CASProgramPlanningGuide.html

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.

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 must complete a minimum of 42 hours of graduate coursework in literacy (including courses taken at other universities and colleges which have been applied to the program) and a minimum of 60 hours total graduate coursework.

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 examination option you choose (CAS Research Project, Comprehensive Examination). If you are going to complete a research project, then you will need to take ERDG893 (6-9 credit hours). 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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