Teaching English as a Second Language - B.A. Program Requirements

• Teaching English as a Second Language semester-by-semester Roadmap

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (36 credits)*  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KHU	ENG	22071 22072	Great Books I (3) or Great Books II (3)	3
		31001	Fundamental English Grammar	3
		31002	History of the English Language	3
		31003	Introduction to Linguistics	3
		31004	Lexicography/Lexicology	3
		31005	Child Second Language Acquisition	3
		31007	TESL Pedagogy I	3
		41002	Computers in Second Language Teaching	3
		41092	ESL/EFL Practicum I	3
	Choose from the following:			3
	ENG	30062	Principles of Technical Writing (3)
		30063	Business and Professional Writing (3)
		30064	Argumentative Prose Writing (3)
		30065	Expository Prose Writing (3)
	Choose from the following: Language and Thought in World Perspective Elective (one course must fulfill the writing-intensive requirement)			6
DG	COMM	35852	Intercultural communication (3)
WIC	ENG	31006	World Englishes (3)**
WIC		41001	Sociolinguistics in Schooling (3)**
DD	PSYC	22221	Multicultural Psychology (3)
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (84 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language***			14-20
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			6
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			6
	Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning			3-5
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			6
	College General Requirement (must be from Kent Core Basic Sciences)****			3
	College General Requirement (must be from Kent Core Social Sciences)*****			3
	General Electives (minimum 12 upper-division credit hours) Credits required depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours			31
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** Students must complete ENG 31006 or ENG 41001 with a minimum C (2.0) grade.

*** Fulfills College General Requirement.

****One additional course taken from the Kent Core Basic Science courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Biological Sciences (BSCI), Chemistry (CHEM), Geography (GEOG), Geology (GEOL) or Physics (PHY). Students may take the courses listed in the "introductory" sequences with the restrictions noted above in the Kent Core Basic Science section. The course may not be from the student's major.

*****One additional course taken from the Kent Core Social Sciences courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Applied Conflict Management (CACM), Geography (GEOG), Criminology and Justice Studies (JUS), Political Science (POL), Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOC). The course may not be from the student's major.

One Kent Core course must also satisfy the diversity (global or domestic) requirement. If COMM 35852 (global diversity) is taken in semester 6 or 8, then take a Kent Core–domestic diversity course. If PSYC 22221 (domestic diversity) is taken in semester 6 or 8, then take a Kent Core–global diversity course.

Students may earn the TEFL Certificate by replacing ENG 41092 with ENG 41292 Teaching English as a Foreign Language Practicum in Dresden, Germany.