Because Linguistics is a small department, students may need to take some of their electives in other departments. Over the years, electives have often been in departments such as AAS, ARMN, CHS, CD, COMS, EED, ENGL, EPC, PHIL, PSY, SED, and SOC. Examples of suitable electives for the M.A. in TESL are given below. There may be others.
When you find a course that is language- or linguistics-related and that interests you, email the Graduate Advisor to request approval of your choice.
Preapproved Electives for the M.A. in TESL
- EED 570 ESL Instructions in Bilingual and Multilingual Classrooms
- EED 577 Language Arts and ESL Instruction
- EED 610 Research Methods in Elementary Education
- EED 626 Literacy Instruction for English Learners
- EED 675 Bilingual/Multilingual Teaching Strategies
- ENGL 595G Genre Theories
- ENGL 595 TLL Gender and Language
- ENGL 612 Stylistics
- EPC 600 Educational Statistics for Research and Measurement
- LING 501 Seminar in Phonology
- LING 503 Seminar in Cognitive Linguistics
- LING 505 Seminar in Discourse Analysis
- LING 515 Survey of Applied Linguistics
- LING 578 English for Specific Purposes
- LING 589 Introduction to Celtic Languages
- LING 610 Seminar in Syntax
- SED 514 Computers in the Instructional Program
- SED 587 Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language to Adults