In addition to meeting IUP's general graduate admissions requirements, candidates to the MA in TESOL program should be aware of the following:

Candidates are expected to have at least a 3.0 GPA (B average), preferably in a relevant field of study such as TESOL, ESL, EFL, second/foreign language, linguistics, English, composition, literature, education, sociology, psychology, anthropology, or history.
Candidates with strong academic records but with backgrounds in other disciplines may be admitted conditionally pending completion of ENGL 526 ESL Methods and Materials.
Candidates are not required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), but may submit it to bolster their applications.
Candidates who are speakers of English as a second language are required to submit with their applications a minimum TOEFL score of 570 paper-based (PBT), or 88 internet-based (iBT), and a minimum TWE (Test of Written English) score of 4.5.
All applications to the MA TESOL program will be assessed according to the following admissions criteria:

Academic record and other evidence of academic ability
Quality of the personal statement of goals. You may include in it a rationale for selecting TESOL and the IUP MA in TESOL program, an explanation of the relevance of your academic and professional background to your graduate studies, and a statement of your academic and professional goals.
Disciplinary background
Letters of recommendation. These are reviewed for the evidence they provide about the applicant's academic, scholarly, teaching and other professional accomplishments and abilities, as well as for his/her general human, social, communication, and other related skills.
Teaching/professional experience
Language proficiency (only for speakers of English as a second language)