MA Teaching English as a Second Language

The Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) is comprised of 30 units. International applicants need a minimum TOEFL score of 570 (230 for the computer-based test).

See the full list of courses with course descriptions.

Foundations | 9 Units

• Choose one of the following courses:
  • IME 602 - Research in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
  • IME 610 - Sociology of Language
  • IME 611 - Language and Culture
  • IME 631 - Research in First and Second Language Acquisition
  • IME 668 - Discourse, Pragmatics and Language Teaching
    
    
• IME 603 - Applied Linguistics
  
  
• IME 632 - Structure of American English

Methods | 9 units

• Choose one of the following General Education Dept. courses:
  • GEDU 603 - Methodology of Educational Research
  • GEDU 605 - Practitioner Research
    
    
• IME 630 - Teaching English as a Second Language
  
  
• IME 633 - Preparation and Evaluation of ESL Instructional Materials

Culture | 3 units

• Choose one of the following courses:
  • IME 612 - Race, Ethnicity & Cultural Identity
  • IME 615 - Education for Inclusion
  • IME 624 - African-American Educational History in the U.S.
  • IME 627 - Pan-African Language & Culture
  • IME 639 - Cross-Cultural Literacy
  • IME 640 - Immigration & Forced Displacement
  • IME 647 - Technology & Diverse Learners
  • IME 650 - Asian-Am.: History, Culture & Cont. Issues
  • IME 671 - Teaching Literature for Children and Adolescents
  • IME 674 - Literature in Education
  • IME 678 - Contemporary Authors and Illustrators
  • IME 680 - Contemporary Issues in Literature for Children and Young Adults
  • IME 698 - IME Special Topics: Latinos & Education

Electives | 6 units

• Students may choose two courses from the following areas:
  • Any IME course
  • Any Digital Media and Learning (DML) course
  • Graduate Writing/Speaking Practicum from the ESL Department

Field Project | 3 units

• IME 638 - TESL Field Project

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