Coordinator:
Dr. Mary Curran (848-932-0790; email: mary.curran@gse.rutgers.edu)
Please visit the website.
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 Student and Academic
Services, Room 110, Graduate School of Education (848-932-3232).
The specific program requirements are as follows:
Foreign Language Education (21 credits)
05:300:431 Introduction to World Language/Elementary Methods (3)
05:300:432 World Language
Secondary Methods (3)
15:253:520 Principles of Second/Foreign Language Acquisition (3)
15:253:523 Language and Culture (3)
15:253:537 Language in Society (3)
15:253:530 Foundations of Language I (3)
Graduate-level elective in foreign language education (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)
15:255:539 The Teaching Professional (3)
15:293:523 Inclusive Teaching in Education (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 with the Office of Student and Academic Services prior to student teaching.
