2009-2010 Program Requirements for UCLA Graduate Degrees

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2009-2010 academic year.

Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language

Admission

Certificate

Advising

New students entering the program discuss their proposed course of study and research with the graduate adviser.  Students meet again with the graduate adviser to have electives approved and to discuss their progress towards completion of the program.

Areas of Study

Consult the department.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students must complete the first quarter of instruction in a language of which they have no prior knowledge.

Course Requirements

Students must take Linguistics 20 and at least seven courses (28 units) of coursework in the 200 series.  These seven courses must include Applied Linguistics C210, C216, and C218B, plus four of the following courses:  Applied Linguistics C211, C212, C213, C214, C215A, C215B, C217, or C218A.  Only prerequisites to required courses may be taken on an Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis; all other courses must be taken for letter grades.

None of the seven graduate courses may count toward other degree requirements.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Time to Degree

From enrollment in the certificate program to completion is one to two years.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

The chair makes a recommendation for termination on the recommendation of a departmental committee set up to review the particular circumstances of a given case. The committee includes at least one student. Either the graduate adviser or a member of the faculty may initiate the process by informing the chair of the need to recommend a student for termination. A student may appeal a recommendation for termination to the chair who reconvenes the ad hoc committee to reconsider the matter.

PAGE 1 -- Applied Linguistics & TESL Master's Degree
PAGE 2 -- Applied Linguistics Doctoral Degree
PAGE 3 -- TESL Master's Degree

Program Requirements

Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language