Once certified teachers have received a master’s degree, colleges can meet their needs with state-approved “graduate courses of study.” These are groups of courses of 6-18 credits with a common focus. The education department has four graduate courses of study:

• Graduate Course of Study in Literacy
• Graduate Course of Study in Action Research
• Graduate Course of Study in Standards-Based Teaching
• Graduate Course of Study for Reading Specialist Certification

Advanced Course of Study in Literacy

16 credit Hours

• ED505 Developing Strategic Readers
• ED509 Teaching the Struggling Reader or Writer
• ED514 Language and Linguistics
• ED515 Methods in Process Writing
• ED527 Portfolio Development (6 hours)

Advanced Course of Study in Action Research

12-15 credit hours

• ED530 Analysis of Research Methodology and Design
• ED540,550,560,570 Topics In English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science or Social Studies
• ED535 Action Research
• ED600 Thesis Credit

Upon completion of the action research project, teachers will write a professional article for submission for publication. The thesis credit class will function as a writing workshop focusing on collaboration, peer revising and editing. A teacher may elect to do 3 or 6 hours of thesis credit, depending on the complexity of the research design.

Advanced Courses of Study for Standards-Based Teaching

16 credit hours

• ED506A Curriculum Building
• ED519 Literacy Across the Curriculum
• ED521 Analysis of Teaching
• ED527 Portfolio Development
• ED534 Learning Theory
• ED536 Seminar on Instructional Models

Advanced Course of Study for Reading Specialist Certification

24 credit hours

• ED505 Developing Strategic Readers
• ED509 Teaching the Struggling Reader or Writer
• ED512 Advanced Diagnosis and Remediation of Literacy Problems
• ED513 Practicum in Literacy Teaching
• ED514 Language and Linguistics
• ED515 Methods in Process Writing
• ELL course (must be transferred in)
• ED560 Practicum