MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at University of Alabama

Programme overview

The MA TESOL program at the University of Alabama prepares graduates to pursue a range of academic and professional careers. In recent years, our graduates have continued to doctoral programs in Applied Linguistics, Education, Linguistics, and Rhetoric and Composition. They have taught in schools, language institutes, and universities in the US and around the world.

Faculty: J. Frank Barefield Jr. College of Arts and Sciences | Department: English | Study mode: full-time | Location: Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

What you will study

Courses in the listed curriculum include EN 524 Modern English Grammar, EN 610 Meth Teaching English Sec Lang, EN 612 Topics In Applied Linguistics, EN 613 Second Language Development, EN 617 Teach Esl Acad Language Skills, EN 620 Descriptive Linguistics.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A candidate for admission to the MA TESOL degree program must satisfy the minimum conditions for regular admission to the Graduate School (including a GPA of 3.0 overall). Each applicant must also submit a sample of his or her academic writing. While new applications to our graduate programs will continue to be read until admissions decisions have been made, the application deadline for best consideration for all funding opportunities is December 1. See the Admission Criteria section of this catalog for more information. Information on the Application for Graduation. Financial Support Students admitted to the MA graduate program are guaranteed up to two years of full financial support, pending the fulfillment of Assistantship responsibilities. Unlike many other graduate programs, all of UA English’s admitted students qualify for Graduate Assistantships, which include a stipend paid over nine months, and full payment of up to 15 credit hours of graduate tuition. For information regardin

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer (the admissions page lists Spring, and Summer/Fall priority deadlines).

Graduate application fee is $65 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents and $80 for international students (nonrefundable). Deadlines are set per programme in the Academic Programs Portal; some programmes require a standardized test such as GRE or GMAT.

Apply through the official page: https://graduate.ua.edu/

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