西肯塔基大学

The Master of Arts in Education - Literacy Education is tailored to improve literacy instruction at all grade levels and is open to teachers in regular classrooms, special education classrooms, special reading classes, basic adult education classes, and community college reading instructors. Thesis and non-thesis options are available to students. Students in the non-thesis option complete a comprehensive literacy project.

Concentration(s)

Reading P-12 (KRE)

Program Requirements (30 hours)

Professional Education Component

• LTCY 519 Foundations of Literacy Instruction 3
• LTCY 520 Clinical Diagnosis of Reading Variability 3
• LTCY 521 Reading Intervention 3
• LTCY 524 Content Area and Disciplinary Literacy 3
• LTCY 527 Literacy Learning and Cultural Differences 3
• LTCY 528 Literacy Research Methods and Evaluation 3

Electives
Specialization Component, Select one of the following: 3

• LTCY 523 Diagnostic Reading Procedures for Classroom Teachers
• LTCY 624 Seminar in Literacy Issues and Trends
• ENG 597 Special Topics in English
• LTCY 695 Practicum for Literacy Professionals
• LTCY 515 Socio-Cognitive Theories of Comprehension

Select one from the following: 3

• PSY 510 Advanced Educational Psychology
• PSY 511 Psychology of Learning
• PSY 519 Psychological Perspectives on Classroom Behavior
• PSY 540 Behavior Problems of Childhood and Adolescence
• ELED 503 Organization of Elementary School Curriculum
• MGE 571 Middle Grades Curriculum
• SPED 516 The Exceptional Child: Perspectives and Issues
• SEC 580 Curriculum
• LME 518 Advanced Children's Literature
• LME 527 Thematic Approach to Young Adult Literature
• SPED 523 Curriculum/Methods in Early Childhood Special Education
• PSY 432G Psychology of the Gifted and Creative
• GTE 537 Curriculum, Strategies, and Materials for Gifted Students
• ENG 408G Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics

Thesis/Non-Thesis Option

• LTCY 599 Thesis Research and Writing

Non-Thesis Option:

• LTCY 522 & LTCY 624 Investigations in Reading