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Preparing ESOL Teachers (Current)

PROGRAM (PT1): (NYS program code: 25031B; HEGIS #: 0829.00; ISIS code: PT1)
M.S. in Professional Study: TESOL
(for teachers with initial certification in TESOL)

Leads to the following NYS certification(s):

  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (K-12) (Professional)

(30 credits of coursework)

Program of study
View Sample Programs
(paths to degree depending on start date and full-time or part-time status)
Sample A -- full-time student
Sample B -- part-time student

Course # Course Title
Credits
Semester(s) Offered To be taken in (fill in)
    Masters' Core:
   
       
ED 406 Masters' Research Methods
3
Su, F, Sp  
EDU 442 OR: ED 404 Race, Class, Gender & Disability in American Ed. OR: Teaching, Curriculum and Change
3
Su, Sp
Su, F, Sp
 
    Courses Linking Content & Pedagogy:
   
       
EDU 440 OR: ED 409 Children's Literature & Literacy Learning OR: Language & Literacy in Education
3
Su
F
 
EDU 430 OR: ED 489 Theory & Practice in Teaching & Learning Mathematics in Elementary School OR: Implementing Curriculum Reform in Mathematics
3
F
Su+F
 
EDU 428 Theory & Practice in Teaching & Learning Social Studies in Elementary School
3
Sp  
EDU 429 Theory & Practice in Teaching & Learning Science in Elementary School
3
Sp  
    Electives:
12   
       
         
         
         
         
    Master's Essay
0
       

Sample program A -- full-time student

Summer 1: (take these the following Summer if starting in Fall)

  • Elective 1 (3 credits)
  • Elective 2 (3 credits)

Fall 1:

  • Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)
  • Language and Literacy in Education (3 credits)
  • Elective 3 (3 credits)
  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Elementary School (3 credits)

Spring 1:

  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Science in Elementary School (3 credits)
  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Social Studies in Elementary School (3 credits)
  • Teaching, Curriculum and Change OR: Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education (3 credits)
  • Elective 4 (3 credits)
  • Master's Essay (0 credits)

Sample program B -- part-time student starting in Summer and taking 2 courses per semester

Summer 1:

  • Teaching, Curriculum and Change OR: Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education (3 credits)
  • Elective 1 (3 credits)

Fall 1:

  • Elective 2 (3 credits)
  • Language and Literacy in Education (3 credits)

Spring 1:

  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Science in Elementary School (3 credits)
  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Social Studies in Elementary School (3 credits)

Summer 2:

  • Elective 3 (3 credits)
  • Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)

Fall 2:

  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Elementary School (3 credits)
  • Elective 4 (3 credits)

Spring 2:

  • Master's Essay (0 credits)

Sample program C -- part-time student starting in Fall and taking 2 courses per semester

Fall 1:

  • Elective 1 (3 credits)
  • Language and Literacy in Education (3 credits)

Spring 1:

  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Science in Elementary School (3 credits)
  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Social Studies in Elementary School (3 credits)

Summer 2:

  • Teaching, Curriculum and Change OR: Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education (3 credits)
  • Elective 2 (3 credits)

Fall 2:

  • Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)
  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Elementary School (3 credits)

Spring 2:

  • Elective 3 (3 credits)
  • Elective 4 (3 credits)
  • Master's Essay (0 credits)