The TESL minor program in the College of Humanities incorporates courses in Anthropology, Chicana/o Studies, Communication Studies, Education, English, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Linguistics and Sociology. The objective is to prepare candidates to teach English to speakers of other languages. Course substitutions may be made only with the written approval of the Linguistics/TESL chair.

Any course substitution must be approved by the Linguistics/TESL chair.

1. Language (9 units)

Choose one course from (A), one course from (B) and one course from (C):

A. An Introduction to Language

Choose one course from the following:

ANTH 310 Language in Culture: Anthropological Linguistics (3)
COMS 420 Language and Symbolic Processes (3)
ENGL 301 Language and Linguistics (3)

B. The Structure of Language

Choose one course from the following:

ENGL 302 Introduction to Modern Grammar (3)
LING 404 Syntax (3)
SPAN 497 Comparative Structure of Spanish and English (3)

C. Language Acquisition

Choose one course from the following:

AFRS 395 Bilingualism in the African-American Community (3)*
CHS 433 Language Acquisition of the Chicana/o and ESL Speakers (3)*
LING 417 Language Development and Acquisition (3)

2. Language and Culture (9 units)

Choose one course from (A), one course from (B) and one course from (C):

A. Language and Culture

Choose one course from the following:

CHS 482 Language of the Barrio (3)*
ENGL 405 Language Differences and Language Change (3)*
LING 427 Languages in Contact (3)*
LING 441 Sociolinguistics (3)
SPAN 401 Language and Culture (3)

B. Cultural Studies

Choose one course from the following:

ANTH 152 Cultural and Human Behavior (3)
ANTH 305 Individual and Culture (3)**
ANTH 345 Diversity in the United States (3)**
ANTH 360 Immigration and Ethnicity (3)*
COMS 356 Intercultural Communication (3)
SOC 305 Culture and Personality (3)**
SOC 307 Ethnic Diversity in America (3)

C. Specific Cultures

Choose one course from the following:

AAS 100 Introduction to Asian American Studies (3)
AAS 350 Asian American Personality and Mental Health (3)
AAS 450 Asian American Child and the Schools (3)*
ANTH 339 Peoples of South Asia (3)
ARMN 310 Armenian Culture (3)
ARMN 440 Armenian American Child (3)
CAS 100 Introduction to Central American Studies (3)
CAS 311 The Central American Diaspora (3)
CHS 100 Chicana/o Culture (3)**
CHS 430 The Chicana/o Child (3)*
CHS 431 The Chicana/o Adolescent (3)
CHS 470 Cultural Differences and the Chicana/o (3)
CHS 471 Chicano Families (3)

3. Writing (3 units)

Choose one course from the following:

ENGL 406 Advanced Expository Writing for Teachers (3)
ENGL 494TCE The Classroom Experience (3)

4. Elective (3 units)

Approved elective, chosen in consultation with an advisor.

*Also fulfills a course requirement in the Liberal Studies major (including the Language and Diversity Concentration).
**Also fulfills a General Education requirement.

Total Units in the Minor: 24