EdM
Literacy Education Specialization

Research Component
3 credits

EdPsy 505 (3)
Research Methods

T&L 588 (3)
Action Research:  Teachers as Researchers

Foundations Component
3 credits

EdAd 507 (3)
Social Foundations

T&L 510 (3)
Theoretical Foundations for the Schooling of Language Minorities

T&L 537 (3)
Seminar in Language, Literacy, & Culture

EdPsy 502 (3)
Theoretical Foundations of Learning and Instruction

T&L 549 (3)
Communicating in a Multilingual Society

Emphasis Coursework
Minimum 21 credits

T&L 507 Seminar in Literacy in Multicultural Settings (3)
T&L 528 Content Area Reading Instruction: Theory and Practice (3)
T&L 530 Innovations in Reading (2)
T&L 532 Children’s Literature in the Curriculum (2)
T&L 538 Writing Across the Curriculum (3)
T&L 539 Innovations in Language Arts (3)
T&L 544 Advanced Children’s Literature (3)
T&L 546 Teaching Writing in the Elementary School (3)
T&L 547 Teaching Folk Literature to Children and Adolescents (3)
T&L 548 Teaching Adolescent Literature (3)
T&L 551 Psychology of Reading (3)
T&L 553 Assessment and Instruction for Reading (4)
T&L 558 Improving Comprehension Through Literature (3)

Electives
Maximum 6 credits

Contingent upon approval by an academic advisor, candidates may apply up to 6 credits from other T&L 500-level courses.  Candidates may also apply credits earned from their Professional Certification coursework as electives.

Final Examination
2 credits

T & L 702 Master’s Examination — Meet with Program Advisor six (6) months prior to exam.
1 Beginning Fall, 2011, comprehensive examinations will only be offered during the Fall and Spring semesters. Petitions for an exception to this policy will be considered at the initiation of the student and approved by the Academic Director and Department of Teaching and Learning faculty.