Offered in: Chicago

The Bilingual/ESL Education minor prepares future educators to improve student learning with children and families who have a first language other than English. The minor leads to the addition of a bilingual and/or ESL endorsement on an Illinois Professional Educator License.

To earn the bilingual endorsement, teacher candidates must pass a state language exam and successfully complete the courses in the minor. Visit the Illinois Licensure website http://www.icts.nesinc.com/  (Target Language Proficiency assessment) for more information.

In addition, all students completing the Bilingual/ESL minor must complete 100 clinical hours of observation and practice teaching in classrooms serving English-language learners. 

Standards

At least four of the courses, or 12 credit hours, must be taken at Roosevelt University. All courses must be passed with grades of C- or higher and a minimum 2.0 overall GPA.

Requirements

Six courses in Education (18 credit hours) make up the minor. All courses are required (see below).

All courses must be passed with grades of C- or higher.