The Master of Arts with a
 Emphasis
The English Department at the Mississippi State University is proud
to offer an emphasis in TESOL under the department’s Master of
Art Degree in English.
Information about the program requirements of the M.A. in English can
be found on the English M.A. website.
Students interested in this emphasis should first contact Dr.
Richard Patteson for information about graduate school admissions,
then Dr. Scott Crossley for information
on the TESOL Master’s Degree emphasis.
Students in the M.A. program with an emphasis in TESOL have two routes
of study:
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Requirements for the Non-Thesis
Program
- Students who chose to take the non-thesis route to completing their
Master’s degree must complete 33 hours of course work.
- For the TESOL emphasis student this would require six seminar classes
at the 8000 level (EN 8103 and five electives) and five split level
TESOL courses (EN 6403, 6433, 6443, 6453, and 6463).
- All students must pass the M.A. comprehensive exam prior
to graduation.
- All students must also demonstrate fluency in a second language.
This can be accomplished by the completion of 12 lower level credit
hours in a foreign language (with a 3.0 average in all classes) or through
the successful completion of a language ability translation test. Mississippi
State utilizes the WebCAPE foreign
language placement exam, which is administered by the Language
Media Center of the Foreign Languages Department.
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Requirements for the Thesis
Program
- Students who chose to take the thesis route to completing their Master’s
degree must complete 24 hours of course work and complete
a thesis.
- For the TESOL emphasis student this would require four seminar classes
at the 8000 level (EN 8103 and three electives) and four split level
TESOL courses (EN 6403, 6433, 6463 and 6443 or 6453).
- It is highly suggested that TESOL emphasis students take five split
level TESOL courses (EN 6403, 6433, 6443, 6453, and 6463) in order to
complete their TESOL Certificate.
- It is also important to note that students that opt for the
thesis route must still pass the M.A. comprehensive exam which focuses
solely on literature. It is therefore highly recommended that
students who opt for the thesis route consider enrolling in additional
seminar courses.
- All students must also demonstrate fluency in a second language.
This can be accomplished by the completion of 12 lower level credit
hours in a foreign language (with a 3.0 average in all classes) or through
the successful completion of a language ability translation test. Mississippi
State utilizes the WebCAPE foreign
language placement exam, which is administered by the Language
Media Center of the Foreign Languages Department.
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Graduate Program Information:
Contact Dr.
Richard Patteson
English Department
P. O. Box E
Mississippi State, MS 39762
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Information:
Contact Dr.
Scott Crossley
English Department
P. O. Box E
Mississippi State, MS 39762
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