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

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; 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, writing-intensive and the experiential learning 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 (39 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 3
    31008 Grammar for TESL/TEFL 3
    41002 Computers in Second Language Teaching 3
ELR   41092 ESL/EFL Practicum I 3
  Choose from the following TESL Writing Course: 3
  ENG 30050 Writing and Rhetoric in a Digital Age (3)  
    30051 Writing, Rhetoric and New Media (3)  
    30062 Principles of Technical Writing (3)  
    30063 Business and Professional Writing (3)  
    30064 Argumentative Prose Writing (3)  
    30066 Writing in the Public Sphere (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)**  
KSS/DD PSYC 22221 Multicultural Psychology (3)  
III. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (81 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
  Foreign Language*** 14-16
  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		 28
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 (2.000) grade.

*** Fulfills College General Requirement.

Foreign Language Note: Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must have the equivalent of Elementary I and II in any language and the Teaching English as a Second Language major requires Intermediate I and II of the same language.

All students with prior foreign language experience should take the foreign language placement test to determine the appropriate level at which to start. Some students may begin their university foreign language experience beyond the Elementary I level and will complete the requirement with fewer credit hours and fewer courses. This may be accomplished by: (1) passing a course beyond Elementary I through Intermediate II level or (2) receiving credit through Credit by Exam (CBE), the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), the Advanced Placement (AP) exam or credit through the International Baccalaureate (IB) program; or (3) being designated a "native speaker" of a non-English language (consult with the College of Arts and Sciences Advising Office for additional information). When students complete the requirement with fewer than 14 credit hours and four courses, they will complete remaining hours with general electives.

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.