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Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

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LinguisticsUndergraduate Certificate

Total Credits

22

Minimum Program Hours

22

Program Graduation Requirements

  • No grade below a C- will count toward the TESOL certificate.

  • 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 to the Department of Linguistics.

  • The purpose of the language requirement is to provide students with a recent experience of basic foreign language classroom instruction.

  • 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.