Language & Literacy - M.Ed., M.S.Ed., C.A.S.

Language and Literacy Program (M.Ed., M.S.Ed., C.A.S.)

Faculty and students in the Language & Literacy Program are interested in studying, designing, and implementing transformative approaches to language arts instruction in classrooms and libraries. The program emphasizes the interrelated nature of reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and visually representing across diverse contexts with a wide range of sources including technological and informational resources, and works of literature. This program also focuses on increasing educators’ knowledge and promoting reflective practice through inquiry and the development of communities of practice that maintain a commitment to teaching for equity, diversity, and social justice. Candidates may focus on a variety of topics including language and literacy, children’s and adolescent literature, language arts curricula, writing, and libraries, as well as early, middle level, and secondary literacy instruction.

		Semester Hours
		M.Ed.	M.S.Ed.	C.A.S.
Core Course Requirements		8	14	3
Program Course Requirements		13	13	13
Elective Course Requirements		11	11	14
Total Minimum Degree Requirements		32	38	30

 

M.Ed.

ESR505	Educational Inquiry and Assessment	3
FND511	Social and Cultural Politics of Education	3
EPS541	Cognition and Instruction	2

 

M.S.Ed.

ESR503	Applied Research Methods for Educational Psychologists	2
ESR506	Graduate Research: Interpretive/Critical	2
ESR507	Graduate Research: Empirical/Quantitative	2
FND504	History and Philosophy of Education	2
FND505	Contemporary Issues in Education	2
RLR599	Thesis in Reading Education	4

 

C.A.S.

EDL546

Perspectives on and Administration of Educational Policies

3

Program Course Requirements

RLL520	Survey of Literature for Children and Adolescents OR
RLL528	Multicultural Literature K-12 OR
RLL522	Adolescent Literature	2
RLS514	Teaching Research to Children and Adolescents	2
RLL533	Language Development and Variation	2
RLL593	Seminar in Language Arts, Literature, & Library Education	2
RLR502	Teaching Comprehension and Content Reading	3
RLW541	Teaching Writing	2

Courses in the Language and Literacy Program are offered at the Chicago, Lisle, North Shore and Wheeling campuses. All courses are offered in traditional on-campus formats, with several courses also available in online formats.

See separate description for L&L degree options that include School Library Information Specialist course sequence.