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Asian Studies B.A. - Accelerated MA (4+1) in Multilingual Education, TESOL

Did you know you can work on your master's degree while you're doing your undergrad studies? Students can earn a B.A. in Asian Studies and an M.A. in Multilingual Education, TESOL program, in one year post graduation.

Program Description

Motivated students may seek to complete the requirements for the B.A. Asian Studies and M.A. Multilingual Education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in five years. To obtain both degrees, students must complete all the requirements for the B.A. in Asian Studies, either with a , described in the Undergraduate Catalog (120 for Liberal Arts) and all of the requirements for the M.A. Multilingual Education, TESOL described in (30 credit hours). However, the accelerated B.A./M.A. program involves shared credit hours shared between the Bachelor's and Master's programs, so the total number of credit hours to complete the accelerated Master’s program is 141 for students.

Completing the requirements for both degrees is made possible by taking double-counted B.A./M.A. credits (ECLD 592, ECLD 523, and ECLD 594) during the Junior and Senior years (paid for at the undergraduate tuition rate) and graduate-level credits (online – graduate-level tuition rate) in the summer following the Senior year and completion of the undergraduate program. While this is the most efficient route, students may also elect to complete the program at a slower pace. Students remain eligible for financial aid as an undergraduate; any Graduate School aid is not available until students are admitted as a Graduate student.

To be fully admitted to the MAT program, students must graduate with a cumulative GPA at 3.00 and above for the BA. Students then take the remaining 7 graduate courses: ECLD 504, ECLD 510, ECLD 601, ECLD 510, ECLD 605, ET 640, and SRM 600 to complete the MAT program.

*Catalog details coming Fall 2024!*

Timeline

Spring Semester, 2nd Year

Meet with faculty advisor or Director of Graduate Studies and apply for the program

Fall Semester, 3rd Year

ECLD 592 Second Language Acquisition Theory

 Spring Semester, 3rd Year

ECLD 523 Academic Language/Literacy Development for Diverse Learners in School Settings

 Fall Semester, 4th Year

ECLD 594 Foundations of Language and Linguistics for ESL/Bilingual Educators

 Spring Semester, 4th Year

Complete BA in Asian Studies

 Term after graduation, follow one of the recommended completion plans below:

Recommended Completion Plans

Students will have taken the following as undergraduates as electives:

  • Fall YR 3:           ECLD 592 
  • Spring YR 3:     ECLD 523
  • Fall YR 4 :          ECLD 594

 Students complete the remaining 7 courses from one of the following plans: ET 525, ECLD 593, SRM 600, ECLD 504, ECLD 601, ECLD 605, ECLD 510 

Fall Start

Fall

Spring

Summer

Fall

ET 525/ 640

ECLD 504

ECLD 593

ECLD 605

SRM 600

ECLD 510

ECLD 601

Spring Start

Spring

Summer

Fall

Spring

ECLD 504

SRM 600

ECLD 602

ECLD 605

ECLD 510

ECLD 601

ET 525/ 640

Summer Start

Summer

Fall

Spring

Fall

ECLD 601

ECLD 602

ECLD 510

ECLD 605 

ET 525/ 640

SRM 600

ECLD 504