistics
  • LING 537: First Language Acquisition
  • LING 545: Linguistics & Cognitive Science
   

Group IV = 12 CREDITS:   Research Studies and Culminating Experience

Required Courses

 
  • LING 559: Introduction to Graduate Study (2 credits)
  • LING 560: Research Design (2 credits)
  • LING 561: Research Methods (2 credits)
  • Culminating Experience (6 credits)