TESOL Education All Grades–B.S.

A. Core Requirements (43 cr)

• ADO 320 - Discipline Specific Methods: Second Language Acquisition/Modern Language
• ADO 323 - Field Experience III: Discipline Specific Second Language Acquisition/Modern Language Grades 7-12
• ADO 420 - Student Teaching Grades 7-12
• CED 420 - Childhood Student Teaching
• EDU 200 - Critical Thinking: Schools, Homes, and Communities
• EDU 301 - Schooling, Pedagogy, and Social Justice
• EDU 303 - Field Placement I: Observation and Participation

• EDU 360-Language Power and Identity in Second/Foreign Language Education

• EDU 430 - Professionalism & Social Justice Seminar
• LIT 311 - Language and Literacy Development for All Learners
• LIT 313 - Adolescence Literacy: Assessment and Intervention
• LIT 396 - Teaching Literacy in the Content Areas Grades 7-12
• SPE 363 - Field Placement II: Small-Group Instruction in Inclusive Classrooms

B. Elective Requirements (None)

C. Cognate Requirements (6-15 cr)

• PSY 100 - Principles of Human Behavior

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• PSY 322 - Child Psychology

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• PSY 323 - Adolescent Psychology
• Foreign Language (0-6 cr)
• Any General Education computer literacy course—OR—pass competency exam (0-3 cr)

D. Non-Credit Requirements (0 cr)

• Safe Schools Health Students (SSHS 1020)
  Workshops include tobacco, drug and alcohol abuse and prevention; school safety and fire and arson prevention; child abduction prevention; mandated reporting of child abuse; and school violence prevention and intervention. For enrollment information go to www.oswego.edu/safeschools.

E. Concentration

• A candidate must complete the TESOL concentration.

F. Candidate Qualifications

1. Candidates admitted conditionally to one of the education majors as either a freshman or a transfer must complete the Entrance Form in the semester prior to enrollment in the first block with their advisors.
2. Candidates coming from other majors must complete the Entrance Form with the Academic Coordinator. An unofficial transcript will be required at the time of completion of the Entrance Form.
3. Candidacy will be completed during the first block of education courses. Material will be distributed at that time. Candidates will be required to maintain a 2.50 index, provide an unofficial transcript and complete a writing sample based on the School of Education Conceptual Framework.
4. Candidates must have an cumulative 2.50 index to begin the education sequence; they must maintain an cumulative 2.50 index. Candidates GPAs will be monitored. Candidates who have registered for education courses, but who fall below a cumulative GPA of 2.50 will be deregistered by the department from education courses.
5. Each candidate is provided two placements for student teaching through the Field Placement Office. Due to the large number of placements that must be coordinated, candidates cannot request placements. Assigned placements must be accepted by candidates or candidates will risk waiting for a reassignment in a future semester.

A. Core Requirements (24 cr)

• ANT 344 - Language and Culture
• ENG 271 - Practical English Grammar
• ENG 374 - History and Development of the English Language
• LIN 100 - Introduction to Linguistics
• LIN 200 - Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology
• LIN 201 - Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics
• LIN 300 - Theories of Linguistic Analysis
• PSY 310 - Topics in Psychology: Psycholinguistics

B. Elective Requirements (0-12 cr)

Electives if needed, under advisement, from one of the concentration-related areas to complete a total of thirty-six credit hours in the concentration.

C. Cognate Requirements (12 cr)

• Foreign Language (through ML 201 at a minimum) 0-9 cr
• Foreign Language not previously studied (through ML 101 at a minimum) 0-3 cr