TESOL Concurrent Registration
Undergraduate students who meet the eligibility requirements (at least 90 credits earned with a 3.0 GPA) may register concurrently for up to 12 credits (4 courses) of the graduate courses in table below. These courses will serve as substitutes for the corresponding undergraduate course and count toward both the completion of a Bachelor’s and Master’s in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Because a typical full-time graduate semester is 9 credits, this allows students to save more than a semester toward their Master’s degree.
For BA TESOL students, some typical graduate course substitutions are listed below. Please discuss options with your faculty advisor and the TESOL Graduate Program Director (Dr. Hanh Nguyen) to ensure proper course sequencing.
Graduate |
Undergraduate |
AL 6110 English phonology & teaching pronunciation |
AL 3110 English sound system |
AL 6120 English syntax & teaching grammar |
AL 3120 English sentence structure |
AL 6140 Discourse analysis for language teachers |
AL 3140 Introduction to discourse analysis |
AL 6150 Using corpora in the language classroom |
AL 3150 Introduction to using corpora |
AL 6320 Language & Society |
AL 3320 Sociolinguistics |
AL 6710 Second language listening & speaking |
AL 4710 Teaching listening & speaking skills |
AL 6720 Second language reading & writing |
AL 4720 Teaching reading & writing skills |
AL 6740 Research & issues in computer assisted language teaching |
AL 3740 Technology in language teaching |
AL 6750 TESOL Materials development |
AL 3750 Creating language teaching materials |
AL 6760 Teaching English to children |
AL 3760 Teaching English to children |
For more information about graduate-level credits in TESOL, please contact your faculty advisor and/or tesol@hpu.edu. See also general information about concurrent registration at HPU.