Literacy Concentration Information

The goal of the Literacy concentration is to help educators better meet the reading/language arts needs of today’s diverse students while simultaneously becoming leaders in their schools, districts, and beyond. Courses in literacy development, instruction, assessment, and intervention, as well as a job-embedded practicum and leadership experiences, provide the foundation that allows teachers to grow into roles such as Reading/English Language Arts Specialists, literacy coaches, Specialized Literacy Professionals, and/or Reading Interventionists.

Required Courses for the M.Ed. Literacy Concentration (without additional endorsement):

• GED 534 - Literacy Assessment, Instruction, and Intervention in Reading Credits: 3 cr.
• GED 558 - Educator as Researcher Credits: 3 cr.
• GED 606 - Literacy Development and Instruction in the Elementary Grades Credits: 3 cr.
• GED 699 - Capstone Seminar Credits: 3 cr.

Select at least one of the following courses in literature for children and young adults:

• GED 517 - Teaching Nonfiction in the Elementary Classroom Credits: 3 cr.
• GED 535 - Children’s Literature: Author and Illustrator Study Credits: 3 cr.

Select at least one of the following courses in specialized instruction for readers who struggle:

• GED 607 - Literacy Instruction for Struggling Adolescent Readers: Intervention and Instruction Credits: 3 cr.
• GED 640 - Language and Learning Credits: 3 cr.
• GED 643 - Multisensory Language-Based Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities Credits: 3 cr.

Select at least one of the following courses in writing or book arts:

• GED 595 - Launching and Developing the Writing Workshop in the Elementary Grades Credits: 3 cr.
• GED 624 - The Art of the Book Credits: 3 cr.

The following courses are popular electives for students in the Literacy concentration:

Students will select an additional six credits in Literacy Electives in consultation with their advisor, and an additional nine credits in General Electives to complete their master’s in education with a concentration in literacy.

• GED 510 - Becoming a Literacy Leader: Tools and Strategies for Success Credits: 3
• GED 522 - Teaching Literacy in the Pre-K-6 Classroom Credits: 3 cr.
• GED 530 - Literacy in Middle and Secondary Schools Credits: 3 cr.
• GED 635A - Middle Grades Organization Credits: 3 cr.
• GED 580 - Approaches to Teaching Credits: 3 cr.
• GED 669 - Oral Traditions and Literacy: Readers’ Theater, Poetry Slams and Storytelling Credits: 3 cr.
• GED 678 - Heroes, Art, and Social Justice: Aesthetic Perspectives Credits: 3 cr.
• GED 693 - Integrating Art, Social Studies, and Language Arts: Pre-K-6 Credits: 3 cr.