Reading Education (EDRD)

300 Literacy and Curriculum Integration for Specialist Teachers (3:3:0). Provides a research-based introduction to K­12 content area reading, writing, and language arts for music and health/physical education teachers. Emphasizes the integration of reading and other language arts across the curriculum.

500 In-Service Educational Development (1-6:0:0). See EDUC 500.

597 Special Topics in Education (3:3:0). See EDUC 597.

614 Teaching Reading in the Secondary School (3:3:0). Emphasizes reading and writing in content areas; reading/writing causes, classroom diagnosis, and remediation of reading problems; study skills; and rates of reading.

615 Teaching Reading/Writing in Multicultural/Multilingual Settings (3:3:0). Develops instructional competencies in reading/writing approaches for students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Examines teaching reading/writing across the curriculum, biliteracy acquisition, historical and current reading/writing approaches for second language learners, preliteracy skills for younger and older English language learners, and special issues in developmental and diagnostic reading for language minority students.

618 Organization and Administration of Reading
Programs (3:3:0). Prerequisites: EDRD 559 or 614, EDRD 611, and EDRD 613, or permission of instructor. Examines the roles of reading administrators (consultants, specialists, or language arts supervisors), the organization and implementation of reading programs and services, a review and analysis of management techniques, and the development of skills necessary to implement reading programs.

630 Advanced Literacy Foundations and Instruction, Birth to Middle Childhood (4:4:0). Prerequisite: Admission to the literacy concentration or permission of the literacy program coordinator. Provides advanced study of literacy theory, research, and practice as it relates to younger learners. Addresses sociocultural, cognitive, linguistic, psychological, and developmental influences on children's literacy. Reading, writing, and oral communication are included.

631 Advanced Literacy Foundations and Instruction, Adolescence through Adulthood (4:4:0). Prerequisites: EDRD 631; admission to the literacy concentration or permission of the literacy program coordinator. Provides advanced study of literacy theory, research, and practice as it relates to adolescents and adults. Addresses sociocultural, cognitive, linguistic, psychological, and developmental influences on literacy. Reading, writing, and oral communication are included.

632 Literacy Assessments and Interventions for Groups (3:3:0). Prerequisites: EDRD 630 and 631; admission to the literacy concentration or permission of the literacy program coordinator. Provides literacy assessments and interventions for groups of learners. Study includes an exploration of assessment tools for both classrooms and large populations. Class members conduct related practicums in their own classrooms or in specified field settings.

633 Literacy Assessments and Interventions for Individuals (3:3:0). Prerequisites: EDRD 630, 631, 632; admission to the literacy concentration or permission of the literacy program coordinator. Provides literacy assessments and interventions for individuals. Includes diagnosis and remediation for learners who find reading and writing difficult. An assigned practicum experience is required.

634 Advanced Literacy Seminar and Project (4:4:0). Prerequisites: EDRD 630, 631, 632, 633; admission to the literacy concentration or permission of the literacy program coordinator. Provides advanced seminar for master's degree students who are specializing in literacy. Includes literacy program supervision, staff development, and research-based inquiry related to literacy. This course is normally taught over two semesters.

797 Advanced Topics in Education (3:3:0). See EDUC 797.

830 Foundations of Literacy: Birth through Later Childhood (3:3:0). See EDUC 830.

831 Foundations of Literacy: Adolescence through Adulthood (3:3:0). See EDUC 831.