Ohio Admin. Code 3341-3-78
This policy describes the ESL requirements for graduate admissions.
Valid test of English as a foreign language (TOEFL), Pearson English language test (PTE), international English language testing system (IELTS), or English language servives (ESL) scores obtained within the last two years are required of all applying for admission whose first language is not English. For more information, see www.ets.org, www.pearsonpte.com, www.ielts.org, and www.esl.edu.
Official TOEFL, PTE, IELTS, or ESL score report recommended minimums are eighty TOEFL IBT; fifty-three PTE; six point five IELTS; ESL.
Applicants admitted with scores below these minimums are required to take English ESOL classes within their first two semesters of enrollment. Detailed information about these requirements is available on the ESOL program and graduate college websites.
Satisfactory completion of all required ESOL courses is mandatory for continued university funding and graduation. More information about the ESOL program's testing and courses is available at http://www.bgsu.edu/esol
Applicants are exempt from providing standardized language proficiency test scores if they are: US citizens; from a country whose population speaks English as its first language; or have a previous degree (associate's, bachelor's, master's, or doctorate) from a US college/university or from a country in which instruction was delivered in English.
A complete list of qualifying countries can be found at: https://www.bgsu.edu/graduate/admissions.html.
All graduate assistants who will serve in instructional capacities (teaching, tutoring, laboratory sections, etc.) who are not native speakers of English must demonstrate that they are orally proficient in the English language prior to working with students. Please see international teaching assistant language policygraduate. https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/general-counsel/policies/academic-affairs/graduate/international-teaching-assistant-language-graduate.pdf
Replaces: 3341-3-10
Ohio Admin. Code 3341-3-78
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3341.
Rule Amplifies: 3341.
Prior Effective Dates: 05/23/2019