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Purpose of the TESOL Graduate Programs
BYU's TESOL Graduate Certificate and TESOL MA programs provide professional level preparation for careers teaching English to speakers of other languages in any of the following areas:

• Intensive English programs at universities
• ESL/EFL courses for private companies
• Community college and university level ESL courses
• Adult education ESL programs for immigrants and refugees
• English as a foreign language (in non-English speaking countries)
• Supervision/Administration of ESL/EFL programs
• ESL/EFL teacher preparation

Other TESOL Teacher Preparation Options
Our graduate programs do not focus on K-12 teacher preparation. That is the purpose of our undergraduate TESOL K-12 minor program. Graduate students who desire Utah state ESL endorsement (or graduate-level training focusing on K-12) may wish to investigate the University of Utah's new program. Information is available on the web at www.acs.utah.edu/gencatalog/deptdesc/ling.html.

Information on BYU’s TESOL faculty and courses (description and prerequisites) can be found on a separate department information sheet titled "BYU Linguistics and English Language Department Faculty and Course Information."

Admission to the TESOL MA program (Thesis and Project Options)

• Deadline for application is January 15th (only once a year). Application is made directly to the Linguistics and English Language Department during or after completion of the TESOL Graduate Certificate. Students must complete all TESOL Graduate Certificate course work before they begin the MA program.
• Admissions decisions are based upon:
  • Performance and GPA in BYU'S TESOL Graduate Certificate courses.
  • General GRE score (required for admission).
  • Study list.
  • Letter of intent (including experience, commitment to the profession, and plans for the future).
  • Brief proposal (500-750 words) of intended thesis research or project addressing its purpose, nature, and feasibility.
• The number of students admitted to the TESOL MA program depends on its capacity (which is projected to be a total of 15 active students) and the number of students who exit the program.
• Students admitted under the thesis option must take Ling 595 (Research Design) in the spring term following their admission to the program. MA students planning to do a project may begin their coursework in the spring, summer, or fall, depending on when the courses they need are offered. Students doing a project should plan to meet with their project chair spring term to identify a timeline for completing the project.
• Prerequisite: Completion of the TESOL Graduate Certificate.

TESOL MA: Thesis Option

Requirements

• Thirty-three total credits for TESOL MA with thesis option, including 16 credits from the TESOL Graduate Certificate and 17 credit hours from the core courses and electives listed below.
• Thesis and successful defense.

Core Courses for Thesis Option (all required) Note: To see a course description, click on the course number.

• Ling 595 Research Design in TESOL (1 cr., but taken concurrently with 2 credits of Ling 699R) offered spring term.
• Ling 600 Research Data Analysis (3 cr.) offered fall semester.
• Ling 695 TESOL Seminar (1 cr., but taken concurrently with 2 credits of Ling 699R) offered winter semester.
• Ling 699R Master's Thesis (6 cr. minimum) offered fall/winter/spring/summer.

Electives* (total of 6 credits from among the following; with the prior approval of the department chair and the thesis advisory committee chair.)

• Ling 420 Phonetics (3 cr.) offered fall/winter.
• Ling 521 Phonology (3 cr.) offered winter.
• Ling 555 Teaching Culture (3 cr.) offered spring.
• Ling 625 Pronunciation Theory and Pedagogy (3 cr.) offered winter.
• Ling 631 Grammar Usage (3 cr.) offered winter.
• Ling 641 Interlanguage Analysis (3 cr.) offered winter.
• Ling 660 Language Testing (3 cr.) offered fall.
• Ling 672 TESOL Reading and Writing (3 cr.) offered winter.
• Ling 677 Advanced Methodology (3 cr.) offered winter.
• Ling 678 Advanced Materials Development (3 cr.) offered fall.
• Ling 679 TESOL Supervision-Administration Internship (3 cr.) offered fall/winter.
• Ling 696R Academic Internship: TESOL (1-9 cr.) offered fall/winter/spring/summer.

*Other graduate-level linguistics courses and appropriate courses from other departments may also be used as electives with approval.

TESOL MA: Project Option

Requirements

• Thirty-five total credits for TESOL MA with project option, including 16 credits from the TESOL Graduate Certificate and 19 credit hours from the core courses and electives listed below.
• Project and successful project defense.

Core Courses for Project Option (all required)

• Ling 660 Language Testing (3 cr.) offered fall
  
  OR
  Ling 678 Advanced Materials Development (3 cr.) offered fall.
• Ling 695 TESOL Seminar (1 cr.) offered winter.
• Ling 698R TESOL Master's Project (1-3 cr., a cumulative total of 3 credits required) offered fall/winter/spring/summer.

Elective Courses* (12 credits from among the following; with the prior approval of the department chair and the project advisory committee chair.)

• Ling 420 Phonetics (3 cr.) offered fall/winter.
• Ling 521 Phonology (3 cr.) offered winter.
• Ling 555 Teaching Culture (3 cr.) offered spring.
• Ling 625 Pronunciation Theory and Pedagogy (3 cr.) offered winter.
• Ling 631 Grammar Usage (3 cr.) offered winter.
• Ling 641 Interlanguage Analysis (3 cr.) offered winter.
• Ling 660 Language Testing (3 cr.) offered fall.
• Ling 672 TESOL Reading and Writing (3 cr.) offered winter.
• Ling 677 Advanced Methodology (3 cr.) offered winter.
• Ling 679 TESOL Supervision-Administration Internship (3 cr.) offered fall/winter.
• Ling 696R Academic Internship: TESOL (1-9 cr.) offered fall/winter/spring/summer.
• CHum (Computers and the Humanities) 489R Humanities Computing Project. (1-3 cr.) Prereq: any 300-level CHum class. Applying principles from other courses to a substantial research or development project. Students work individually with faculty content and technical advisors.

The following elective courses are offered by Brigham Young University's department of Instructional Psychology and Technology. For information on when they are offered, please contact the IP&T department (422-5097, 150 MCKB).

• IP&T 560 Microcomputer Materials Production (3 cr.) Prerequisites: IP&T 286 or IP&T 515R; CS 103 or equivalent. Designing, programming, and debugging educational applications of microcomputers using a high-level computer language.
• IP&T 564 Instructional Design (3 cr.) Identifying instructional problems; specifying objects, instructional strategies, and media; analyzing learning outcomes; developing instructional materials and assessment instruments; validating instructional systems.
• IP&T 654 Computers in Educational Measurement (2-4 cr.) Prerequisites: IP&T 652 Assessing Learning Outcomes or instructor's consent. Types of computerized measurement and assessment methods and item forms, as well as their development, delivery and statistical theory.
• IP&T 655 Instructional Print Design and Production (2 cr.) Prerequisites: IP&T 564 Instructional Design. Applying instructional and visual design principles to produce instructional print materials, using computer-based tools.
• IP&T 665 Instructional Visual/Video Production (4 cr) Rec. prereq: IP&T 515R or equivalent. Designing, producing, and integrating audio, visual, and video instructional materials. Applying digital and other technologies in audio recording and mixing, and photographic and video production.

*Other graduate-level linguistics courses and appropriate courses from other departments may also be used as electives with approval.

Advisors for the TESOL Graduate Programs

The following Linguistics and English Language faculty members serve as academic advisors for TESOL graduate certificate and MA students. Consult the chart below to determine which faculty member is your advisor.

First Letter of Student's Last Name	Advisor's Name	Office Number	Phone Number	E-Mail Address
A - C	Neil Anderson	4050 JFSB	422-5353	neil_anderson(at sign)byu.edu
D - G	Dee Gardner	4061 JFSB	422-1219	dee_gardner(at sign)byu.edu
H - K	Ray Graham	4059 JFSB	422-2208	ray_graham(at sign)byu.edu
L - O	Lynn Henrichsen	4064C JFSB	422-2937	lynn_henrichsen(at sign)byu.edu
P - S	Diane Strong-Krause	4048 JFSB	422-3970	diane_strong-krause(at sign)byu.edu
T - Z	Mark Tanner	4063 JFSB	422-8154	mark_tanner(at sign)byu.edu

TESOL Masters, revised August 2006