MASTER OF ARTS IN TESOL (M.A.T.E.S.O.L.)

The Master of Arts in TESOL can be completed either as a 36 hour, non-thesis program or as a 39 hour thesis program.

Non-thesis Program (36)

The program consists of successfully completing 30 hours of course work at the 500 and 600 level, a 3 hour TESL Practicum and a 3 hour research paper.

TSL 500 - Introduction to Linguistics (3)
TSL 510 - Language and Culture (3) 
TSL 520 - Linguistic Phonetics (3) 
TSL 660 - Materials and Methods I: Speaking, Listening and Pronunciation (3) 
TSL 661 - Materials and Methods II: Reading, Writing and Grammar (3) 
TSL 640 - Second Language Acquisition (3) 
TSL 680 - Modern English Grammar (3) 
TSL 670 - Discourse Analysis (3) 
TSL 630 - Contrastive Analysis (3) 
TSL 650 - ESL/EFL Assessment (3) 
TSL 690 - TESL Practicum (3) 
TSL 691 - Research Paper (3) 


Thesis Program (39)

The program consists of successfully completing 30 hours of course work at the 500 and 600 level, a 3 hour TESL Practicum and a 6 hour thesis.

TSL 500 - Introduction to Linguistics (3)
TSL 510 - Language and Culture (3)                                                                                                                 TSL 520 - Linguistic Phonetics (3)                                                                                                                      TSL 660 - Materials and Methods I: Speaking, Listening and Pronunciation (3) 
TSL 661 - Materials and Methods II: Reading, Writing and Grammar (3) 
TSL 640 - Second Language Acquisition (3)                                                                                                      TSL 680 - Modern English Grammar (3) 
TSL 670 - Discourse Analysis (3) 
TSL 630 - Contrastive Analysis (3) 
TSL 650 - ESL/EFL Assessment (3) 
TSL 690 - TESL Practicum (3) 
TSL 696 - Thesis (6)