Master of Science (M.S.) in Curriculum & Instruction (42 semester hours)

Emphasis Concentration in Teaching English as a Second Language Postesecondary

I. Core (9 semester hours)

Research (6 semester hours)

required

EPY 702      Research Methods (prerequisite to EPY 718 or EPY 721)

select one

EPY 718      Qualitative Research Methodologies

EPY 721      Descriptive & Inferential Statistics: An Introduction

Foundations (select one: 3 semester hours)

CIG 703      Urban Education

CIG 750      Multicultural Education

EPY 712      Foundations of Learning and Cognition

EDW 745    Adult Learning Theories

II. Concentration: TESL Emphasis (24 semester hours)

Foundations (6 semester hours) MUST be completed before other TESL courses

CIL 703      Language Acquisition and Development

CIL 751      Methods and Materials for TESL

Teaching English as a Second Language (18 semester hours)

CIL 752      TESL Curriculum

CIL 753      Theories of Second Language Acquisition

CIL 754      TESL Assessment Procedures

CIL 755      Linguistic Theory: TESL

CIL 756      Computer Assisted Language Learning

CIL 757      TESL Practicum

III. Culminating Experience (9 semester hours)

CIG 717      Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction: TESL Research (3 semester hours; to be taken semester prior to CIG 719)

CIG 719      Thesis (6 semester hours total)