Elective courses may be chosen from the following list, or from relevant courses in other departments of the university. All electives must be approved in advance by the student's advisor.
- SLS 408 Multilingual education
- SLS 418 Instructional media
- SLS 430 Pidgin & creole English in Hawai‘i
- SLS 460 English phonology
- SLS 610 Introduction to Teaching second languages
- SLS 611 Second language testing
- SLS 612 Alternative approaches to second language teaching
- SLS 613 Second language listening & speaking
- SLS 614 Second language writing
- SLS 620 Second language reading
- SLS 630 Second language program development
- SLS 640 English syntax
- SLS 642 Comparative grammar and SLA
- SLS 670 Second language quantitative research
- SLS 671 Research in language testing
- SLS 672 Second language classroom research
- SLS 673 Applied psycholinguistics and SLA
- SLS 675 Second language qualitative research
- SLS 676 Interpretive qualitative inquiry
- SLS 678 Discourse analysis in second language research
- SLS 680E Topics in SLS: Second language learning
- SLS 680N Topics in SLS: Second language analysis
- SLS 680P Topics in SLS: Second language pedagogy
- SLS 680R Topics in SLS: Second language research
- SLS 680U Various Topics SLS: in Second language use
- SLS 690 ESL Teaching practicum
- SLS 699V Directed reading/research (variable credit)
Note. A maximum of 3 credits of 699 can be counted toward the 36 required credits. The final product of SLS 699 cannot be the MA Scholarly Paper.