1.Course Requirements (36 credit hours)

A. Required Reading Courses (27 credits)

REED 601 Reading Theory and Practice (3)
REED 609 Reading Assessment (3)
REED 621 Reading Disabilities (3)
REED 626 Clinic Internship in Reading (3)
REED 663 Strategic Use of Materials (3)
REED 665 Teaching Reading and Writing in the Content Areas (3)
REED 726 Advanced Internship in Reading (3)
REED 729 Seminar in Reading (3)

REED 745 Professional Development in Reading (3)

There are two required internships in the program, REED 626: Clinic Internship in Reading and REED 726: Advanced Internship in Reading. They are both 3-credit experiences which require 45 contact hours with clients, parents, and fellow clinicians each semester. Students enrolled in REED 626 serve as diagnosticians, instructional planners, teachers, and community outreach facilitators.  If a student withdraws from REED 626 or REED 726 without consulting with the instructor, she/he must petition the Director of the Program in order to re-enroll in the course. In addition to working with one client, the students enrolled in the advanced internship are responsible for providing weekly parent workshops on a variety of topics, serving as coaches for the novice clinicians, and demonstrating best practices of literacy assessment and instruction.

B. Elective Courses (9 credits)

There is considerable flexibility in elective course selection in order to meet the unique program needs of individual candidates. Suggested courses include (but are not limited to) the following:

REED 628 Guided Reading (3)
REED 632 Improving Literacy of Students with Language-Learning Disabilities (3)

REED 660 Integrating Technology in Literacy Instruction (3)

REED 670 Special Topics in Reading Education (3-6)

REED 695 Individualized Study in Reading Education (3-6)

REED 710 Multicultural Literature for Children and Adolescents (3)

REED 740 Grant Writing in Education (3)

REED 745 Professional Development in Reading (3)

REED 748 Second Language Literacy (3)

REED 751 Language, Literacy and Culture (3)

REED 752 Literacy Theory and Research (3)

EDUC 560 Teaching in a Multicultural/Multiethnic Society (3)

EDUC 605 Research and Information Technology (3)

EDUC 761 Research in Education

ISTC 501  Integrating Instructional Technology (3)

ISTC 605  Web-Based Instruction in Education (3)  

ECED 607 Learner Diversity and Inclusion in Early Childhood Education (3)

ECED 609 Growth and Development of Young Children (3)

SPED 637 Inclusion for the Classroom Teacher (3)

SCED 518 Young Adult Literature (3)

SCED 605 Theory, Research & Practice in Teaching Composition (6)

                (Maryland Writing Project)