World Languages
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Program Contact Information
Website: https://languages.utah.edu/graduate/index.php
Phone: 801-581-7561
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Program Description
The Master of Arts in World Languages combines a graduate master’s degree with licensure to teach in the public schools. Students with the requisite background will be able to teach one or two foreign languages at the secondary level, or a foreign language and another high school subject such as History, Geography, or Math. The program actively seeks to license teachers in Spanish, French, German, and Chinese. In limited capacities, the program can license teachers in Japanese.
The purpose of the MA programs is two-fold: first, to offer a graduate degree in foreign language teaching which equips candidates with excellent foreign language and pedagogy skills, and with solid subject matter knowledge; and second, to produce public school teachers who are able to teach one or two foreign languages or a foreign language and a high school subject. For more information please click here.
Program Admissions Requirements
The WLMA program combines the World Languages MA degree in the Department of World Languages and Cultures with the secondary licensure program in the Urban Institute for Teacher Education. The WLMA program is designed to offer licensure in a wide variety of foreign languages that are taught in the public schools.
The MA in World Languages with Secondary Teaching Licensure is designed for students who have completed one of the following:
BA in a foreign language: Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, or Spanish
BA in a subject taught in Utah secondary schools and proficiency in a foreign language
BA in ESL/TESOL and proficiency in a foreign language
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