A. Required ESL Content Core: 36 credit hours

• AED 437 - Methods of Teaching Second Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools I (3 cr. hr.) Must be taken concurrently with AED 438. Admission to the major required.
• AED 438 - Methods of Teaching Second Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools II (3 cr. hr.) (35 field experience hours) Must be taken concurrently with AED 437 and SPE 275.
• ESL 300 - Theoretical Foundations of Teaching English as a Second Language (3 cr. hr.)
• ESL 301 - Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language (3 cr. hr.)
• ESL 302 - Applied Linguistics for Teachers of English as a Second Language (3 cr. hr.)
• ESL 303 - English Grammar for TESOL (3 cr. hr.)
• ESL 400 - Teaching Reading in the Second Language Classroom (3 cr. hr.)
• ESL 401 - Teaching Writing in the Second Language Classroom (3 cr. hr.)
• ESL 402 - Teaching English as a Second Language in the Content Area (3 cr. hr.)
• ESL 403 - Second Language Testing and Assessment (3 cr. hr.)
• ESL 404 - ESL Literacy in the Elementary School (3 cr. hr.) (40 field experience hours)

• (Shared resource with ESL 504)

• ESL 422 - Theory and Practice of Bilingual/Multicultural Education (3 cr. hr.)

B. Professional Education

Seventeen to 18 credit hours plus 12 credit hours student teaching and SED-mandated workshops.

• AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (MDL) (3 cr. hr.)

• (25 field experience hours)

• AED 440 - Student Teaching: K-12 Education TESOL (12 cr. hr.)
• EDU 471 - Foundations of Modern Education (3 cr. hr.)

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• HLH 110 - Personal and Community Health (3 cr. hr.) or
• HLH 199 - Critical School Health Issues (2 cr. hr.)

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• PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
• PSY 231 - Child Psychology (3 cr. hr.) or
• PSY 232 - Adolescent Psychology (3 cr. hr.)

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• SPE 275 - Teaching Students with Disabilities in Adolescence Classrooms (3 cr. hr.)

• Must be taken concurrently with AED 438.

C. Requirements for Student Teaching

• 2.5 grade point average overall
• 2.5 grade point average in required professional course work
• 2.7 grade point average in major course work
• completion of all content core course work
• grade of B or better in SL Methods block (AED 437 and 438)
• grade of B or better in
  ESL 303 - English Grammar for TESOL
    
• Passing score on the Academic Literacy Skills Test (ALST)
• Grade point averages are figured with all major and/or professional course taken to date, even if not required prior to student teaching.

Required Workshops

Complete the following workshops prior to student teaching:

• Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting (CARR)
• Dignity for All Students Act (DASA)
• Safe Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE)

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 120

Example of the B.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language over four years

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