TESOL Education (Birth – Grade 12)

School of Health Professions and Education

Undergraduate Education Programs

Program Requirements

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Education (Birth – Grade 12)

The program in teaching English to speakers of other languages is designed to prepare prospective teachers in the prekindergarten, elementary, and secondary grades.

This program is open to English majors. In addition to the requirements of their major and the courses in the TESOL program (listed below), students must fulfill the following requirements (some of which may be satisfied by the Utica College core curriculum):

• two years of college-level work in a language other than English
   
• at least 6 credits in each of the following fields: English, mathematics, science, and history
   
• one course in the fine arts 

Course Requirements		Credits	Year
EDU 111	Introduction to Teaching	1	1
EDU 201	Applied Educational Psychology	3	2
EDU 215	Diversity, Disabilities, and Success	3	2,3
EDU 301	Foundations of Literacy	3	2,3
EDU 302	Literacy and Comprehension: Birth – Childhood	3	2,3
EDU 312	Practical Teaching Methodologies	3	3
EDU 321	Foundations of American Education	3	3
EDU 333	Adolescent English/Language Arts Methods	3	3,4
	- OR -
EDU 334	Adolescent Social Studies Methods	3	3,4
	- OR -
EDU 335	Adolescent Mathematics Methods	3	3,4
	- OR -
EDU 337	Adolescent Science Methods	3	3,4
PSY 321	Infancy and Childhood	3	2,3
	- OR -
PSY 322	Adolescent Psychology	3	2,3
ANT 101	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
	- OR -
SOC 252	Racial and Cultural Minorities	3	1,2
ENG 311	Modern English Grammar	3	2,3
ENG 316	Principles and Practice of ESL	3	3
ENG 317	ESL Through the Subject Areas	3	3
ENG 318	Introduction to Linguistics	3	3
ANT/ENG 351	Language and Culture	3	3
Student Teaching or Mentored Internship
EDU 471	Student Teaching Seminar	0	4
EDU 475	Student Teaching I	6	4
	- OR -
EDU 477	Mentored Internship	6	4
EDU 476	Student Teaching II	6	4
	- OR -
EDU 478	Mentored Internship	6	4

NOTE: Students in the TESOL program must complete at least 90 credit hours in the liberal arts. Education courses are not liberal arts courses. Students should consult as early as possible with their adviser to be sure that they fulfill this requirement.


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