Reading Specialist (Certification Only)
This program is entirely online.
Students must hold a Master's degree in order to enroll in this program. The Reading Specialist certification includes an option to apply for Master Reading Teacher certification after becoming certified as a Reading Specialist. Certification as a Master Reading Teacher requires 3 years of verifiable classroom teaching experience.
Total hours: 27
| Required courses (15 credit hours) | |
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| LIST 5326 | Teaching the Language Arts in Secondary Schools |
| LIST 5345 | Content Area Reading & Writing |
| LIST 5350 | Literacy Assessment |
| LIST 5361 | Language Learning: Educational Perspectives |
| LIST 5373 | Foundations of Literacy Learning in the Primary Grades |
| Choose one course from each of the following pairs (6 credit hours) | |
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| LIST 5353 | Literature for Children and Young Adults |
| LIST 5354 | Multicultural Literature for Children |
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| LIST 5346 | Teaching the Writing Process |
| LIST 5384 | Advanced Pedagogy of Writing |
| Required practicum (6 credit hours) | |
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| LIST 5316 | Literacy Practicum I (must be taken in first long semester of enrollment) |
| LIST 5317 | Literacy Practicum II (capstone- taken in last long semester of enrollment) |
