Graduate Courses of Study (Education) Post Masters
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