Coordinator:
Dr. Mary Curran (732-932-7496, ext. 8101; email: mary.curran@gse.rutgers.edu)
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The Graduate School of Education offers a postbaccalaureate master's degree/initial teacher certification program in foreign language education. The program requires that a student have a bachelor's degree with a major appropriate to the area of licensure, 90 credits in liberal arts, and satisfaction of the general education distribution. The requirements needed to satisfy the general education distribution can be found in the Office of Academic Services, Room 110, Graduate School of Education (732-932-7496, ext. 8132).
The specific program requirements are as follows:
Foreign Language Education (21 credits)
05:300:431 Teaching World Language/ESL in Elementary Schools (3)
05:300:432 Teaching World Language/ESL in Secondary Schools (3)
15:253:520 Principles of Second/Foreign Language Acquisition (3)
15:253:523 Language and Culture (3)
15:253:531 Foundations of Language II (3)
15:253:537 Sociolinguistics (3)
16:300:535 Foundations of Language I (3)
Common Professional Education Core (12 credits)
05:300:306 Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3)
15:255:533 Assessment and Measurement for Teachers (2)
15:255:534 Classroom Organization (1)
15:255:537 Education, Ethics, and Society (3)
15:255:538 Teacher as Researcher (3)
Internship in Teaching (12 credits)
15:255:535 Teaching Internship (9)
15:255:536 Teaching Internship Seminar (3)
Language and Cultural Proficiency Requirements
Proficiency in the target language is to be demonstrated through an Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) (to schedule the OPI, contact the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) at http://www.languagetesting.com). OPI results must be on file prior to student teaching.
