Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Accelerated Graduate Pathway (MSEd)

Program Requirements

• Declare the AGP in TESOL when nearing senior/fourth year status (~84 credits).
• Apply to the MSED in TESOL program via the standard graduate admission application. (It is strongly recommended that the application be submitted by December 1, but are accepted through January 31 each academic year for matriculation the following fall.)
• Take EDU 561 - English Linguistics for Educators and EDU 560 - Methods and Approaches in TESOL and World Languages, in that sequence, with grades of B- or higher in each.
• Take EDU 558 - Curriculum and Assessment for Multilingual Learners, and EDU 559 - Methods for Teaching Reading and Writing to Multilingual Learners and earn a B- or higher in each.

Only the 12 credits of TESOL courses noted above may be completed at the undergraduate level. If grade requirements are not met, students may be required to repeat the course(s).

Remaining Requirements

Remaining required courses at the graduate level (18 credits) as a matriculated graduate student:

• EDU 562 - Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in the Classroom
• EDU 567 - Theories of Second Language Acquisition
• EDU 600 - Research Methods and Techniques
• EDU 607 - Teacher Research in Literacy and Language Development
• EDU 635 - Seminar in Second Language Literacy
• EDU 623 - TESOL Teaching Experience and/or EDU 689 TESOL Thesis

Grade Requirements

• Graduate students must receive a grade of B- or higher in all courses to be successful in Literacy Education and TESOL programs.
• If the above grade requirements are not met, students may be required to repeat the course.
• Additionally, students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.00.