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OVERVIEW
About the CAS Program

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PROGRAM PLANNING
Program Planning Guide

Program Planning worksheet

Advanced Standing (transfer courses)

COURSEWORK
Reading courses

Allied courses

Listing of advanced courses

Continuous Enrollment

EXAMINATIONS

Overview

CAS Inquiry Project

Comprehensive Exam

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Last Updated: September 7, 2008

CAS Program Planning Guide

Immediately after being accepted into the CAS program, you are assigned (or may request) a program advisor, whose primary responsibility is to assist you in planning and carrying out your course of study. You will be notified of your advisor's name in the acceptance letter. A change in program advisor is possible at a later date--it requires a written request to and the approval of the Department Chair.

Program Planning. After evaluating your prior coursework and experiences, you and your advisor develop a Program Plan. This plan should reflect the best possible coursework appropriate to the your background and academic goals, within the general requirements of the Reading Department, the School of Education and the University. CAS students are required to earn 60 credits, including applicable courses approved for Advanced Standing).

Two options are available for CAS students, depending on whether they are preparing for the Comprehensive Exam (Part A), or the Inquiry Project to satisfy the requirements of the Capstone experience.

Preparing for Comprehensive Exam. CAS students who are preparing to take the Comprehensive Examination (Part A) take the same required courses as PhD students. Thus these students would take each of the core courses (ERDG756, 757, 710, 711, 781, 782), with the option of substituting ‘cross-domain’ courses (e.g., ERDG773, 738) with permission of the Department, when core courses are not available.

Course distribution requirements:

• Core Reading Courses (min: 18 hours)

• Other Courses in Reading: (min: 12 hours)

• Allied Courses in Professional Education (min: 6 hours)

• Courses in Research Methodology: (min 6 hours)

Preparing for Inquiry Project. CAS students preparing for the Inquiry Project have to take a minimum of one course in each of the three domains (Literacy across the lifespan, Literacy and schooling, Literacy and society), plus ERDG758 (Inquiry Project).

Course distribution requirements:

• Core Reading Courses (min: 9 hours)

• Other Courses in Reading: (min: 21 hours)

• Allied Courses in Professional Education (min: 6 hours)

• Courses in Research Methodology: (min 6 hours)

• ERDG758: Inquiry Project (3-9 hrs, repeatable for a maximum of 9 hrs)

The planning sheet below lays out the course distribution requirements. Note that three advanced courses--ERDG710 or 711, ERDG756 or 757, and ERDG781 or 782 are required core courses, whichever capstone experience you choose (CAS Research Project, Comprehensive Examination). If you are going to complete na inquiry project, then you will need to register for ERDG758 (6-9 credit hours) when you first begin the project. If you are planning to take the Comprehensive Examination, then you will need to take additional core Reading courses in the three domains.

All other courses are selected by you in consultation with your advisor, to meet your goals for advanced studies in literacy.

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