The Master of Arts in English with the Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) option requires 30 semester hours. At least 15 of these hours must be completed at the 6000-level. All students will be required to pass a TESL comprehensive examination.
Tech's M.A. in English with the TESL option offers graduate students an opportunity to include the four courses prescribed by the Arkansas Department of Education for ESL endorsement within a structured degree program. The M.A. in English with TESL option can prepare students for doctoral-level study or for careers in post-secondary teaching. The degree can also be used to enhance the credentials of secondary teachers.
The seven prescribed courses in the M.A. in English with TESL option provide graduates with a solid foundation of skills to help them work with students for whom English is not their first language. The three electives may be chosen from a challenging variety of literary, cultural, interdisciplinary, linguistic, creative and rhetorical seminars.
Students living in states bordering Arkansas receive in-state tuition.
Financial Aid is available for those who qualify. The Arkansas Tech University school
code to use on the FAFSA is 001089.
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Credentials that stack with this degree:
M.A. English graduates have been admitted to doctoral programs at the University of Arkansas, Oklahoma State University, Louisiana State, the State University of New York at-Buffalo and Texas A & M-KingsvilIe. Several Creative Writing graduates have published poetry, fiction and nonfiction.
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