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Curriculum

A minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate

credit is required to complete the degree.

These credits should be earned as follows:

I. Research Techniques*

3 sem. hrs.

EDUC788 Research in Education (3)

II. Curriculum 3 sem. hrs.

Either:

ELED786 Elementary and Middle

School Curriculum

Development and

Improvement (3)

Or:

EDUC786 Secondary and Middle

School Curriculum

Development and

Improvement (3)

III. Reading Education Foundations

21 sem. hrs.

READ607 Reading and Writing in the

Content Areas

READ702 Reading and the Special

Needs Student

READ706 Foundations of Literacy

Theory and Instruction

READ709 Literacy Difficulties:

Assessment and

Intervention

READ712 Reading Clinic

READ710 Seminar: Organization,

Supervision and

Administration of Reading

Programs

ELED626 Technology Integration in

the Classroom

Approved Elective

3 sem. hrs.

To be selected from approved courses

with advisor

V. Required Reading Courses 15 sem. hrs.

READ607 Reading in the Content Area

(3)

READ709 Analysis and Correction of

Reading Difficulties (3)

READ710 Seminar: Organization,

Supervision and

Administration of Reading

Programs (3)

READ712 Reading Clinic** (3-6)

ELED626 Technology Integration in

the Classroom (3) Or

ELED726 Microcomputers in

Education II (3)

VI. Related Elective

3 sem. hrs.

These credits should be selected from the

following courses or any other course

approved by the advisor.

ELED511 Storytelling (3)

ELED617 Improvement of Instruction

in Language Arts (3)

ELED718 Seminar in Language Arts (3)

ELED721 Seminar in Children's

Literature (3)

** Any student who is found to need addi-

tional clinic experience must take three

additional hours of clinic in lieu of the

Related Elective course.

Degree Requirements

Students must comply with the degree require-

ments for the Master of Education degree. In

addition, students in this program must satis-

factorily complete the Reading Specialist

Praxis exam or a written comprehensive

examination covering the coursework of the

program. It is the student's responsibility to

schedule this examination through the director

of graduate reading programs.

READING SPECIALIST

CERTIFICATION

A student seeking Reading Specialist certifica-

tion:

Completes the Reading Specialist Certifica-

tion Program.

A minimum of 24 semester hours of graduate

credit is required to complete this certification

program. These credits should be earned as

follows:

I. Curriculum

3 sem. hrs.

Either:

ELED786 Elementary and Middle

School Curriculum

Development and

Improvement (3)

EDUC786 Secondary and Middle

School Curriculum

Development and

Improvement (3)

II. Curriculum

3 sem. hrs.

ELED786 Elementary and Middle

School Curriculum

Development and

Improvement Or

EDUC786 Secondary School

Curriculum Development

and Improvement

III. Reading Education Foundations

21 sem. hrs.

READ607 Reading and Writing in the

Content Areas

READ706 Foundations of Literacy

Theory and Instruction

READ702 Reading and the Special

Needs Student

READ709 Literacy Difficulties:

Assessment and

Intervention

READ712 Reading Clinic

READ710 Seminar: Organization,

Supervision and

Administration of Reading

Programs

ELED626 Technology Integration in

the Classroom

Upon a student's request, the director of grad-

uate reading programs may waive a required

course in favor of a more advanced course

when the student fulfills the competencies the

course is designed to develop.

Program Requirements

Students must satisfactorily complete the

course requirements of this program. To do so,

the student must earn a cumulative average of

"B" (3.00) or better for the courses completed

as part of the Reading Specialist Certification

Program. Students must not earn more than 6

semester hours of credit with a grade of "C". In

addition, a student must satisfactorily com-

plete the Reading Specialist Praxis exam.

**A double asterisk for a graduate course title indi-

cates the course was designed for majors only.

Elementary Education

Courses

ELED503

SPECIAL TOPICS IN

ELEMENTARY

EDUCATION

1 or 3 sem. hrs.

This course provides opportunity for an in-

depth study of a specific topic in Elementary

Education.

ELED505

READING AND THE

ATYPICAL CHILD

3 sem. hrs.

This course explores physical and mental

problems that may hinder a child's progress in

reading. An overview of the prospective prob-

lems affecting atypical children is presented

with suggested ways of dealing with reading

difficulties.

ELED508

READING INSTITUTE

1 or 3 sem. hrs.

This course is designed to meet the needs of

non-reading majors who wish to study and

investigate special areas of interest related to

the field of reading. Specific topics for study

and investigation will be determined by the

students participating in the Reading Institute.

Members of the reading faculty and other fac-

ulty will be utilized to develop the specific

topics to be considered.

(A maximum of six-semester hours of credit in

this course may be used to meet the minimum

requirements for the Master's Degree in Ele-

mentary Education.)

ELED510

READING FOR ADULT

BASIC EDUCATION

3 sem. hrs.

The purpose of this course is to prepare the

reading specialist or other interested persons

to work with undereducated or functionally

illiterate adults in the development of basic or

survival reading skills.

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