List of Advanced Courses Currently Offered in the Reading Department

Last Updated: March 28, 2008

Domain	Last Taught	Offered Next	Course
3	Sp 07	TBD	RDG 710 Literacy as Social Practice (3) This course introduces students to an array of theoretical frameworks within which contemporary scholars define, study, and explain literate actions as simultaneously individual and collective. These traditions include but are not limited to: critical literacy; socio-cultural theories; activity theory; ethnography of communication; technologically mediated literacies; narrative theories.
3	Sp08	TBD	RDG711 Literacy as Social Reproduction and Transformation (3) Students will explore theoretical explanations of the relations between literacy practices and social reproduction and transformation. Key elements of critical cultural studies (including the Frankfurt School, British cultural studies, and 20th Century French sociology) will be introduced and related to literacy studies, dating from Paulo Freire to the present.
R	Fa07	TBD	RDG 715 Analysis of Written Discourse (3) Theories and practices of discourse analysis, with primary focus on written language. Analytic issues and techniques appropriate to different settings and educational levels. Texts produced by students across educational levels and classroom settings are examined. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
2	Fa05	?	Rdg 743 Researching Classroom Literacy (3)
--	Fa03	?	Rdg 755 Seminar in Literacy (3) Selected topics and issues in literacy. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
2	Fa07	TBD	Rdg 756 Texts and Teaching in Literacy Learning (3) Examination of research on the nature and influence of texts employed in literacy instruction. Historical review of the role of commercial materials and analysis of current research on American literacy instructional settings and processes. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
2	Fa06	Fa08	Rdg 757 Research on Preparing Literacy Teachers (3) The focus of this course is the examination of historical and current research on literacy teacher preparation and continued development, including teacher change, teacher beliefs, and institutional constraints and affordances related to literacy instruction in schools.
Cross	Sp07	TBD	Rdg 762 Current Research in Literacy (4) Analyses of research in literacy, and the implications of these studies for the teaching of reading and writing. Selection of appropriate research methodology. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
2 Cross	Fa06	TBD	Rdg 773 Seminar in Reading Disability and Related Disorders (3) Examination of classical and current issues in the causation, diagnosis, and treatment of reading disability. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
R	Sp06	TBD	Rdg 779 Quantitative Methods in Literacy Research (3) This course is intended to serve as an introduction to quantitative methodology as applied to literacy research. A primary objective of the course is to help advanced students, who have fairly sophisticated understanding of literacy and literacy development, to become more sophisticated consumers of quantitatively based literacy research. Prerequisite: Advanced Standing in Reading/Literacy Program and/or Permission of the Instructor.
1	Sp08	TBD	Rdg 781 Literacy Learning & Development Across the Lifespan (3) This course explores literacy learning and development in adolescence and adulthood. It examines theories of adolescent and adult learning and development; literacy theory; policy influencing literacy instruction; research on literacy learning and development in sites such as families, perr groups, communities, workplaces, K-12 schools, and various adult education settings, including prisons.
1	Sp06	TBD	Rdg 782 Psycholinguistics and the Reading Process (4) Examines the linguistic, perceptual, and cognitive dimensions of the reading process, and explores its empirical basis in studies of reading acquisition and skilled fluent reading. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
--			Rdg 887 Institute in Education (3)
--	Every Semester		Rdg 890 Research and Independent Study in Reading (2-6) Projects designed to meet needs of students in advanced programs. Prerequisite: Consent of the department.
--	Every Semester		Rdg 891 Research Practicum (3) Designing, conducting, interpreting, and reporting research studies. Students work directly with faculty in an on-going project. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
--	Every Semester		Rdg 892 Practicum in College Teaching (3) Preparation and presentation of course content, and evaluation of student achievement. Student works directly with the faculty member who is teaching a 500-level or 600-level course. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
--	Every Semester		Rdg 895 Internship in Reading (4-8) Planned experiences which emphasize the students' professional objectives. Includes a seminar. Prerequisite: Consent of department.
--	Every Semester		Rdg 897 Proseminar: Dissertation Preparation (3-12) Development of the specialization exam and/or dissertation proposal. Prerequisite: completion of Comprehensive Exam, and approval of advisor.
--	Every Semester		Rdg 899 Doctoral Dissertation (3-12 L.E.U.) Required each semester of all candidates working on their doctoral dissertations. Prerequisite: Consent of the department.
	awaiting approval by GAC		Rdg 758 CAS Inquiry project (3-9, can be repeated up to 9 credits) Prerequisite: Consent of the department.
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