Students must successfully complete thirty-six credits (36) as follows:
Required Courses (28 cr.)
Comprehensive Examination
As an opportunity to review all course work and synthesize information and ideas, each student must also complete an oral exit examination before the end of the semester in which they intend to graduate. Instructions for Completion, Criteria for Evaluation, and the suggested Book List is available for download.
Thesis Option
Students who desire the MATESOL degree with a thesis will be required to complete a total of 39 credits which must include GSL 690, Thesis Research Seminar (3 credits), and GLS 691, Thesis (3 credits).
A thesis is a work of original research on a topic pertinent to the field of TESOL/Applied Linguistics and must be written under the direct supervision of an MATESOL faculty member. In addition to the thesis supervisor, a committee of two to four additional members, selected by the student in consultation with the supervisor, must approve the thesis. Two of the additional committee members must be Saint Michael’s faculty and at least one of them must be an MATESOL faculty member; additional members may be nominated either from Saint Michael’s faculty or from other institutions.
Thesis-option students will be required to deliver a presentation of the results of their research in lieu of the oral examination required of non-thesis-option students.
A grade of “XT” (Extended for Thesis Work) is given at the end of the semester to a student enrolled in a thesis course when work on the thesis will continue into the following semester. In addition to the semester following enrollment in the course, the student may petition for continuance of the “XT” to the program director. Students who do not pass or withdraw from GSL 691 may take the oral examination and receive the MATESOL degree without thesis.
For information on the MATESOL, contact:
Deni Bergne
dbergne@smcvt.edu
802.654.2684
or
Dr. Susan Jenkins
Program Director
sjenkins@smcvt.edu
802.654.2801