This program aims to provide students with advanced academic and/or professional knowledge, skills and competencies, leading to a second degree higher than the bachelor’s degree and train English Teachers to become globally competent and competitive not only in the field of language teaching but as administrators, directors, supervisors, curriculum designers, researchers and textbook writers as an answer to the demands of academic institutions, industries, agencies, and corporations in the local and global world. This program contains a substantial research component which are theoretically-based but may also include practical components and/or professional practice.
| COURSE CODE | DESCRIPTIVE TITLE | UNITS |
| CORE COURSES | ||
| ESL 201 | Seminar in Language Research Methodology | 3 |
| MAJOR COURSES | ||
| ESL 204 | Action Research in Trends and Techniques in Teaching English | 6 |
| ESL 205 | Qualitative Research in English as a Second Language | 6 |
| ESL 206 | Quantitative Research in English as a Second Language | 6 |
| ESL 207 | Mixed Method Research (MMR) in English as a Second Language | 6 |
| CD 219 | Globalization and the 21st Century Challenges | 3 |
| MASTER’S THESIS | ||
| ESL 300 | Thesis | 9 |
| CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS TO FINISH THE DEGREE | ||
| CORE COURSES | 3 | |
| MAJOR COURSES | 24 | |
| ELECTIVE COURSES | 9 | |
| MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | ||
| Comprehensive Examination | ✔ | |
| Proposal Defense | ✔ | |
| Final Defense | ✔ | |
| Publication in a Referred Journal (evidence of acceptance to a refereed journal) | ✔ | |
| TOTAL | ||
| THESIS TRACK | 36 |