Requirements for the Master of Arts Degree in Teaching English as a Second Language:

Specific Specialization Requirements: 27 credits

Restricted Elective Courses: 9 credits

Total: 36 credits

Specific Specialization Requirements-27 credits.

Core Courses - Students take each of the following three-credit courses:

ENGL 5040 English Phonology
ENGL 5050 English Syntax and Morphology
ENGL 5240 Writing Theories and Their Applications
ENGL 6100 Theory and Principles of TESL
ENGL 6170 Assessment of Linguistic Abilities
ENGL 6530 Research Methods

Elective Core Courses - Students take three of the following three-credit courses:

ENGL 5030 Principles of Linguistics
ENGL 5110 Reading Literary Texts in the English Class
ENGL 5230 Literature for Young Readers
ENGL 6090 Reading in a Second Language
ENGL 6111 Techniques and Materials in TESL: Elementary Level
ENGL 6112 Techniques and Materials in TESL: Secondary and post-secondary level

Prescribed Distributive Requirements- Students take three of the following three-credit courses:

ENGL 5200 Language and Communication
ENGL 5210 Dramatic Literature
ENGL 5220 Writing Academic Texts
ENGL 5290 Psycholinguistics
ENGL 5320 Sociolinguistics
ENGL 5330 First and Second Language Acquisition
ENGL 6120 Sociocultural Aspects of Puerto Rico and the U.S.
ENGL 6130 Fundamentals of Bilingual Education
ENGL 6150 Translation
ENGL 6260 Contemporary Literature of the U.S.
ENGL 6310 Contemporary Fiction
ENGL 6350 Representative Works of English Literature
ENGL 6600 Supervision in TESL
ENGL 6610 Curriculum Development in TESL
ENGL ---- Special Topics
SPAN 6140 Teaching of Spanish as a Second Language

Note: Courses for certification in Supervision or in Bilingual Education from the Puerto Rico Department of Education may also be taken as prescribed distributive requirements.