Literacy Education: Birth - Grade 6 - MSEd

Admission Requirements

1. Undergraduate degree with a GPA of at least 2.8.
    
2. New York State initial, professional, or permanent teacher certification in early childhood education, childhood education, elementary education, TESOL or special education.
    
3. Submission of a letter of recommendation from a supervisor as one of the two letters of recommendation to be included in the graduate application.
    
4. Completion of a satisfactory on-site writing sample after the application is reviewed.
    
5. Completion of a satisfactory interview.

Progress Standards

1. Master’s candidates must maintain a GPA of a minimum of 3.0 on all courses taken in the literacy master’s program.
    
2. Master’s candidates with any course grades below B- in literacy courses EDLIT 736, EDLIT 737, EDLIT 742 and EDLIT 740 will not be allowed to continue in the program.
    
3. Master’s candidates with a grade of Incomplete in any course will be restricted from registering for more than one course.
    
4. Master’s candidates with two or more grades of Incomplete are prohibited from registering for more than one course. Those with two or more grades of Incomplete are prohibited from registering for any more courses until the Incomplete grades are removed.

 Note: It is recommended that students with two or more INs take an official leave of absence.

Literacy Education: Birth through Grade 6 Course of Study

Total Credits: 31-37 credits

• ECC 70400 - Language and Literacy: Birth through Grade 2
• EDLIT 73200 - Children’s Literature
• EDLIT 73300 - Theories and Process of Teaching Writing: Pre-K–Grade 6
• EDLIT 73500 - Survey of Instructional Approaches for Language and Literacy Development: Grades K-12
• EDLIT 73000 - Language, Literacy and Culture, Grades 1-12
• EDLIT 73100 - Literacy Assessment: Birth–Grade 6
• EDLIT 73400 - Literacies within the Disciplines: K–Grade 6
• EDLIT 73600 - Diagnosis of Reading Difficulties
• EDLIT 73700 - Practicum in Remedial Reading
• EDLIT 73900 - Literacy Instruction for Struggling Readers and Writers, PreK-6
• EDLIT 74500 - Literacy Research for Change
• EDLIT 74000 - Leadership in Literacy
• EDLIT 74200 - Practicum in Literacy

•  Students may be exempted from up to 6 credits on  the basis of prior or equivalent coursework.

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Exit Standards

1. Overall GPA of 3.0 or better.
    
2. An “achieved the standard” rating, or better, on the Professional Teaching Portfolio duting final presentation to the Master’s in Literacy Portfolio Review Committee.
    
3. A grade of B or better in literacy courses EDLIT 736, EDLIT 737, EDLIT 742, and EDLIT 740.
    
4. Students must pass the School of Education technology assessment.