Admission Information
Special Application Requirements/Information
Applications will be accepted for the fall and spring application deadlines as advertised by the College. For the K-12 TESOL program, only fall applications will be accepted. Any application received after those dates or incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
A writing sample is required with all Ed.M. and Ed.D. applications. Applicants to the Ed.M. and Ed.D. programs must have an M.A. in TESOL, Applied Linguistics or a related field.
Ed.M. applicants may request to transfer up to 30 credit points into the TESOL program from previous graduate study at an accredited institution. Applicants who have already earned an M.A. from Teachers College may transfer a total of 15 points in related areas from an accredited institution. Ed.D. students may transfer up to 45 points from previous graduate study at an accredited institution. All transfer of credit points must meet the approval of a faculty advisor.
All students are expected to write and speak in a way that is appropriate to their professional responsibilities. Students having difficulty in achieving these standards will be required to take additional coursework or seek help from the TC Writing Center. All non-native speakers of English, including those who have an undergraduate degree from an English-medium university in the U.S. or abroad, must submit either:
• A total minimum score of 102 on the TOEFL IBT exam. Also a minimum score of 26 on the speaking and writing sections and a minimum of 25 on the reading and listening sections; or
• A minimum score of 600 on the paper/pencil TOEFL or a minimum score of 250 on the TOEFL CBT. Also a minimum score of a 50 on the Test of Spoken English (TSE) and a minimum score of 5 on the Test of Written English (TWE); or
• A score of B or better on the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CEP); or
• A score of 7.0 or better on the Cambridge International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
Expired scores will not be accepted.
