| RLD-Reading and Language, Doctorate |
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| RLD600 |
Language, Linguistics, and Literacy |
| An advanced course in reading that reflects current research and theory of language acquisition and development as they relate to reading. Topics include phonology, syntax, semantics, text analysis, and sociolinguistics. Prerequisite: Advanced standing and a course in language development or consent of instructor. 3 semester hours |
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| RLD601 |
Orthography and Word Recognition |
| An advanced seminar in reading which examines research and theory on the psychological processes involved in word recognition and the acquisition of orthographic knowledge and explores the influence of instruction on the development of orthographic knowledge and word recognition. Prerequisites: Advanced standing and RLR501 or consent of instructor. 3 semester hours |
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| RLD602 |
Reading Comprehension: Research and Applications |
| This course examines issues in reading comprehension research and instruction. By reading research and theoretical position papers of historical and contemporary significance, participants identify seminal strands of work, critique and evaluate them, and draw instructional implications. Prerequisite: Advanced standing and RLR502 or consent of instructor. 3 semester hours |
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| RLD603 |
Historical Issues in Literacy Research |
| An advanced seminar in literacy, which attempts to acquaint the student with historical trends in literacy research as well as highlighting issues of major significance. It provides the students with opportunity to read and discuss seminal works in literacy that forms the basis for contemporary concerns. Prerequisite: Advanced standing. 2 semester hours |
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| RLD604 |
Current Issues in Literacy Research |
| This topical seminar is designed to provide students with some in-depth reflections on key issues of contemporary research in reading. Awareness of issues and arguments is developed as well as familiarity with seminal studies and their critical evaluation. Prerequisite: Advanced standing. 2 semester hours |
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| RLD606 |
Instruction and Staff Development in Reading and Language |
| This seminar is designed to help students develop frameworks that identify the critical factors of school literacy programs and the variables central to the process of staff development. Major research programs and theoretical perspectives that have contributed to our knowledge about instruction and staff development in the literacy field are studied. 3 semester hours |
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| RLD607 |
Theory and Research in Writing |
| An advanced seminar in writing, based on a social-cognitive theory, with emphasis on the relationship of the process to cognitive theory, with emphasis on the relationship of the process to cognitive growth, on the functions of writing in the diverse sociocultural and linguistic contexts in which it develops, and on research-sensitive practice that creates communities in and outside the classroom where writing can flourish. Prerequisites: Advanced standing and a course in writing or consent of instructor. 3 semester hours |
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| RLD608 |
Instructional Inquiry in Literacy |
| This course is for educators who want to become more reflective about their own instructional practice through generating their own research questions, setting up procedures for gathering and recording information about their own educational settings, analyzing and interpreting their findings, and pondering, sharing, and discussing the insights they have gained. 3 semester hours |
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| RLD690 |
Advanced Internship in Literacy |
| This field-based experience involves the participant in an applied problem-solving project related to literacy. Possible settings include classrooms, schools, the University, clinic or private sector where the involvement may be in diagnostic/clinical processes, teaching, staff development, research, and publication. Participants take responsibility for defining a literacy-focused problem, planning and executing an approach, and evaluating and summarizing outcomes. Prerequisite: Advanced standing. 1-4 semester hours |
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| RLD694 |
Independent Study/Reading and Language |
| 1-3 semester hours |
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