Literacy Instruction

Coordinator: Carrie Lobman (848-932-0809; email: carrie.lobman@gse.rutgers.edu)

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This 12-credit graduate certificate is available to students enrolled in master's and doctoral programs in many fields at Rutgers University, and is open to all with a bachelor's degree. The certificate program is designed to allow educators to develop expertise in the teaching of literacy, enabling them to optimize literacy learning opportunities for students at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Graduate students from programs outside of the field of education are also welcome; those students will acquire knowledge about the processes of literacy development and current instructional methodologies.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Total Minimum Credits: 12

Select up to three of the following courses:

05:300:423 Teaching Writing: Social and Cognitive Dimensions (English Education students only) (3)

15:252:519 Teaching Writing for Children and Adolescents (3)

15:252:592 Topics in English Education: Teaching Struggling Readers (3)

15:299:514 Literacy Development in the Early Years (3)
or
05:300:494 Literacy Development in the Early Years (3)

15:299:516 Literacy Development in the Elementary and Middle School (3)
or
05:300:495 Literacy Development in the Elementary and Middle School (3)

Select one of the following courses:

15:252:520 Adolescent Literature for Secondary Students (3)

15:299:509 Children's Literature in the Early Childhood and Elementary School Curriculum (3)

Select up to one course:

15:299:561 Theoretical Foundations of Literacy-Research, Policy, and Practice (3)

With prior approval from the program coordinator, courses approved for the reading specialist Ed.M. may be substituted.