Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Applied Linguistics (MA)


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Program Requirements


Complete 30 credits from ten courses including five core courses, three concentration courses, and two electives.

Concentration: Students must choose a concentration in ESL and bilingual studies or foreign language pedagogy.
Capstone: Successful completion of a four-hour written comprehensive exam after completion of all required coursework. By invitation of faculty, students may complete a thesis for their capstone.
Practicum and field experience: Complete either a field experience or practicum.

Students in either concentration may earn their degree online through the College of Advancing and Professional Studies .

Residency: No more than twelve credits may be transferred in and applied toward the program electives; six credits from non-degree graduate study at UMass Boston and six credits of graduate course work from another institution. All transfer courses must be earned within seven years of program matriculation, have a grade of B or higher, be approved by the graduate program director and Graduate Studies, and not have been used to fulfill requirements for another degree.
Statute of limitations: Four years.

Course Requirements


Concentration Courses (9 Credits)


Take three courses from one of the concentrations below.

 
 

Electives (6 Credits)


Complete two additional APLING courses.

Students also have the option to take two courses as electives in related disciplines that complement their specialization.

Practicum and Field Experience


Students working to obtain solely MA degree are required to complete a Field Experience (APLING 690 ). The MA field experience requirement may be satisfied through teaching language in university undergraduate ESL classes, in a public school system, or at a community agency. The field experience requirement may be waived for students with significant onsite teaching experience (paid teaching, supervised student teaching, supervised teaching in an adult social or educational agency), and substituted with another elective course.

The student-teaching practicum (APLING 698 ) is required of MA students pursuing Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) PK-12 ESL licensure in addition to their MA degree. The ESL licensure student-teaching practicum cannot be waived. Students working to obtain MA state licensure must student-teach in a PK-12 public school ESL/Sheltered English setting for one full semester.

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