Plan D MA: Composition in a Second Language Setting Specialization
Prerequisites:
- English 400 (Introduction to English Linguistics) or Linguistics 350 ((Introduction to Linguistics) or the equivalent
AND
- English 403 (Survey of Modern English Grammar) or the equivalent
NB: Applicants who have not taken the pre-requisite courses in advance of applying can be admitted with a "deficiency" and allowed to take these courses at the beginning of their MA course of study.
Required Coursework:
- Linguistics 420 (Introduction to Second Language Acquisition)
- English 565 or Linguistics 565 (Introduction to Adult/University Level TESOL)
- One of the following two courses:
- Linguistics 464 (Syntax)
- English 407 (Functional Syntax)
- English 738 (Theories of Language, Literature, or Composition) when the subtopic is either: Contrastive Rhetoric or Teaching Second Language Writing
- One of the following five courses:
- English 753 (Contemporary Rhetorical Theory)
- English 754 (Post-secondary Composition: topics in pedagogical theory)
- English 755 (Issues in Composition Studies)
- English 756 (Research and Methodology in Rhetoric & Composition)
- English 767 (Linguistic Perspectives on Composition)
- One of the following two courses:
- English 761 (Discourse Analysis)
- English 764 (Sociolinguistics)
- English 766 (Theory of Second Language Acquisition)
- One of the following three courses:
- English 805 (Seminar in English Language)
- English 806 (Seminar in Linguistics)
- English 812 (Seminar in Theories of Composition & Rhetoric)
