Required Courses for Undergraduate Students
Students must complete the following courses (totaling 9 credits):
- LING 3090 - Teaching English as a Second Language (3 credits)
- LING 3101 - ESL Teaching Practicum: Language (1 credit)
- LING 3102 - ESL Teaching Practicum: Culture (1 credit)
- LING 3103 - ESL Teaching Practicum: Writing (1 credit)
- LING 3400 - Structure of English (3 credits)
Students must also complete two additional courses (totaling a minimum of 6 credits) from the following list:
- AMST 2460 - Language in the US (3 credits)
- ANTH 2400 - Language and Culture (3 credits)
- ANTH 2410 - Sociolinguistics (3 credits)
- ANTH 5480 - Literacy and Orality (3 credits)
- ANTH 2430 - Languages of the World (3 credits)
- EDIS 4270/5270 - Teaching Reading and Writing to ELLs (3 credits)
- EDIS 3240 - Education Across Cultures and Communities(3 credits)
- EDIS 5422 - Education Across Cultures (3 credits)
- EDIS 5423 - English Linguistics (3 credits)
- EDIS 4470/5470 - ESL Assessment and Curriculum Design (3 credits)
- LNGS 2220 - Black English (3 credits)
- LNGS 2240 - Southern American English (3 credits)
- LNGS 5000 - Applied Linguistics for Teachers of Foreign Languages (3 credits)
Please note that an undergraduate student MUST earn a grade of B- or higher on ALL certificate courses in order to successfully earn the TESOL Certificate.
This information can also be found on the College of Arts and Science's Undergraduate Record.