* This site offers basic guidelines for Degree completion. The department may have additional restrictions in addition to the information below. Please see the Graduate Course Catalog for more information.
There are three (3) tracks for the TESOL program, based on the candidate's prior qualifications, as follows:
Track 1. Candidates who have a Master's degree and who have initial/provisional
or professional/permanent certification in an approved area may choose to complete the 36 credit hour program and receive a second Master's degree (36-credit-hour program) or the Certificate of Advanced Study (24-credit-hour program). The programs are described below.
Track 2. Candidates who have a baccalaureate degree and who have New York
State initial/provisional certification in an approved area. These candidates must complete the 36-credit-hour program leading to the M.S.ED. in
TESOL and N.Y.S. Certification K-12.
Track 3. Candidates who have a baccalaureate degree or a Master's degree in an area of Liberal Arts or Natural Sciences (for example, English, Modern Languages, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geosciences, Philosophy, Music, Art, Sociology, History, Political Science) and who do not have teacher's certification of any type. The College of Education will recommend eligibility and approval for admission is made by the Dean of Graduate Studies. These candidates must complete the 36 credit hour program leading to the M.S.ED. in TESOL and N.Y.S. Certification K-12, and must complete the following courses or requirements at either the undergraduate or graduate level, by advisement:
EDU 225 Developmental Development
Or, one of the following:
EDU 224 Adolescent Psychology
EDU 501 Advanced Study: Child Psychology
EDU 502 Psychology of Adolescence
EDU 250 and EDU 251 The Exceptional Learner
Or equivalent graduate course to be approved by the Dean
of the College of Education.
EDU 349 Educational Psychology
Or equivalent graduate course to be approved by the Dean
of the College of Education.
EDU 300 Safe Schools/Healthy Students
Fingerprinting Requirement.
Completion of the LAST and ATS-W and other pertinent
New York State examinations for New York State certification.
Candidate must meet all existing and current requirements
as mandated by the New York State Education Department
and NCATE.
| Course Requirements |
Hours |
| EDU 570 |
Using Educational Research to Improve Instruction
This course must be completed within the first 9 credit
hours of graduate study. |
3 |
| EDU 519 |
Curriculum Theory for the Second Language
Classroom-ESL I |
3 |
| EDU 534 |
Curriculum Development for the Second Language
Classroom-ESL II |
3 |
| EDU 538 |
Cultural Literature |
3 |
| EDU 540 |
Content Area ESL |
3 |
| EDU 563 |
Cultural Perspectives or elective |
3 |
| EDU 564 |
Linguistic Considerations for ELL Students |
3 |
EDU 565
or
EDU 566 |
Language and Learning-Psycholinguistics/Language Acquisition
or
Sociolinguistic Considerations for Educators of ELL Students |
3 |
| EDU 568 |
Foundations of Bilingual Education |
3 |
Elective
Any course in the Psychological Foundations; Exceptional
Children; Social, Historical, Philosophical, or Comparative
Foundations; Cultural and Linguistic Diversity; and Content
and Pedagogy as well as LOTE can be used as an elective if
the course is not used to satisfy other requirements
of this program. |
3 |
| EDU 671 |
Practicum and Seminar |
3 |
| EDU 690 |
Master's Thesis/Project |
3 |
| TOTAL HOURS FOR DEGREE |
36 |
