Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Autumn 2023

General Education Requirements (32-39 Hours)

Bookends (2 Hours)

• Launch Seminar (1)
• Reflection Seminar (1)

Foundations (22-25 Hours)

• Writing & Information Literacy (3)
• Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis (3-5)
• Literary, Visual & Performing Arts (3)
• Historical & Cultural Studies (3)
• Natural Science (4-5)
• Social & Behavioral Sciences (3)
• Race, Ethnic & Gender Diversity (3)

Thematic Pathways (8-12 Hours)

Take 4-6 hours from Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World and 4-6 hours from another Thematic Pathway of choice.

• Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World
• Choice of 4-6 hours from one additional Thematic Pathway:
  • Lived Environments
  • Origins & Evolution
  • Migration, Mobility, & Immobility
  • Sustainability
  • Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Number, Nature, Mind

College Requirement (1 Hour)

• EHE 1100 College Survey (1)

Pre-Major Requirements (13 Hours)

• EDUCST 2189S First Education Experience Program (FEEP) (3)
• EDUTL 2189 Field Experience (1)
• ESEPSY 2309 Psychological Perspectives on Education (3)
• Choose one (either can overlap with GE Literary, Visual, & Performing Arts):
  • EDUTL 2368 Introduction to Children’s Literature (3)
  • EDUTL 3356 Literature for Adolescents (3)
• Choose one:
  • ESPHE 3206 School and Society (can overlap with GE Race, Ethnicity, & Gender Diversity) (3)
  • ESPHE 4280 History of Modern Education (3)
  • ESPHE 4403 Ethics and the Professional Context of Teaching (3)

Content Requirements (17 Hours)

Must maintain a minimum 2.75 GPA in Content Requirements

• Choose one:
  • ENGLISH 3271 Structure of the English Language (can overlap with GE Historical & Cultural Studies) (3)
  • LING 2000 Introduction to Linguistics (can overlap with GE Social & Behavioral Sciences) (3)
• Choose one:
  • LING 3603 Language Across Cultures (can overlap with GE Theme: Lived Environments) (3)
  • EDUTL 4303 Language, Diversity, and Education (can overlap with GE Theme: Lived Environments) (3)
  • EDUTL 5365 Linguistics for Literacy Education (3)
• EDUTL 5468 Foundations of Reading and Literacy (3)
• Foreign Language course 1 (4)
• Foreign Language course 2 (4)

Major Requirements (50 Hours)

• EDUTL 5005 Equity, Diversity, and Justice in Education (can overlap with GE Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World) (3)
• Choose one:
  • EDUTL 5501 Inclusion: Philosophical, Social, and Practice Issues: General Student Body (3)
  • ESSPED 2251 Introduction to the Special Education Profession (3)
  • ESSPED 5651 Introduction to Exceptional Children (3)
• EDUTL 5620 Language Acquisition in Multilingual Learners (3)
• EDUTL 5615 Methods and Culture in TESOL (3)
• EDUTL 5600 Language as a Resource: The Functions of Language in Teaching and Learning (3)
• EDUTL 5640 Instructional Planning and Advocacy for Multilingual Learners (3)
• EDUTL 5610 Literacy Development for Multilingual Learners (3)
• EDUTL 5645 Core Practices in Language Assessment (3)
• EDUTL 5469 Language and Word Study for All Learners (3)
• EDUTL 5442 Teaching Reading Across the Curriculum (3)
• Choose one:
  • HDFS 2410 Child Development (3)
  • HDFS 2420 Adolescence and Emerging Adult Development (3)
  • PSYCH 3550 Psychology of Childhood (3)
  • PSYCH 3551 Psychology of Adolescence (3)
  • ESEPSY 5401 Adolescent Learning and Development in School Contexts (3)
• EDUTL 3189.08 Field Experience: TESOL (1)
• EDUTL 4189.08 Advanced Field Experience: TESOL (2)
• EDUTL 5195.08 Reflective Seminar: TESOL (1+1+2)
• EDUTL 5191.08 Supervised Student Teaching Internship: TESOL (10)

To be recommended for state of Ohio teacher licensure, must maintain a 2.75 cumulative GPA, 2.75 content GPA, and earn a B- or higher grade in student teaching.

Total Hours: 100-120

Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 0-20

Minimum of 120 credit hours required for degree completion. Total Hours range is based on the number of credits that overlap between requirement areas. Students are encouraged to overlap as many credits as possible.