Master of Arts (M.A.)
Literacy
Program Highlights & Benefits
Meet one night per week from 4:45 - 8:45p
2 year completion time, including holiday breaks
No GRE or admission tests
No weekend classes
Goals and Focus of the Program
The Master of Arts in Literacy focuses on the teaching and assessment of reading and writing skills for all learners in Grades K-12. The program will help candidates become better reading and language arts teachers, advance teachers’ abilities to instruct and assess students’ strengths and areas of need in reading, using best practices. Candidates will develop deepened knowledge of reading and writing instruction, diagnosis and assessment, multicultural literature and application of reading strategies across the curriculum. Candidates will develop the capacity and focus to become researchers as they create intervention plans for individuals students based on the students’ assessed strengths and needs.
Program Design
The Master of Arts in Literacy program follows a cohort model where students meet one night per week from 4:45 – 8:45pm. The duration of the program is approximately two years, including almost 18 months of coursework followed by the comprehensive examination.
Prerequisites
Candidates in the Master of Arts in Literacy program will hold at least a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum GPA of 2.5, a current teaching certificate, one year of full time, contracted, licensed teaching experience and access to a classroom and students throughout the duration of the program to fulfill field study requirements.
Degree Requirements and Career Outcome
The degree requirements for this program are successful completion of program’s respective courses (listed below) and a passing score on the comprehensive exam taken after all coursework is complete. Upon completion of this program, candidates will have earned a Master of Arts degree in Literacy. This is not a certificate, licensure or endorsement program.
Plan of Study
| Course | Title | Start Week | End Week | Hours |
EDUC 518 | The Writing Process | Aug. 26, 2019 | Oct. 14, 2019 | 3 |
EDUC 582 | Multicultural Literature for Children and Adolescents | Oct. 21, 2019 | Dec. 9, 2019 | 3 |
EDUC 535 | English Language Learners | Jan. 6, 2020 | Feb. 24, 2020 | 3 |
EDUC 526 | Diagnosis and Remediation in Reading and Language Arts | Mar. 2, 2020 | Apr. 27, 2020 | 3 |
EDUC 515 | Educational Research | May 4, 2020 | Jun. 22, 2020 | 3 |
EDUC 573 | Content Area Literacy in Elementary Schools | Aug. 31, 2020 | Oct. 19, 2020 | 3 |
EDUC 511 | Educational Issues: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives | Oct. 26, 2020 | Dec. 14, 2020 | 3 |
EDUC 538 | Critical Literacy | Jan. 4, 2021 | Feb. 22, 2021 | 3 |
EDUC 584 | Integrating Technology and Literacy | Mar. 1, 2021 | Apr. 26, 2021 | 3 |
EDUC 521 | Action Research in Literacy | May 3, 2021 | Jun. 21, 2021 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 30 | |||
Please Note:
*The courses for this program may be offered in a different order. This list should not be considered the finalized course sequence.
Anticipated Comprehensive Exam Date: July 2021
