Program Overview

This 16 credit-hour certificate provides students with the skills and knowledge necessary to teach English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in both domestic and international contexts. This certificate provides course work and hands-on experience in theoretical Linguistics, language and culture, English as a Second Language teaching methods, pedagogical grammar, second language assessment, second language acquisition, language classroom observations and (depending on students' choices of elective courses) in other areas such as humanities, education, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, and literature.

Admission Requirements: Students must be eligible for college-level credit courses in order to pursue the TESOL certificate. (If needed, remediation for students will be provided by Harper's Academic Support Services and the Writing Center.) Because the certificate is most often complementary to a college degree, those students who have completed a degree or are pursuing an Associate's degree would be most successful.

Program Requirements

¹

If 2 education courses (6 credit hours) were chosen from the Linguistics and Education electives, then no credits are required from this category (0 or 3 credit hours).

²

This course has a prerequisite that must be met prior to enrollment.

Gainful Employment

Harper College provides Gainful Employment information to comply with the U.S. Department of Education.