Multilingual Education M.A. World Language Licensure Program
College of Education & Behavioral Sciences
Degree Requirements - 33 credits
See "Multilingual Education MA World Language Licensure Program"
Program Requirements
This licensure program requires an intensive field component that necessitates students to have means of transportation. UNC may provide transportation for a transportation fee of $500 to $700.00 per semester of practicum and student teaching.
PTEP Program Requirements
If you are seeking licensure in your program area, the following items are required to complete your program.
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Completion of Application for Initial Admission to PTEP
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Completion of Full Admission to PTEP
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Completion of Application for Student Teaching
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Completion of content specific PRAXIS test prior to Student Teaching
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Candidates may not take extra courses with Student Teaching without prior approval from the Program Coordinator and the STE Director.
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All PTEP Field Experiences and methods courses need to be successfully completed prior to Student Teaching.
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Student Teaching outside the supervision of UNC Faculty may or may not be approved.
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Teacher Candidates will not be placed in a school where they were once students or where they have a close relative attending and/or working.
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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. PLEASE NOTE: Teacher Candidates have the right to petition this policy at the discretion of the program coordinator.
Please work with your program coordinator or advisor to determine when these requirements will be completed throughout your program.
Degree Requirements
Candidates must successfully pass a comprehensive exam at the end of the master’s degree program.
Candidates will also, prior to student teaching, provide proof of evidence of meeting the State requirement for professional competency in the content area through one of the following options:
1. A degree in the target world language; or
2. Passing score of state recognized test: Praxis, NES, or Place depending on the specific target language; or
3. 24 semester hours of college level coursework that meet the minimum requirement in each of the areas as required by the State.
Required Courses- 33 Credits
| EDF 500 | Conceptions of Schooling | 3 |
| EDSE 679 | Interventions for Students with Cultural and Linguistic Differences | 3 |
| ECLD 592 | Second Language Acquisition Theory | 3 |
| ECLD 594 | Foundations of Language and Linguistics for ESL/Bilingual Educators | 3 |
| EDRD 523 | Reading and Writing in the Content Areas | 3 |
| EDFE 501 | Practicum | 1-4 |
| FL 541 | Methods of Teaching World Languages | 3 |
| EDFE 555 | Supervised Student Teaching | 1-9 |
| SRM 600 | Introduction to Graduate Research | 3 |
| ECLD 605 | Seminar in Multilingual Teaching and Learning I | 3 |
| | Comprehensive Exam | 0 |