Master of Arts in Linguistics - Option in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Take all of the following courses (15 units):
Take all of the following courses:
- LING 486 Second Language Teaching Methods (3)
Prerequisites: LING 325 or consent of instructor.
- LING 539 Language Acquisition (3)
Prerequisites: LING 329 or equivalent. Six units of linguistics or upper division psychology, or consent of instructor.
- LING 561 Second Language Curriculum Dev (3)
Prerequisite: LING 325 or consent of the instructor.
- LING 562 Second Language Testing and Assessment (3)
Prerequisite: LING 325 or consent of the instructor.
- LING 593 Practicum in TESOL (3)
Prerequisite: LING 486.
Take one of the following courses in research methods: (3 units)
- LING 580/ANTH 570 Field Methods (3)
Prerequisite: LING 420 and LING 421, or consent of instructor.
- LING 595 Qualitative Methods (3)
Prerequisites: Advancement to candidacy for the M.A. in linguistics. LING 301 or equivalent.
- LING 596 Quantitative Methods (3)
Prerequisites: Advancement to candidacy for the M.A. in linguistics. LING 301 or equivalent.
Take two of the following courses in language structure (6 units):
- LING 620 Seminar in Syntactic Theory and Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: LING 421.
- LING 625 Seminar in Phonetics and Phonology (3)
Prerequisite: LING 420
- LING 633 Discourse and Grammar (3)
Prerequisite: LING 421 or consent of instructor.
Take one of the following courses in language variation (3 units):
- LING 533 Ethnography of Communication (3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
- LING 540 Sociolinguistics (3)
Prerequisite: Nine units of linguistics or consent of instructor.
- LING 610 Historical Linguistics (3)
Prerequisites: LING 420 and LING 421, or consent of instructor.
- LING 650 Seminar in Bilingualism (3)
Prerequisites: LING 420 and LING 421, or consent of instructor.
Students taking comprehensive exams must additionally take the following two courses (6 units):
- LING 560 TESOL Composition (3)
Prerequisite: None.
- LING 575 Literacy and Linguistics (3)
Prerequisite: Six units in linguistics or consent of instructor.
Completion of one of two culminating experiences:
- A. A thesis and its accompanying oral defense and oral examination (LING 698, 6 units).
- B. The comprehensive examination and its accompanying graduate paper (LING 697, 1 unit)