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Master of Science in Reading with Reading
Specialist Standard Early Childhood –
Grade 12 (EC-12) CertificationReading Specialist Standard EC-12 Certificate
Dual Masters of Science Degree
This graduate plan in Reading leads to the master of science degree with a Reading Specialist Standard Certificate (EC-12). Students seeking this certification must hold a valid Texas teaching certificate and must be able to verify a minimum of two years full-time approved successful teaching experience. A passing score on the Reading Specialist TExES is required. The plan consists of a minimum of 36 semester hours.
Check prerequisites before enrolling in any courses.
TCED/INST 6031
SILC 6030Master's Degree Options (6 hours):
LLLS 5736 and LLLS 5737 or
LLLS 6732 and LLLS 6639 (requires prior completion of LLLS 6732, and
12 hours of LLLS courses)
Master of Science in Reading
This program is designed to prepare teachers for leadership in reading instruction at the elementary, secondary and community college levels.
This is a 36-37 hour carefully sequenced study that begins with an education core and practical coursework in reading and language arts with a balance of classroom and clinical applications. Particular areas of study will focus on research design and analysis, statistics and measurement, models of language, developing reading programs, modern trends and survey of children’s literature, and critical reading and thinking. With the diverse cultural backgrounds of children in school today, our reading program stresses the importance of promoting multiculturalism within education and of developing inquiring and reflective minds through the discovery of literature.
With the Master of Science in Reading, students may choose to follow one of three routes:
Graduates with this degree may pursue careers as master classroom teachers, public school reading specialists, reading or language arts coordinators, reading clinicians, remedial reading instructors at the community college or as adult literacy trainers.
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