Admissions Requirements
The online M.A. in TESL and Linguistics is open to eligible students in the U.S. (including the District of Columbia and all U.S. territories). The program also is open to students in Canada (all provinces). The program is closed to students residing in countries other than the U.S. and Canada except for U.S. military and State Department personnel and their family members with APO/FPO addresses.
Applicants must satisfy the following minimum requirements:
- Hold a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution
- Have earned a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.7 in all undergraduate course work; have earned a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 in the last 60 hours of undergraduate course work; have earned a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 in the applicant's major field of study; have earned a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 in all courses taken at the graduate level
- Satisfy the following non-native language requirement: at least two years of a non-native language at the university level as evidenced by academic transcripts with a grade of C or better in the culminating intermediate-level course; results on the Indiana State University placement test beyond the 202 level; or, when those are unavailable, independent testing arranged through the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Submit three references that include the name, job title, affiliation/school, and contact information for each reference.
- Submit a statement of purpose or goals
- Submit a Curriculum Vitae or resume