PROGRAM PLAN
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION-GENERAL DEGREE WITH
CERTIFICATION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (OPTION B)

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT

Students Name		I.D. #
Address
City/State Zip
Home Phone	Work Phone
Certifications Held
Certifications Being Sought
Teaching Experience
Number of Years Teaching Experience

· Does this student wish to pursue a masters degree?	Yes	No
Has this student been referred to School of Education- Graduate Advising to begin graduate program admittance?	Yes	No
Has this student been admitted to the Master of Science in Education-General masters degree program?	Yes	No

Required Masters Program Component Courses

Students wishing to incorporate ESL certification into a masters degree may do so via the Master of Science in Education-General masters degree administered by the UWSP School of Education. Students are required to complete the degree within seven years (21 semesters). Credits include required course work in the areas of foundations, curriculum and research and a minimum of 21 additional credits including those credits listed below for ESL Certification. A minimum of 15 credits being applied to the masters degree are required to be at the 700-level. Contact School of Education-Graduate Advising to begin the graduate program admittance process.

Courses Toward ESL Certification

Choose one Course	Title	Crs
Engl 542	English Grammars	3
Engl 545	English Language for Teachers	3
Choose one Engl 555	Methods of Teching Composition	3
Engl 556	Methods of Teaching Literature	3
Up to six credits Engl 595	Wrkshp: Subtitle Varies	3
Engl 595	Wrkshp: Subtitle Varies	3
For Lang 540	Culture & Hmong Lang (Changing Titles)	3
Up to six credits For Lang 544	Teaching English as a Second Language	3
For Lang Ed 796	Practicum in Teaching ESL	3
For Lang Ed 796	Independent Study	3
	Total Certification Credits	21

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- PROGRAM DETAILS -

The certification program involving English as a Second Language (ESL) is administered through the Department of Foreign Languages. Further information regarding this certification program may be obtained by contacting Dr. Tobias Barske, Department of Foreign Languages, College of Letters & Science, UWSP, 715-346-4406 or tbarske@uwsp.edu via email. A masters degree is not required for this certification; however, those wishing to incorporate this certification within a masters degree may do so in the Master of Science in Education-General degree. This masters degree is administered through School of Education-Graduate Advising. Those students wishing to pursue a masters degree incorporating ESL certification will have two faculty advisors. A faculty member from education will chair the advisory committee and a faculty member from the Department of Foreign Languages will also serve on the student’s advising committee.

Further information regarding graduate study may be obtained by contacting School of Education-Graduate Advising, Room 438 College of Professional Studies, UWSP, 715-346-4403 or lyonash@uwsp.edu via email. A packet of information will be mailed upon request to anyone interested in a masters degree at UWSP.

-Review of Credits for ESL Certification-

Note – This is not the masters program plan of study. Contact School of Education-Graduate Advising to incorporate credits for certification in the Master of Science in Education-General degree (Option B).

Faculty Advisor's Signature Date

Student's Signature Date

(Student - Sign and return this evaluation form to Dr. Tobias Barske, Department of Foreign Languages, College of Letters & Science. (You may wish to make a copy for your records.)

IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE

This program outline is for “certification only” which has been completed for you by Dr. Tobias Barske. This evaluation is a result of your request for certification information in the area of English as a Second Language. It is possible to incorporate graduate level credits required for certification into the masters degree (MSE-General degree). However, you must apply for admission to the masters program before completion of nine graduate level credits. No more than nine completed graduate credits at the time of formal admission to graduate study may be applied to the masters degree (97-99 UWSP Graduate Catalog, p. 169). This certification outline is not the program plan for your masters (graduate) program of study; the certification outline and the masters outline are two separate documents. Contact Education Graduate Advising, Room 438 College of Professional Studies (715-346-4403) if you would like further information regarding incorporating English as a Second Language certification credits into a masters program of study.