Master of Education

Curriculum and Instruction

Reading - Reading Specialist Certification - online
Master Reading Teacher Certification

Mission: The Curriculum and Instruction programs provide the master classroom teachers with knowledge of the latest research and skills to continue seeking new information. Due to their pursuit of knowledge, graduates of these programs shall be recognized as experts in their chosen field of study as well as outstanding classroom teachers.

Students must pass a comprehensive examination on the content of one course from their major, another from the core and one from a supporting area. Students are eligible to take the comprehensive exam either the semester before or during the semester they intend to graduate. Students who fail one part of the exam may re-take the exam within the same semester in which it was first attempted. Students who fail more than one part of the comprehensive examination must wait until the next semester before they may re-take the examination. A subsequent failure will result in required remedial work and may delay graduation. After three failures, students will be withdrawn from the program and, therefore, be deemed ineligible for graduation.

These online programs have a common core as follows:

  • C&I 6321 Principles of Curriculum Development
    OR C&I 6322 Principles of Curriculum Organization
  • C&I 6332 Education in a Multicultural Society
  • FED 6321 Foundations of Educational Research
  • FED 6331 Human Growth and Development
    OR FED 6333 Principles of Human Learning

Core: 12 semester hours
Major:    
C&I 6360 Foundations of Literacy Learning
C&I 6362 Assessment of Literacy Learning
LNG 6310 Linguistics and Reading
EED 6365 Teaching the language Arts
C&I 6304 Practicum in Reading
   
Additional Requirements:
C&I 6305 Professional Research
C&I 6363 Reading in Content Areas
EED 6367 Literature for Children (elementary majors)
  OR  
SED 6367 Literature for Adolescents (secondary majors)
     
Additional Master Reading Teacher Requirement:
AED6315 Principles of Instructional Supervision

Additional Requirements for the Reading Specialist Certificate

  • Hold a valid Texas teacher certificate.
  • Masters degree.
  • A minimum of two years of teaching experience in an accredited school
  • Admission to graduate study within the School of Education and Human Development must precede the completion of applicable course work
  • The program for the certificate includes:
    • Twelve semester hours of graduate work in reading including the following suggested areas: foundations of reading; diagnosis and correction of reading disabilities; and clinical or laboratory practicum in reading.
    • A resource area of at least six semester hours, including multicultural concepts and linguistics.
    • A professional education area of at least six semester hours.
    • (Individuals holding provisional certification at the elementary level are required to have at least six semester hours in the study of the junior high and/or high school age pupil and in the study of working with pupils at the secondary level;
    • individuals holding certification at the junior and/or high school level are required to have at least six semester hours in the study of the elementary school pupil and in the study of working with pupils at this level.)
    • Pass the TExES #151.

(For requirements for the Master Reading Teacher see ?Graduate Certificates? in this section of the catalog.)

Curriculum and Instruction (Reading) - online

  • Core:
    • 12 semester hours
  • Major:
    • C&I 6360 Foundations of Literacy Learning
    • C&I 6362 Assessment of Literacy Learning
    • C&I 6363 Reading in Content Areas
    • EED 6365 Teaching the language Arts
    • EED 6367 Literature for Children OR
      SED 6367 Literature for Adolescents
  • Additional Requirements:
    • C&I 6305 Professional Research
    • 6 semester hours by advisement (non-thesis option)
      OR C&I 6308 & 6309 (thesis option)