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
EDU2215
Educational Foundations
2
EDU2215L
Educational Foundations Lab
0
EDU3209
Human Relations in a Cross-culturally Diverse World (OCE) See Academic Disciplines requirement above.
EDU3209L
Human Relations Lab See Academic Disciplines requirement above.
EDU3215
Educational Psychology
2
EDU3216
Instructional Foundations (Grades K–12) (WCE)
3
EDU3217
School Health and Drug Problems
2
EDU3218
Educating Diverse Learners in Grades K–12
2
EDU3255
Content Area Reading
2
EDU3301
Instructional Technology I
1
EDU3302
Instructional Technology II
1
EDU4415
Education Ethics See Philosophy course requirement above.
EDU4835
Seminar in Professional Issues
2
EDU4917
Student Teaching in ESL – Elementary
7
EDU4918
Student Teaching in ESL – Secondary
7
Required Major Courses
32 cr
EDL4325
Teaching Grammar for ESL
2
EDL4326
ESL Curriculum and Assessment
2
EDL4461
ESL K–12 Methods and Materials I
4
EDL4461L
ESL K–12 Methods Lab I
0
EDL4462
ESL K–12 Methods and Materials II
4
EDL4462L
ESL K–12 Methods Lab II
0
ENG2226
Introduction to Linguistics
4
ENG3125
Advanced English Grammar: Syntax
4
ESL3215
Language, School and Society
4
ESL3315
Theory of Second Language Acquisition
4
Select one of the following (4 cr):
ANT2045
Cultural Anthropology
4
COM3107
Intercultural Communication
4
COM4207
Global Communication and International Relations
4
GEO1015
World Geography
4
ICS2015
World Religions
4
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.
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