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Teaching English to Speakers of Other Language

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LinguisticsGraduate Certificate

Total Credits

22

Minimum Program Hours

22

Program Graduation Requirements

  • No grade below a B will count toward the Graduate TESOL course requirements. 

  • Students may count one transferred course toward the TESOL certificate courses. Transferred courses must be approved by the TESOL Certificate advisor.

  • All students wishing to receive the TESOL Certificate must pay a non-refundable processing fee of $55.

  • Students must notify the academic advisor of certificate completion two months before the last day of classes of the semester which the student completes the certificate.

Certificate Type

Embedded, Stand Alone

Embedded certificates are conferred concurrently with a degree.
Stand Alone certificates are conferred to a student who is not seeking a degree.

Complete five of the following courses

  • LING 6025: Second Language Acquisition

  • LING 6810: L2 Methodology or WLC 6410: L2 Methodology

  • LING 6812: Content-Based Instruction

  • LING 6813: Practicum

  • LING 6816: Course and Curriculum Design

  • LING 6818: L2 Test Design

  • One approved elective


  • Complete a beginning level foreign language course. May be taken within two years prior to entering the program. Should include at least 30 classroom hours in foreign language instruction. The purpose of language requirement is to provide students with a recent experience of basic foreign language classroom instruction.

Complete ALL of the following Courses: