2008-09 Academic Year Schedule

* Courses do not have prerequisites, so they can be taken in any order. The academic advisor may, however, recommend that individual students take some courses before others, depending on their academic background.

July 1- July 29, 2008 (2008-60)


ENGL 5290 Psycholinguistics – TBA

ENGL 6530 Research Methods – Viada


Aug 4 – Oct 24 2008 (2009-13)


Monday -- ENGL 6170 Assessment of Linguistic Abilities – Melendez

Tuesday – ENGL 5030 Principles of Linguistics - Berenz

Wednesday – ENGL 5240 Writing Theories and Their Applications --Moe

Thursday – ENGL 6111 Techniques and Materials in TESL: Elementary Level -- Sellas

Online -- ENGL 5220 Writing Academic Texts – Melendez


Oct 27-Feb 2009 (2009-23)


Monday -- ENGL 6100 Theory and Principles of TESL -- Fassihian

Tuesday – ENGL 5040 English Phonology - Berenz

Wednesday – ENGL 5210 Dramatic Literature --Moe

Thursday – ENGL 6090 Reading in a Second Language -- TBA


Feb. – May 2009 (2009-33)


Monday -- ENGL 6530 Research Methods – Viada

Tuesday – ENGL 5050 English Syntax and Morphology - Berenz

Wednesday – ENGL 5110 Reading Literary Texts in the English Class --Moe

Thursday – ENGL 5290 Psycholinguistics -- Berenz

Online -- ENGL 6180 Using Computers in TESL – Moe

Online -- ENGL 6970 Integrative Seminar – Melendez

(Only for students who will graduate before Spring 2010)


June 2009 (2009-50)

ENGL 5040 English Phonology – Berenz

ENGL 6610 Curriculum Development in TESL -- Sellas


July 2009 (2009-60)


ENGL 6150 Translation – Viada

TBA

Exit requirement: In addition to coursework, students must successfully complete one of the following exit requirements after completing at least 27 credits and the first five required courses listed above:

• Comprehensive exam
• Individual investigation (4 credits)
• Integrative seminar (3 credits)

SUMMER PROGRAM

Earn a master's degree in TESL in three summers.

Inter American University of Puerto Rico’s campus in San Germán, Puerto Rico, offers an intensive MA-TESL Summer Program that allows teachers to work towards their degree during summers. Participants of the Summer Program have the opportunity to be part of a select and uniquely diverse group of teachers from Puerto Rico, the US, and other countries.

Summer Program participants can complete the 36-credit course requirement of the program by taking a total of 12 courses during three consecutive summers: two courses each June and two each July. The comprehensive exam will be administered when coursework has been completed.

The goals of the Summer Program are the following:

• to permit teachers to complete their degree during the summer without affecting their regular employment,
• to encourage interaction among teachers from different institutions and locations, and
  
  
• to experience living in a predominantly ESL environment while working toward a degree in TESL.

Students who wish to live in a dormitory with other participants of the program should apply for housing by the end of April of the year they intend to attend.