The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.
Sample Two Year Plan: Applied Linguistics/TESOL (BA)
This plan assumes a student is entering Truman with a completed AA degree. This plan also assumes a student begins coursework in the Fall semester of an academic year.
FALL - Semester 1
- LING 238: Intro to Linguistics (3 cr)
- LING 324: WE/Sociolinguistics (4 cr), OR LING 325: WE/Language and Gender (4 cr), OR LING 326: WE/Language and Ethnicity (4 cr)
- LING 398: Linguistics Mid-Major Seminar (1 cr)
- JINS 3XX: Junior Interdisciplinary Seminar (3 cr)
- Elementary Foreign Language I (3 cr)
SPRING - Semester 2
- LING 414: Language and the Mind (4 cr)
- CML 308: Principles of Second Language Teaching (4 cr) OR LING 308 (4 cr) in the Fall Semester 3
- LING 324: WE/Sociolinguistics (4 cr), OR LING 325: WE/Language and Gender (4 cr), OR LING 326: WE/Language and Ethnicity (4 cr)
- Elementary Foreign Language II (3 cr)
FALL - Semester 3
- LING 250: English Linguistics for the Classroom (3 cr)
- LING 308: Principles of Second Language Teaching OR CML 308 (3 cr) in the Spring Semester 2
- Another elective option including LING 224: Topics in Linguistics OR LING 413: Advanced Linguistics: Topics OR Other (1-4 cr)
- Intermediate Foreign Language I (3 cr)
SPRING - Semester 4
- LING 498: Linguistics Capstone Seminar (1 cr)
- LING 412: Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language (4 cr)
- LING 520: ESOL Assessment Strategies for K-12 Learners (3 cr)
- Another elective option including LING 224: Topics in Linguistics OR LING 413: Advanced Linguistics: Topics OR Others (1-4 cr)
- Intermediate Foreign Language II (3 cr)
NOTES:
- WE = Writing Enhanced course
- Waive LING 198: New Majors Seminar
- LING 414: Language and the Mind is currently offered once every three semesters.
- CML 308 is currently offered in the Spring of odd number years.
- We regularly have special courses taught by visiting Ofstad scholars. These are generally 1-2 credit hour courses on special topics that will not recur during a student's time at Truman. Incoming students should check to see if these courses have prerequisites and/or would be appropriate for a student just beginning linguistic study.
- LING 238, LING 250, LING or CML 308, LING 412, and LING 520 may all count towards add-on ESOL endorsement for those continuing on to an MAE degree.
- The Dialogues curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.
Department Chair: Please contact the Center for Academic Excellence (advise@truman.edu) with any updates to the above plan. Revised 2/24/2025
This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in Truman's Official Catalog.