Foreign, Second, and Multilingual Language Education (TCHLRN-PH, FSMLE)

Specialization leading to Doctor of Philosophy in Teaching and Learning

Core Requirements(20 hours)

Teaching and Learning Required Courses (choose two, 8 hours)

• TLED 8003 Theorizing and Researching Teaching and Learning (4)
• TLED 8015 Diversity and Equity in Education (4)

Research Requirement (choose three, 9 hours)

Take a minimum of 9 semester hours of research methods. Choose a qualitative focus, a quantitative focus, or a combination. Recommended courses are listed below. Students may select courses from beyond this list with the approval of the advisor and the Graduate Studies Committee

Qualitative

• TLED 7431 The Ethnography of Communication 1 (3)
• TLED 7432 The Ethnography of Communication 2 (4)
• TLED 8001 Discourse Analysis and Educational Research 1 (4)
• TLED 8002 Discourse Analysis and Educational Research 2 (4)
• ESQUAL 8280 Qualitative Research in Education: Paradigms, Theories, and Exemplars (3)
• ESQUAL 8290 Qualitative Research in Education: Methods and Analysis (3)

Quantitative

• ESQREM 6625 Introduction to Educational Research (3)
• ESQREM 6641 Introduction to Educational Statistics (3)
• ESQREM 7627 Sampling Designs and Survey Research Methods (3)
• ESQREM 7648 Univariate Experimental Design (3)
• ESQREM 8648 Multivariate Experimental Designs (3)

Breadth Requirement (choose one, 3 hours)

Take at least one course outside of specialization but within in Teaching and Learning.

• EDUTL Breadth Requirement (3)

Specialization Requirements(24 hours)

Students must meet with a faculty advisor within the first two semesters to plan a program of study. With the approval of a faculty advisor and the Graduate Studies Committee, the program of study may deviate from the curriculum below depending on scholarly and research interests.

Required Courses (12 hours)

• TLCTE 8610 Second Language Acquisition (3)
• TLCTE 8617 Topics in Educational Linguistics (3)
• TLCTE 7645 Issues & Research in Foreign Language Testing & Assessment (3)
• TLCTE 8615 Classroom‐Oriented Second Language Research (3)

Elective Courses (12 hours)

• TLCTE 6600 Language as a Resource (3)
• TLCTE 7306 Language Socialization (3)
• TLCTE 7344 Bilingualism & Biliteracy (3)
• TLCTE 7645 Issues and Research in Foreign Language Testing and Assessment (3)
• TLCTE 8615 Research Methods for Educational Linguistics (3)
• TLCTE 8620 Language Teacher Education (3)
• TLCTE 8635 Research on Second Language Reading and Writing (3)
• TLCTE 8363 Sociolinguistics and Language Education (3)
• TLED 8890 Advanced Seminar (3)

Research Apprenticeship (minimum 6 hours)

• TLED 8998 Research Apprenticeship in Teaching and Learning (2‐8)

Candidacy Examinations (minimum 3 hours)

Students must be registered for at least 3 graduate credits during the semester in which the candidacy examination is completed. These need not be additional, Individual Study hours.

• TLED 7193 Individual Studies (1‐15)

Dissertation Research (minimum 6 hours)

• TLED 8999 Dissertation Research (1‐15)

Minimum hours: 80
Post-MA/MS: 59