Reading Specialist (K-12)

Must hold an elementary, secondary, or special license to obtain Reading Specialist endorsement.

I. Core (9 semester hours)

Research (6 semester hours)

required

EPY 702 Research Methods (prerequisite to EPY 718 or EPY 721)

select one

EPY 718 Qualitative Research Methodologies

EPY 721 Descriptive & Inferential Statistics: An Introduction

Foundations (select one: 3 semester hours)

CIG 603 Urban Education (formerly CIG 703)

CIG 650 Multicultural Education (formerly CIG 750)

EPY 707 Adolescent Development

EPY 711 Human Growth and Development

EPY 712 Foundations of Learning and Cognition

II. Concentration: Reading Specialist (24 semester hours)

Foundations (6 semester hours – enrollment recommended before taking other literacy courses)

required

CIL 601 Foundations of Literacy Learning (formerly CIL 701)

select one

CIL 600 Topics Literacy Education (formerly CIL 702)

CIL 680 Contemporary Literature for Children and Young Adults (formerly CIL 740)

Reading Specialist Courses (15 semester hours)

required

CIL 610 Content Area Literacy (formerly CIL 710)

CIL 621 Assessment in Literacy (formerly CIL 721)

CIL 622 Practicum Literacy Diagnosis and Instruction (formerly CIL 722)

CIL 691 Organization and Supervision Literacy Programs (formerly CIL 726)

select one

CIL 604 Literacy Instruction for Young Children (formerly CIL 704)

CIL 607 Comprehensive Reading Instruction (formerly CIL 707)

Reading Specialist Elective (3 semester hours)

CIL 600-level course approved by advisor

III. Culminating Experience (9 semester hours)

CIL 699 Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction: Literacy Research (formerly CIG 717 3 semester hours; to be taken prior to CIG 699)

CIG 699 Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (formerly CIG 719; 6 semester hours total)

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