M.ED. Curriculum and Instruction: Reading and Literacy


The Literacy program is designed to help classroom teachers at both the elementary and secondary levels become literacy professionals by deepening their understanding of literacy processes, purposes, and development and broadening their range of instructional, assessment, and intervention approaches to have the greatest possible impact on their students’ learning. Candidates in the program will develop the confidence to make evidence based instructional/intervention decisions in their own classrooms or as reading/literacy professionals. They will also develop the literacy leadership skills to analyze and design curriculum and professional development across multiple tiers of instruction, and to advocate appropriate practice with parents, colleagues, the larger community, and policy makers. The Ashland University M.Ed. in Reading and Literacy provides the option of satisfying all requirements for the Ohio Reading Endorsement. There is a ten year limit on literacy coursework that can be transferred into this program.

Course Number and Title

Hrs.

Prerequisites

Core Courses:

6

None

*EDCI 523 Literacy Theory and Curriculum

3

None

Literacy Core:

 

 

EDCI 561 Content Area Literacy**

3

None

*EDEC 567 Advanced Methods of Literacy

3

None

Major Professional Courses

 

 

EDCI 580 Writing Instruction & Intervention Across the Curriculum

3

None

EDCI 594 The Psychology of Reading, Language Development, & Reading Difficulties

3

None

Literacy Intervention & Assessment (M.Ed. Choose One):

3

 

*EDEC 663 Intervention & Assessment in Literacy for the Elementary Learner

(3)

12-hour Ohio Reading Core

*EDCI 664 Intervention & Assessment in Literacy for the Secondary Learner

(3)

12-hour Ohio Reading Core

Advanced Field Practicum:

 

 

*EDCI 715 Graduate Literacy Internship

3

EDEC 663, EDCI 664

Capstone:

 

 

EDUC 780 The Role of the Literary Professional

3

24 hours w/ M.Ed. Core

M.Ed. in Reading & Literacy            Total Hours

30 hrs.

 

M.Ed. in Reading & Literacy with Reading Endorsement Total Hours

33 hrs.

 

* Indicates Reading Endorsement Requirement with the pre-requisite of 12-hour Ohio Reading Core.

One Prerequisite Course in each of the following:

Phonics (including Dyslexia)

Literacy Foundations, Theory or Content Area Reading*

Literature (Child, Adolescent, etc.)

Language Arts Methods

*Content Area Reading is part of the program curriculum