Program Overview
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
General Master's Degree Admission Requirements
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Chair: Barbara Garrett, Ph.D.
Teaching ASL M.A. Program Manager: Pauline Ballentine
Location: McKee Room 525
Videophone: 970-373-4321
Telephone: 970-351-1060
Website: www.unco.edu/cebs/asl-interpreting/
The Teaching American Sign Language (TASL) M.A.: Licensure: World Languages (Grades K-12) is a distance delivered master’s degree with required onsite summer sessions which prepares instructors to teach American Sign Language (ASL) in a number of settings including secondary and post-secondary levels. The focus of this program is on pedagogical coursework as applicable to teaching ASL as a foreign or as a modern language, not learning or mastering ASL. Therefore, all students must demonstrate ASL proficiency through an informal screening prior to acceptance into the program.
NOTE: The non-licensure option is available through the Teaching American Sign Language (TASL) M.A. Program.
All students are expected to complete two teaching practica experiences, a portfolio, and a research project as part of their graduation requirements.
Teacher education and educator preparation licensure programs do not accept Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) or field based courses that are more than ten years old.
NOTE: Teacher Candidates have the right to petition this policy at the discretion of the program coordinator.
Federal student loans are not currently available to students who are pursuing a CO state license (initial or additional ) through UNC’s stand-alone, graduate level licensure programs without also being simultaneously enrolled in a Masters or Doctoral degree program.