Master of Arts Program in Literacy Instruction

Program Blocks  

The Master of Arts in Language and Literacy Instruction Program consists of 33 credits, distributed among four areas:  The Proseminar Strand, Foundations of Literacy, Methodological Foundations of Literacy, an Area of Specialization and/or an Elective course.  Courses, both required and those from which you may select, are presented here.

Credit Requirements

Courses

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6 Credits Required

 

PROSEMINAR STRAND

TE 840 Proseminar I:  Historical Bases for Literacy Instruction

TE 873 Proseminar II:  Literacy Leadership

 

 TE 840 is the first course in the program and must be taken no more than 9 credits into the program.  TE 873 is the capstone course for the program and should be taken at the end, or near the end of the program, in conjunction with final comprehensive paper.

3 Credits Required

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS

Select one 3-credit course from within the College of Education, focusing on

  1. history

  2. philosophy

  3. learning

  4. development

  5. social and cultural foundations

  6. curriculum development

College of Education Courses

TE 810 History of American Education

TE 811 Philosophical Inquiry and Contemporary Issues in Education

TE 812 Sociological Inquiry into Education

TE 815 Comparative Analysis of Educational Practice

TE 816 Education in Transition

TE 820 Power and Pluralism in School Practice

TE 821 Race and Educational Policy in the United States

TE 822 Issues of Culture in Classrooms and Curriculum

TE 823 Learning Communities and Equity

 

CEP 800 Psychology of Learning in School and Other Settings

CEP 801 Psychological Development: Learner Differences and Commonalities

CEP 852 Students with Disabilities in the Regular Classroom

 

EAD 853B Schools, Families, and Communities

 

Non-MSU graduates must take one 3-credit course from this list.

 

 

MSU Graduates

may substitute

TE 801 or TE 803 for this requirement.

 

15 Credits Required

METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF LITERACY

TE 842 Advanced Methods of Elementary School Reading

TE 843 Reading, Writing and Reasoning in Secondary School Subjects

TE 844 Classroom Literacy Assessment

TE 847 Advanced Methods for Teaching Language Arts

TE 849 Methods and Materials for Teaching Children’s and Adolescent Literature

   

Generally, students should enroll in these courses before working on an area of specialization.

6 - 9 Credits

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

Reading Specialist (required only for students seeking the Michigan Reading Specialist Certificate)
TE 853 Corrective and Remedial Literacy Instruction in the Classroom
TE 854 Clinical Literacy Instruction (take TE 853 before TE 854)
TE 873 Literacy Leadership

Other suggested combinations:

Writing Instruction

TE 848 Methods of Writing Instruction
TE 883D Theory and Research on the Teaching of Writing

Early Literacy Foundations and Development
 TE 845 Language Diversity and Literacy Instruction
TE 851 Literacy for the Young Child at Home and School
TE 883A Oral Language and Literacy

Teaching Literacy to Diverse Learners
TE 845 Language Diversity and Literacy Instruction
TE 851 Literacy for the Young Child at Home and School
TE 891 Culture, Literacy, and Autobiography

Children’s Literature
TE 849 Methods and Materials for Teaching Children’s and Adolescent Literature
TE 850 Critical Reading for Children and Adolescents (take TE 849 before TE 850)
TE 883B Children’s Classics and Award Books

English as a Second Language
ENG 807 Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
ENG 808 Studies in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
ENG 896 ESL Practicum

Technology Certificate
CEP 810 Teaching for Understanding with Computers
CEP 811 Adapting Innovative Technologies to Education
CEP 812 Applying Instructional Development and Educational Technology for Clients
 

These courses should reflect a reasonable specialization on some area within literacy.  The courses can come from within or outside the College. 

Students seeking certification as a reading specialist must complete all three courses in the reading specialist strand plus an elective.

MSU graduates who are not seeking the reading specialist certification may include TE 802 and TE 804 here as components of their specialization.

 

Students should work together with their advisor to put together an area of specialization that makes sense, given their career goals.
3 Credits ELECTIVE COURSE

The elective may be taken in an area of specialization to form a 9-credit block, or this is a course that may not fit into a specialization, but may be important to a student's career goals.

33 CREDITS TOTAL

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