Timetable for the TEFL Certificate The Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language can be completed in as little as twelve months. If a student wishes to take only one courses each semester, it can be completed in two academic years and the intervening summer.

One-year plan

Fall semester	LING 600 (Survey of Linguistics)  LING 790 (Second Language Acquisition)
Spring semester	LING 795 (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Elective course
Summer	LING 698 (Practicum in TEFL) Elective course

Two-year plan

Fall semester,  1st year	LING 600 (Survey of Linguistics)
Spring semester,  1st year	LING 795 (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
Summer session I	LING 698 (Practicum in TESOL)
Summer session II	Elective course
Fall semester,  2nd year	LING 790 (Second Language Acquisition)
Spring semester,  2nd year	Elective course