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If you are a matriculated student in any of our MS programs (MS Literacy, MS Reading), are you either are starting your program in Spring, 2006 or are using the new program planning sheets, you have NO concentration requirement. Feel free to browse this page, however, if you are looking for elective courses to satisfy specific needs.

If you are a matriculated student in Literacy Specialist B-6 or 5-12, Childhood Ed, Early Childhood, and Reading Classroom Track (on campus), and you're staying with the existing program planning sheet, then read on. Basically, you have three choices:

You may continue taking courses within a defined concentration area
You can convert this area into electives
You may also mix-and-match, by choosing courses within and across concentration areas

Concentration Areas/Elective Courses

The following areas have been approved by the Reading Department for concentrations, and the courses within them have been approved as electives. Remember, these courses are not offered each semester!

Administration

ERDG 677 Administering & Reforming School Literacy Programs
ETAP 635 Teaching Methodology for LEP Children
EAPS 570 Introduction to Law and Education
EAPS 604 Macro-Sociology of Education & Administration
EAPS 605 Micro-Sociology of Education & Administration
EAPS 621 Administration of the Elementary School

Curriculum Development/Teacher Research

ETAP 510 Fundamentals of Program Development
ETAP 524 Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum (summer only)
ETAP 623 Systematic Design of Instruction (fall only)
ETAP 621 Understanding Learning and Teaching
ERDG 625 Integrating Literacy Instruction, B-6
ERDG 648 Classroom Discourse
ETAP 607 Mentoring of Teachers
ETAP 680 Research Seminar: Critical Introduction to Educational Research Paradigms
ETAP 681 Research Seminar: Research in Practice
ETAP 621 Understanding Learning and Teaching
EPSY 530 Statistical Research
EPSY 540 Assessment in Education
EPSY 550 Educational Research Problems
EAPS 614 Quantitative Methods for Educational Management
HIS 594 Readings and Practicum in Oral and Videohistory

Educational Psychology/Special Education

EPSY 502 Educational Psychology
EPSY 521 Development in Childhood
EPSY 522 Adolescent Development
EPSY 540 Assessment in Education
ESPE 551 Characteristics of & Methods for Teaching Exceptional Students in Inclusive Childhood & Middle Childhood Settings
ESPE 560 Introduction to Human Exceptionality
ESPE 561 Integrating Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms
ESPE 562 Characteristics of & Methods for Teaching Exceptional Secondary Students in Inclusive Settings (3)
ESPE 563 Essentials of Instruction for Diverse Learners (3)

ESPE 653 Managing Behaviors of Students with Disabilities: Childhood and Middle Childhood Levels (3) -added 4/25/04

Elementary School Subjects

ERDG 615 Teaching Writing, B-6
ERDG 616 Teaching Writing, Grades 5-12
ERDG 625 Integrating Literacy Instruction, B-6
ERDG 638 Media Literacy
ERDG 617 Teaching Social Studies and Language Arts in Preschool and Elementary Settings (Online/On Campus)
EPSY 615 Application of Cognitive Theories to English Language Arts and Social Studies
EPSY 616 Application of Cognitive Theories to Math, Science, and Technology
ETAP 612 Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School

ETAP 614 Science for Children

ALIN 552 Approaches to English Grammar

Language

ERDG 656 Language & Learning to Read
ERDG 648 Classroom Discourse
ERDG 657 Reading in a Second Language
ETAP 536 Second Language Learning
ETAP 631 Introduction to Language Education
ETAP 634 Using Media in the Language Classroom
ETAP 635 Teaching Methodology for LEP Children
ETAP 652T Perspectives in Teaching the Academic Disciplines: Language and Culture
LIN 520 Linguistics and the Description of Language
LIN 526 Language Acquisition (ERDG 526)
ENG 551 History and Structure of English Language (4 credit course)
ENG 552/LIN 552 Approaches to English Grammar (4 credit course)
ENG 651 Theories of Language (4 credit course)

Literature/Writing

ERDG 504 Literature for Reading Programs
ERDG 506 Young Adult Literature
ETAP 652L Teaching Literature in Secondary School
ENG 541 History of Literary Theory (4 credit course)
ENG 542/FRE 614 Literary Theory Since 1950 (4 credit course)
ENG 581 Studies in a Period
ENG 582 Studies in an Author
ERDG 615 Teaching Writing, B-6
ERDG 616 Teaching Writing, Grades 5-12
ETAP 655L Teaching Composition in the Secondary School
ENG 601 Writing and Revision: Theory and Practice (4 credit course)
ENG 515 Workshop in Poetry (4 credit course/ Requires Approval of Instructor and Writing Sample)
ENG 516 Workshop in Fiction (4 credit course/Requires Approval of Instructor and Writing Sample)
ENG 517 Workshop in Non-Fiction Prose (4 credit course/ Requires Approval of Instructor and Writing Sample)
ENG 601 Writing and Revision
ENG 600 Theories and Practice of Creativity
ENG 521 Composition Theory

Social Science
AAS 531 The Sociology of Segregation
AAS 532 Urban Lifestyles
AAS 541/WWS 540 Black Women in U.S. History
ANT 524 Language and Culture
ANT 526 Language Acquisition
COM 520 Theories & Research in Political Communication
COM 555 Organizations and Society
COM 575 Interpersonal Communication Processes
CRJ 601 Crime, Deviation, and Conformity
CRJ 603 Structure Factors in Crime
CRJ 605 Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime
HIS 501 Introduction to Public History
HIS 507 History and Public Policy (4 credit course)
HIS 525B American Intellectual History and Cultural History Since 1860 (4 credit course)
HIS 535 Topics in Local and Regional History (4 credit course)
HIS 593 History of Women in Modern Society

Technology

ERDG 638 Media Literacy
ETAP 520 Communication, Technology, and the Knowledge-Building Enterprise
ETAP 521 Internet for Educators
ETAP 522 Mass Communications and Education
ETAP 523 Media in Teaching and Learning
ETAP 524 Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum
ETAP 525 Educational Television Production I
ETAP 526 Educational Computing (online only)
ETAP 527 Teaching and Learning with Logo
ETAP 528 Issues in Innovative Multimedia Design and Implementation
ETAP 529 Introducation to Distance Learning
ETAP 626 Educational Telecommunications Design and Production (Fall/Spring Only)
ETAP 628 Instructional Design for Technology
ETAP 634 Using Media in the Language Classroom
ETAP 650 Educating Computing in the Math/Science Class
ETAP 653 Language, Literacy & Technology (online only)

Urban Education

AAS510 Seminar in Urban Affairs and Human Development
AAS532 Urban Life Styles
AAS628 Seminar in Urban Politics
ANT664 Seminar in Urban Anthropology
GOG620 Seminar in Urban Geography
SOC627 Urbanization
POS523 Government in Urban Areas
PUB523 Urban Community Development
POS625 Problems in Metropolitan Areas
EDU527 Issues in Urban Education
EDU500 Fieldwork in Urban Education: Urban School and Community
EDU501 Fieldwork in Urban Education: Urban Children and Youth

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Last Updated: April 14, 2006