English as a Second Language (ESL) Education

Bachelor of Arts in English as a Second Language Education

The English as a second language education major is designed to prepare students to teach English as a second language in grades K–12 in private and public schools. The degree is granted upon completion of 137 credits as specified in the catalog (40 credits must be in 3000- or 4000-level courses).

  • Philosophy course in core curriculum: EDU4415.
  • Literature course in core curriculum must include LIT2118 or LIT3145.
  • Social Science course in core curriculum: PSY2108. (Transfer students unable to count PSY2108 for Social Science must take it as an added course.)
  • Biblical Worldview & Academic Disciplines courses in core curriculum must include EDU3209 and EDU3209L (Transfer students unable to count EDU3209 and EDU3209L for Academic Disciplines must take them as added courses.)

Education Core

31 cr
EDU2215Educational Foundations2
EDU2215LEducational Foundations Lab0
EDU3209Human Relations in a Cross-culturally Diverse World (OCE) See Academic Disciplines requirement above.
EDU3209LHuman Relations Lab See Academic Disciplines requirement above.
EDU3215Educational Psychology2
EDU3216Instructional Foundations (Grades K–12) (WCE)3
EDU3217School Health and Drug Problems2
EDU3218Educating Diverse Learners in Grades K–122
EDU3255Content Area Reading2
EDU3301Instructional Technology I1
EDU3302Instructional Technology II1
EDU4415Education Ethics See Philosophy course requirement above.
EDU4835Seminar in Professional Issues2
EDU4917Student Teaching in ESL – Elementary7
EDU4918Student Teaching in ESL – Secondary7

Required Major Courses

32 cr
EDL4325Teaching Grammar for ESL2
EDL4326ESL Curriculum and Assessment2
EDL4461ESL K–12 Methods and Materials I4
EDL4461LESL K–12 Methods Lab I0
EDL4462ESL K–12 Methods and Materials II4
EDL4462LESL K–12 Methods Lab II0
ENG2226Introduction to Linguistics4
ENG3125Advanced English Grammar: Syntax4
ESL3215Language, School and Society4
ESL3315Theory of Second Language Acquisition4
Select one of the following (4 cr):
ANT2045Cultural Anthropology4
COM3107Intercultural Communication4
COM4207Global Communication and International Relations4
GEO1015World Geography4
ICS2015World Religions4

Foreign Language/Approved Electives

8 cr
Must achieve 1002–level competency in an approved foreign language. Students who have met the 1002–level foreign language requirement replace the 8 credits with selections from the following approved electives, if not already counted above: ANT2045; GEO1015; COM3107, 4207; ICS2015; ESL3805; any course with LIT prefix; additional language courses.

Note: WCE= Written Communication Emphasis; OCE = Oral Communication Emphasis. See the catalog for explanation and prerequisites.