Certificate in TESOL

A Certificate in TESOL is offered to graduate, undergraduate or Special 
students (who have completed an undergraduate degree) who wish to teach 
English as a foreign or second language, normally in positions abroad. The 
student must: complete a 21-credit program of prescribed upper-division 
courses, including a practicum, with a minimum GPA of 3.25; (if a native 
speaker of English) have satisfactorily completed at least four college-level 

terms (or the equivalent) of a modern foreign language, including its spoken 
form; and demonstrate the ability to speak and write English at a level 
commensurate with the role of language model.

This certificate records a course of study at UW-Madison; it is
not necessarily equivalent to professional certification by other 
bodies, such as the Wisconsin Department of Public  Instruction.

English as a Second Language
5134 Helen C White
600 N. Park St.
Madison 

phone (608)-263-3780
email  askesl@facstaff.wisc.edu