Master Degree Program

GENERAL OPTION:

Basic Course Requirements (18 hours)

• EDC 385G: The Teaching of Literacy  (Take during the first fall semester of enrollment)

• Master Reading Teacher Institute (6 hours) 
  • EDC 390T: Reading and Inquiry
  • EDC 390T: Literacy Practicum

• EDC 380T: Writing Process and Pedagogy

• EDC 380R: Educational Research and Design

• EDC 385G: Literacy and Social Change (Take during your last year of enrollment)

Select 12 hours from the following list:

• EDC 390T: Young Adult Literature
• EDC 385G: Classroom Discourse and Teacher Research
• EDC 385G: Orality, Literacy and Technology
• EDC 385G: Literacy and Culture
• EDC 385G: History of Reading Instruction
• EDC 382S: Secondary English & Reading
• EDC 385G: Research on Adolescent Literacy In and Out of School
• EDC 390T: Children’s Literature
• EDC 385G: Literacy Leadership for Change
• EDC 385G: Language and Linguistics in Education
• EDC 385G: Reading Difficulties
• EDC 390T: The Art of the Picture Book
• EDC 385G: Literacy Acquisition
• EDC 385G: Sociolinguistics in Research and Teaching
• EDC 382E: Issues and Trends in Literacy
• EDC380T: Teaching Composition

+6 hours of electives outside the department (not EDC)

 

READING SPECIALIST OPTION:

Basic Course Requirements (18 hours):

• EDC 385G: The Teaching of Literacy (Take during the first fall semester of enrollment)

• Master Reading Teacher Institute (6 hours) 
  • EDC 390T: Reading and Inquiry
  • EDC 390T: Literacy Practicum

• EDC 380T: Writing Process and Pedagogy

• EDC 380R: Educational Research and Design

• EDC 385G: Literacy and Social Change (Take during the last year of enrollment)

Requirements for Reading Specialist option (12 hours):

• EDC 385G: Literacy Leadership for Change
• EDC 385G: Language and Linguistics in Education
• EDC 385G: Reading Difficulties

Select one course from the following list:

• EDC 382S: Secondary English & Reading
• EDC 385G: Research on Adolescent Literacy In and Out of School
• EDC 390T: Children’s Literature

+6 hours of electives outside the department (not EDC)

 

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