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 Four Year Plan: Applied Linguistics/TESOL (BA)
FALL - Semester 1
TRU 120: First-Year Seminar
LING 198: New Majors Seminar
LING 238: Intro to Linguistics
Foreign Language (at placement level)
ENG 190: Writing as Critical Thinking OR COMM 170: Public Speaking
SPRING - Semester 2
LING 224: Topics in Linguistics*
Foreign Language (at placement level)
Dialogues Curriculum coursework
*Suggested if offered and of interest.
FALL - Semester 3
LING 250: English Linguistics for the Classroom
LING Elective**
Foreign Language (at placement level)
STAT 190: Basic Statistics
Dialogues Curriculum coursework
**Options include LING 224 OR LING 413: Advanced LING Topics
SPRING - Semester 4
CML 308: Principles of Second Language Teaching*
LING elective**
Foreign Language (at placement level)
Dialogues Curriculum coursework
*OR LING 308: Principles of Second Language Teaching in Fall - Semester 3.
**Options include LING 224 OR LING 413: Advanced LING Topics
FALL - Semester 5
LING 398: Mid-Major Seminar
LING 308: Principles of Second Language Teaching*
JINS course
Dialogues Curriculum coursework
Choose 1-2 from below:
LING 324: Sociolinguistics
LING 325: Language and Gender
LING 326: Language, Race, and Ethnicity
*OR CML 308: Principles of Second Language Teaching in Spring - Semester 4.
SPRING - Semester 6
LING 414: Language and the Mind
LING elective*
Dialogues Curriculum coursework
Choose 1-2 from below (if needed):
LING 324: Sociolinguistics
LING 325: Language and Gender
LING 326: Language, Race, and Ethnicity
*Options include LING 224 OR LING 413: Advanced LING Topics
FALL - Semester 7
LING 412: Teaching ESL/EFL
LING elective*
Dialogues Curriculum coursework
*Options include LING 224 OR LING 413: Advanced LING Topics
SPRING - Semester 8
LING 498: Senior Capstone Seminar
LING 520: ESOL Assessment (taken as elective)
LING elective*
Dialogues Perspectives coursework
*Options include LING 224 OR LING 413: Advanced LING Topics
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.