M.Ed. Plus Certification in Foreign Language Education

Group I courses (these fulfill requirements for initial T-4 teacher certification):

Foundations of teaching - 3 courses (these courses can be taken prior to enrolling in the program):

EFND or EDUC 2110) ____________________
EPSY or EDUC 2130) ____________________
SPED 20000____________________

Curriculum and methods - 3 courses (Fall)

ELAN 4530
ELAN 4531
ELAN 5540

Practicum and Student Teaching - 2 courses (12 credits) (Spring)

ELAN 5550 (3 cr.)
ELAN 5560 (9 cr.) OR ELAN 5555 (9 cr.)

Group II courses (these fulfill requirements for the M.Ed. and T-5 certification)

Curriculum Planning - 1 course:
ELAN 7500 (Spring)

Second language acquisition- 1 course:
ELAN 7730 (ONLINE) First and second language acquisition (Fall and Summer)
OR
ELAN 8600 Classroom second language acquisition (Spring)

Cognitive development – 1 course:
ELAN 7045 (Fall) Bilingualism and cognition

Technology – 1 course:
ELAN 7045 (Spring) Computer-assisted language teaching

ELAN 7045 (Spring) Learner corpus analysis

Classroom discourse- 1 course:
ELAN 7732 (Fall)

Research methods - 2 courses:
ELAN 7070 (Summer and Fall)

ELAN 7655 (Spring)

Target language study (in language and area studies departments):

OPTION 1
5 graduate level courses in target language study:

OPTION 2 (Contingent on the approval of your advisor)
4 graduate level courses in target language study +
1 special interest course
You can choose among the following courses offered in our department, e.g.

ELAN 6631 Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
ELAN 7045 Anthropology of language minority education
ELAN 7045 Language Policy
ELAN 7045 Translingual Memoir
ELAN 7502 Assessment in the language learning classroom
ELAN 8045 Writing Cultures: Poetry Workshop for Creative Educators
ELAN/QUAL 8590 Arts-based inquiry in diverse learning communities

or an elective in other departments, e.g. a course in
sociolinguistics (LING),
anthropology (ANTH),
sociology (SOCI),
social foundations of education (EFND).

ELAN 7045 is assigned to new special interest courses; number to change in the future