Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Curriculum and Instruction (37 credit hours)

Emphasis in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) (Postsecondary)

I. Core (9 semester hours)
Research (select one: 3 semester hours)
CIG 705    Teachers as Action Researchers
EPY 702    Research Methods
EPY 703    Teachers as Consumers and Producers of Educational Research

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

Curriculum and Instruction (select one: 3 semester hours)
CIG 702    Differentiated Curriculum and Instruction
CIS 704    Secondary School Instruction
CIS 705    Secondary Education Curriculum

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 (4 semester hours)
CIG 717    Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction: TESL (3 semester hours - must be taken semester prior to Culminating Experience)
CIG 715*  Curriculum and Instruction Culminating Experience: English Language Acquisition (1 semester hour)

*CIG 715 C&I Culminating Experience involves the development of an
e-portfolio. It is recommended that you keep copies of your work from
all classes in your program in preparation for this course.