K-12 Licenses: English as a Second Language

Required courses for the K-12 ESL license are listed below. All teaching candidates are advised that completion of the program within a four-year time frame requires careful planning. If you seek a license to teach, please seek early advising from the School of Education to plan your program.

The Licensure Requirements Form lists a full description of the required courses and tests.

Education courses:
EDU 3150 Schools and Society
EDU 3250 Educational Psychology
EDU 5620 Education and Cultural Diversity
EDU 5640 Families, Schools, and Communities
EDU 5690 Theory to Practice 5-8
GED 7810 Foundations of Literacy or EDU 5450 Teaching Literacy in the Elementary Schools
EDU 5720 Exceptionality
EDU 5750 Teaching in Secondary Schools
EDU 5960 K-12 Student Teaching
EDU 5900 K-12 Student Teaching Seminar

ESL courses:
ESL 7502/5502 Language and Society
ESL 7519/5519 Linguistics for Language Teachers
ESL 7610/5610 History of English
ESL 7650/5650 Basics of Modern English
ESL 7660/5660 Second Language Acquisition
ESL 7753/5753 Testing and Evaluation of ESL Students
ESL 7755/5755 Development of Literacy Skills
ESL 7776/5776 ESL Methods

See the K-12 ESL licensure requirements form for a full description of the required courses and tests.