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 who seek to transfer within the college to a TESOL Education major must meet with the advisement coordinator. Such a candidate must have a minimum cumulative Oswego GPA of 2.50 to declare the major.

2. Candidates must maintain a minimum cumulative 2.50 GPA throughout the TESOL Education sequence including each field experience and student teaching. Candidates whose cumulative GPA falls below 2.50 will be deregistered from the education courses.

3. 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.

4. A grade of C- or better is required for all courses within the major core, cognate, and concentration area courses of the degree.

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 361 - Psychology of Language

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