2023-2024 Catalog

Reading M.Ed.

Admission Requirements

  1. Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate records.
  2. A bachelor’s degree with a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale in all undergraduate coursework. Applicants with undergraduate GPAs less than 3.00 may be admitted to degree candidacy upon submission of other evidence of academic potential.
  3. A teaching certificate.
  4. Two Candidate Reference Forms accompanied by two letters of recommendation.
  5. A Professional Goals Essay.

Course Requirements

Foundations Component

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ELED 510Research Methods, Analysis, and Applications

3

Fall, Spring, Summer.
FNED 502Social Issues in Education

3

Fall, Spring, Summer.

Professional Education Component

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
SPED 546Dyslexia in Schools: Assessment and Identification

3

Summer.
READ 501Reading in the Content Areas

3

Fall.
TESL 507Literacy Instruction for Emergent Bilingual Learners

3

Fall, Spring.
READ 534Foundations in Literacy

3

Summer.
READ 629Literacy Practicum for Assessment and Intervention

6

Summer.
READ 630Literacy and the Community

2

Summer.
READ 667Reading Specialist Coaching and the Administration of Reading Programs

4

Spring.
READ 687Urban Literacies

3

Summer.

Note: READ 507: (Or TESL 507)

Comprehensive Assessment

Pass Praxis 5301: Reading Specialist Test

Total Credit Hours: 36