Arts and Sciences

English as a Second Language Certificate

The Certificate in English as a Second Language serves students who are speakers of other languages and wish to improve their skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing English in college, at work, and in the community.

Courses in the Certificate in English as a Second Language provide advanced instruction in English skills and American Culture.  Electives insure proficiency in application of English communication skills.  All courses in the Certificate also serve as either required courses in other programs or prerequisites for those courses, so that a student who completes the Certificate in English as a Second Language also has completed part of another degree, diploma, or certificate.

Preparatory courses in ESL (English as a Second Language) are provided for students who are not ready for the advanced courses in the Certificate.  All ESL courses are open also to students in other programs.

 

Certificate:  English as a Second Language (18 credit hours)

     

Credit Hours

  ESL 103 Spoken American English

3.0

  ESL 110

Introduction to Composition for English As a Second Language

3.0

  COL 105 Freshman Seminar

 

 

OR

 

 

  ESL 105 American College Culture

 

 

OR

 

 

  HSS 105 Technology and Culture

3.0

  ENG 101 English Composition I

 

 

OR

 

 

  ESL 150 ESL Communication for Business and Community

 

 

OR

 

 

  SPC 205 Public Speaking

 

 

OR

 

 

  SPC 209 Interpersonal Communication

3.0

    Approved Elective

  6.0

     

 

   

Total Credit Hours:

18.0

       

Approved Electives:

 
     

Credit Hours

  CPT 101 Introduction to Computers

3.0

  CPT 168 Programming Logic and Design

3.0

  CPT 170 Microcomputer Applications

3.0

  GEO 102 World Geography

3.0

  OST 105 Keyboarding

3.0

  PHI 115 Contemporary Moral Issues

3.0

  SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology

3.0