The M. Ed. in Literacy creates literacy experts who can work in multiple educational contexts to ensure that all students develop the literacy practices needed to participate in a diverse, technologically sophisticated and highly literate society. Courses examine such issues as literacy assessment, remediation and intervention, construction and evaluation of curriculum, literacy programs, literacy leadership and reform, diverse learners and literacy development.
A typical program is 32 - 33 semester hours
Educ 510 Advanced Educational Foundations
Educ 511 Consulting, Collaborating and Coaching
Educ 513 Cognition, Learning, and Literacy Development
Educ 540 Language Arts in Elem and Mid School Curriculum
Educ 541 Early and Emergent Literacy
Educ 542 Diagnosis and Remediation of Literacy Difficulties
Educ 543 Adolescent and Adult Literacy
Literacy Pre-requisite or Elective
Social Context Workshop or Course
Educ 591 Educational Research and Evaluation
Educ 594 Graduate Seminar: Literacy
