TESOL Education All Grades Major – B.S. Degree

A. Core Requirements (43 cr)

• ADO 320 - Discipline Specific Methods: Second Language Acquisition/Modern Language credit: 4
• ADO 323 - Field Experience III: Discipline Specific Second Language Acquisition/Modern Language Grades 7-12 credit: 2
• ADO 420 - Student Teaching Grades 7-12 credit: 6
• CED 420 - Childhood Student Teaching credit: 6
• EDU 200 - Critical Thinking: Schools, Homes, and Communities credit: 3
• EDU 301 - Schooling, Pedagogy, and Social Justice credit: 3
• EDU 303 - Field Placement I: Observation and Participation credit: 1
• EDU 360 - Language, Power and Identity in Second/Foreign Language Education credit: 3
• EDU 430 - Professionalism & Social Justice Seminar credit: 2
• LIT 311 - Language and Literacy Development for All Learners credit: 3
• LIT 313 - Adolescence Literacy: Assessment and Intervention credit: 3
• LIT 396 - Teaching Literacy in the Content Areas Grades 7-12 credit: 3
• SPE 363 - Field Placement II: Small-Group Instruction in Inclusive Classrooms credit: 1

B. Elective Requirements (None)

C. Cognate Requirements (6-15 cr)

• PSY 100 - Introduction to Psychology credit: 3

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• PSY 322 - Child Psychology credit: 3

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• PSY 323 - Adolescent Psychology credit: 3

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

D. Non-Credit Requirements (0 cr)

• SSHS 1020 - Safe Schools, Healthy Students credit: 0
• SOE 397 - DASA Training credit: 0

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 credit: 3
• ENG 271 - Practical English Grammar credit: 3
• ENG 374 - History and Development of the English Language credit: 3
• LIN 100 - Introduction to Linguistics credit: 3
• LIN 200 - Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology credit: 3
• LIN 201 - Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics credit: 3
• LIN 300 - Theories of Linguistic Analysis credit: 3
• PSY 361 - Psychology of Language credit: 3

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