Curriculum

Graduation Requirements

Other Degree Requirements

Formal evaluations during the course of the program will include submission of a summative portfolio and will include a one-hour oral exit examination.

Optional Internship Focus

The default internship course will be TSL 690: Internship: Teaching Focus. Only students who have met very rigorous requirements, as noted below, will be allowed to enroll in an optional Internship course.

TSL 691 Internship: Research Focus*

*Note that permission to enroll in this course as a substitute for TSL 690 requires teaching experience; TSL 610; approval by the TESOL Committee based on a superior score of the TSL 610 final project and research proposal, using an external rubric; and recommendation of TSL 610 professor.

TSL 692 Internship: Materials Design Focus*

*Note that permission to enroll in this course as a substitute for TSL 690 requires teaching experience; TSL 615; approval by the TESOL Committee based on a superior score of the TSL 615 final project and materials proposal, using an external rubric; and recommendation of TSL 615 professor.

Curriculum

Complete all of the following

• Core Program Requirements:
  Complete at least 1 of the following:

  • TSL600 - Methods and Materials for Second Language Teaching (3)
  • TSL601 - Methods and Materials for Online Language Teaching (3)

• Complete the following:

  • TSL609 - Foundations of Second Language Acquisition (3)
  • TSL610 - Research Applications in Language Education (3)
  • TSL615 - Curriculum Design in Second Language Teaching and Learning (3)
  • TSL623 - Testing and Evaluation in Second Language Teaching (3)
  • TSL634 - Language and Culture (3)
  • TSL653 - Second Language Integrated Skills Seminar (3)

• Limited Electives (not previously taken as part of the core):
  Complete at least 2 of the following:

  • TSL600 - Methods and Materials for Second Language Teaching (3)
  • TSL601 - Methods and Materials for Online Language Teaching (3)
  • TSL605 - Teaching Second Language Literacy (3)
  • TSL620 - Computer Assisted Language Learning (3)
  • TSL680 - Practicum (3)
  • TSL695 - Special Topics (3)

• Complete at least 1 of the following:

  • TSL690- Internship: Teaching Focus¹ (3)
  • TSL691- Internship: Research Focus (3)
  • TSL692- Internship: Materials Design Focus (3)

Grand Total Credits: 30