Bachelor of Arts in Spanish 

Master of Science in TESOL, PreK-12

The TESOL graduate courses that must be completed for the B.A. degree are the following: 

• EDUC 500- Educational Foundations from Diverse Perspectives
• EDUC 505- Teaching English as a Second Language
• EDUC 506- Educational Evaluation and Assessment from Early Childhood through Adolescence
• EDUC 507- Approaches to Literacy in Early Childhood through Adolescence
• EDUC 616- Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition for Students with Disabilities

The above 15 credits are taken as an undergraduate student as part of the B.A. degree program. The remaining 15 credits are taken as a graduate student after receiving the B.A. degree and after meeting the admission requirement for acceptance into the M.S. degree program. Please see the Graduate Catalog for course descriptions of the above courses and for specific requirements for the M.S. degree. 

Graduate Progression Criteria

In Spring of the fourth year, students in the B.A. Spanish / M.S. TESOL, Pre-K-12 program will be evaluated by the School of Education Associate Dean and graduate Program Director for a review of their qualifications to progress to the graduate education portion of the program.  Students who meet the following requirements will be permitted to progress to the graduate education portion of the 4+1 program:

1. Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA and in Graduate Education courses
2. Submit an Effective Educator Statement. 

Students in the 4+1 program who do not meet the above criteria, will not be permitted to continue to the graduate education portion of the program. Their major will be changed to the B.A. Spanish and the undergraduate degree will be conferred upon completion of the undergraduate program. Credits earned for graduate education courses taken will be applied to the undergraduate degree as elective credit.