2024-25 Graduate & Non-Traditional Catalog | School of Education and Social Work | Teacher Education

Literacy, M.Ed.

[Literacy, M.Ed.-0830]

Build on your existing certification as you take advantage of the growing demand for literacy specialists and coaches. Roberts students thrive in a supportive, personalized environment of carefully designed courses and supervised practica experiences.

SPECIFICS OF THE LITERACY, M.Ed. DEGREE

Minimum Total Hours: 30

Minimum Requirements: Overall and major GPA of 3.0 with no grade less than B-.

Transfer Policy:

Master of Education program applicants may request that the university accept graduate courses from other institutions for transfer credit. The following conditions apply to such requests:

  • Courses must have been taken within five years of the date of application to the Roberts Wesleyan University M.Ed. degree program.
  • A formal course description (for example, from a course catalog or course syllabus) must be provided for each course that the applicant wishes Roberts to consider. The Program Advisor and the Director will compare the course description with that of similar courses in the Roberts M.Ed. program to determine equivalence. The course description will also be presented to the Registrar’s office as evidence of equivalence, just as an official transcript is presented as evidence of successful course completion.
  • Exceeding the 12-hour limit may be granted in unusual cases after a review by the Program Advisor, the Program Director, and the Department Chair. Examples of possible exceptions are students transferring into a program from another Roberts program (such as an Initial Adolescence graduate seeking further study and certification in Special Education). The percentage of courses accepted for credit will be limited to 50% (NOTE: this is consistent with practice at the undergraduate level when a 2-year student is accepted as a junior, representing a 50% transfer of credit).

Major Requirements: 30

  • GEDU 5900 (3) Nature and Acquisition of Literacy
  • GEDU 5901 (3) Literacy in the Content Areas
  • GEDU 5902 (3) Assessing Literacy
  • GEDU 5903 (3) Assessment Driven Literacy Instruction
  • GEDU 5905 (3) The Literacy Specialist as an Instructional Coach
  • GEDU 6914 (3) Advanced Methods for Supporting Readers (All Grades)
  • GEDU 6915 (3) Analysis of Culturally and Historically Responsive Literature and Media (All Grades)
  • GEDU 6900 (3) Teaching Writing
  • GEDU 6919 (3) Research and Theory into Practice
  • GSPE 5665 (3) Language and Learning Disabilities