Transformative Literacy, M.Ed.

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This program continues the Education Department’s mission of preparing advocates for families and children by teaching specific skills of transformation and looking at literacy as a transformative process. Studnets may choose one of two tracks offered: Reading Specialist or English Language Learner.

M.Ed. Core Courses: 9 Hours

Transformative Literacy Core: 9 Hours

EDU 5140 Transformative Education 3 Hours
EDU 5025 Literacy in Family and Community Arenas 3 Hours
EDU 5240 Literacy Assessment: Diagnostic, Corrective, and Fluency 3 Hours

Licensure Certification Tracks

Reading Specialist Track (Track option 1): 9 Hours

EDU 5030 Literacy II 3 Hours *
EDU 5270 Literacy Across the Secondary Curriculum 3 Hours
EDU 5260 Reading Specialist Resource Teacher with Practicum 3 Hours
OR

English Language Learner Track (Track option 2): 9 Hours

EDU 6580 English Language Learners 3 Hours
EDU 5021 Applied Linguistics 3 Hours
EDU 5340 English Language Resource Teacher with Practicum 3 Hours

M.Ed. Thesis Project: 3 Hours

All M.Ed. candidates are expected to complete a thesis. Under exceptional circumstances, with the approval of the M.Ed. Program Director and Chair of the Department of Education, a student may substitute the thesis with an approved substantive culminating project (using the 6900 number), or a course that has professional relevance to the program emphasis. A substitution form is required with an explanation.

EDU 6900 Thesis in Education 3 Hours

Total: 30 Hours

* Technical competency knowledge prerequisite: Candidates / Students must have had coursework, undergraduate or graduate, in emergent literacy, word- identification, through phonetic skills, fluency, vocabulary development and thinking skills, including in working with English learners. Completion of Belmont’s EDU 3030 / EDU 5020 Literacy I , or transfer credit equivalency, meets this technical prerequisite requirement.