Programs

Reading Specialist K-12

(Online Only through NMU Global Campus)

Program Requirements

The masters of arts in education reading specialist degree is designed to prepare certified K-12 teachers to be a reading specialist. Completion of the degree qualifies the student for the specialized endorsement as a reading specialist on the State of Michigan teaching certificate (Code BR) contingent upon satisfactory completion of the MTTC subject area test and filing the appropriate application at www.michigan.gov/moecs.

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• Total Credits Required for Degree

  37

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• Foundations

  5
• ED 500 Educational Research

  3
• ED 574 Seminar in Educational Research (2 cr.) or
•      ED 599A Thesis (2-8 cr.)
• Concentration

  28
• ED 462 Literature for Young Adults

  3
• ED 511 Trends in the Teaching of Language Arts

  2
• ED 517 Recent Children's Literature

  2
• ED 518 Seminar in Elementary/Secondary Education: Reading

  3
• ED 570 Foundations of Reading Instruction

  4
• ED 571 Diagnosis and Treatment of Reading Disabilities (approved by the State of Michigan to meet the PA 32 reading requirement for professional certification)

  4
• ED 572 Clinical Practicum in Reading

  2
• ED 573 Organization and Supervision of Reading Programs

  2
• ED 575 Improving Reading Comprehension Research and its Practical Implications

  3
• ED 576 The Teaching of Reading for Secondary Teachers

  3
• Electives

  4
• Adviser approval required to meet the 37 credit requirement.
• ED 505 Measurement and Evaluation (2 cr.)
• ED 509 Proposal Writing (2 cr.)
• ED 533 School and Community Relations (2 cr.)
• ED 541A Improvement of Instruction (3 cr.)
• ED 562 Introduction to Learning Disabilities (3 cr.)
• ED 583 Learning Technologies (2 cr.)
• EN 511 Teaching Reading in the English Classroom (4 cr.)
• ED 560 Issues and Trends in Special Education (3 cr.)
• ED 585 Interest-based Literacy Teaching (3 cr.)
• Or others with adviser approval