Master of Science in Second Language Instruction (Non-Thesis)

At TROY, we believe communication is the cornerstone for success. That’s why we prepare our students to effectively navigate and flourish in a rapidly changing and assimilating world. As partnerships are forged between countries in the name of commerce and progress, never has it been so important to understand one another. Through TROY’s Master of Science in Second Language Instruction (SLI)/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), you can use your baccalaureate degree in English, sociology, education, psychology, journalism, linguistics or any language-related discipline to help prepare yourself and/or others to teach and learn second or additional languages around the world. As the national and international demand for second language (L2), ESL or TESOL teachers continue to increase, the heart of our program is to expand your skills and knowledge in the fields of second language instruction, applied linguistics and foreign language research and teaching. The interdisciplinary coursework and theoretical and practical research of our program equip you to identify and analyze learners’ learning capacity, design second language teaching curricula and understand the variety of evidence-based teaching and assessment practices.