Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certificate
Make a lifelong difference for English language learners.
USD SOLES offers this standalone Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certificate to prepare you for a career teaching English, locally and globally. As a result of earning a TESOL certificate, candidates acquire the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to effectively teach English to English Language Learners. TESOL certificate holders will have the expertise to be employed in various education settings as English as a Second Language (ESL) instructors in language institutes, in private and public international schools, businesses, nonprofit agencies, and community agencies.
Explore our digital resource, Graduate Certificate Programs at SOLES: Expand Your Reach, if you want to learn more about how a graduate certificate at SOLES can help you develop your expertise and increase your career potential.
Graduate-Level Credit
- Earn 15 units of graduate-level credit, transferable to USD's MA in TESOL, Literacy, and Culture program
- Cost: $1555 per unit
- Applications are now being accepted for Fall 2022, due by June 30, 2022
Professional Development
- Offered through USD's Professional and Continuing Education department (100% online)
- Complete 10 units of coursework (not transferable to MA program)
- Total cost (5 courses): $1,580