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

Department of Teaching and Learning
Specialization Curriculum

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

Program	Degree	Department	Email
Foreign, Second and Multilingual Language Education specialization in Teaching and Learning, PhD	Doctoral	Teaching and Learning	TL-academicservices@osu.edu

Note: Students exact curriculum may vary depending upon program of study determined by student and advisor.

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