Bilingual Education Minor

​The Bilingual Education (BE) minor provides a learning opportunity to all DePaul students interested in working with second language learners. Students gain a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of second language acquisition, as well as related educational theories and practices.

Students interested in this minor should consult home college advisors and secure permission from the Bilingual-Bicultural Education Program to enroll.

Course Requirements

7 courses are required for the minor:

• ​​BBE 310 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND CULTURE
• BBE 304 LANGUAGE, LITERACY AND CULTURE
  or BBE 370 SECOND & WORLD LANGUAGE LITERACIES AND CULTURES
• BBE 307 EQUITY ISSUES IN ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGE LEARNERS
• BBE 325 BILITERACY PRACTICES IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND ESL
  
• BBE 316 SOCIOCULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION
• BBE 324 METHODS OF TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
  
• BBE 366 FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
  or BBE 360 SECOND, WORLD AND HERITAGE LANGUAGE ACQUISITION K-12

Minor in Bilingual Education with Bilingual Endorsement

This option is only available to undergraduates in the College of Education pursuing ISBE Licensure.

The minor with endorsement requires the above 7 courses PLUS 100 fieldwork hours (including registration in BBE 96) and a passing score on the Target Language Proficiency Test.

• BBE 96 100 FIELD EXPERIENCE HOURS IN ESL / BE DOCUMENTED

ISBE Licensure Division endorses in any target language for which tests are available through ILTS. If a language test through ILTS does not exist for bilingual endorsement, candidates may substitute the Foreign Language Content-Area test.

**Note: Individuals interested in pursuing a minor in bilingual and a minor in ESL need to select the combined ESL-Bilingual (ESL-BE) minor. Individuals cannot earn a separate minor for both areas.​

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