Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) View in Kuali Update Delete Update Rules PDF


Catalog 2022 - 2024     Discontinued (2023-01-01)
For Academic Program: BA English

About

With the preeminent position of English as a global language, numerous international opportunities exist for teachers with a practical understanding of linguistics, intercultural communication, and theories of second language acquisition. The teaching of English also provides an unparalleled platform for ministry, especially in contexts where formal missionary opportunities are limited or unavailable.

Since TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is an emphasis within the English major, students will also be equipped for a number of other careers that require the ability to think analytically and creatively and communicate effectively. With its emphasis on cross-cultural communication, the TESOL emphasis serves as an excellent starting point for students aiming at careers in areas such as international business, non-profit and development, human resources, civil service, international and immigration law.



Emphasis Requirements

REQUIRED CORE AND COGNATE COURSES (29 Total Credits)
  • Complete B.A. English Core and Cognate requirements.
  • Minimum 29 credits
REQUIRED COURSES (18 Total Credits)
  • Course(s):
    • ELIT430 - Young Adult Literature (2)
    • ENGL301 - Second Language Acquisition (3)
    • ENGL302 - English as a Second Language: Strategies and Methods (3)
    • ENGL476 - Practicum: English as a Second Language (1)
  • Select 3 credit(s):
    • ELIT342 - African American Literature (IN-10) (W) (3)
    • ELIT417 - Intercultural Contexts: Literatures of Power, Place, and People (IN-10) (W) (3)
    • FREN357 - Survey of French Medieval and Renaissance Literature (W) (3)
    • FREN358 - Survey of French 17th and 18th Centuries Literature (W) (3)
    • FREN458 - Survey of French 19th and 20th Centuries Literature (W) (3)
    • FREN459 - Francophone Cultures and Literatures (W) (3)
    • SPAN355 - Survey of Spanish Literature (W) (3)
    • SPAN356 - Survey of Spanish-American Literature (W) (3)
    • ELIT450 - You, Me, We: Identity, Society, Culture, and Politics in Contemporary Literature (W) (3)
  • Select 6 credit(s):
    • ELIT323 - A Destiny in Reserve: American Classics of the Nineteenth Century (IN-10) (W) (3)
    • ELIT332 - Studies in Medieval Literature (IN-10) (W) (3)
    • ELIT333 - Poets and Other Radicals of the English Renaissance (1485-1608) (IN-10) (W) (3)
    • ELIT335 - The Bible as Literature (IN-10) (W) (3)
    • ELIT337 - A Beautiful Empire: British Classics of the Nineteenth Century (IN-10) (W) (3)
    • ELIT338 - Twentieth-Century Writers (IN-10) (W) (3)
    • ELIT346 - Shakespeare (IN-10) (W) (3)
    • ELIT425 - Literature of the South (IN-10) (W) (3)
    • ELIT444 - Restoration, Revolution, and Reason: British Classics of the Eighteenth Century (1660-1800) (IN-10) (W) (3)
    • ELIT468 - Milton Seminar (IN-10) (W) (3)
    • ENGL306 - Creative Writing: Literary Nonfiction (W) (3)
    • ENGL307 - Creative Writing: Fiction (W) (3)
    • ENGL308 - Creative Writing: Poetry (W) (3)
    • ENGL220 - Creative Writing: Tools of the Craft (IN-10) (3)
    • ENGL320 - Rhetoric: The Performance of Argument (3)
    • ELIT340 - C. S. Lewis (IN-10) (W) (3)
REQUIRED COGNATES (3 Total Credits)
  • Select 3 credit(s):
    • COMM330 - Intercultural Communication (W) (3)
    • HIST356 - Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in American History (IN-6) (W) (3)
    • INDV250 - Cross-Cultural Experience (3)
    • SOCI150 - Cultural Anthropology (3)
    • SOCI230 - Multicultural Relations (3)
MINOR (18 Total Credits)
  • Minimum 18 credits
GENERAL EDUCATION (39 - 42 Total Credits)
ELECTIVES TO = 124 (17 - 14 Total Credits)
  • Complete at least 17-14 credits in this area
Grand Total Credits: 124

Sample Sequence Plan

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