Master's Program Information

Concentration in Language and Literacy

The M.A. concentration both in Language and Literacy prepares students for careers in areas where knowledge of child language and literacy is required. These include the areas of language and reading disorders, bilingualism and bilingual education, language arts and literacy, and language and culture.

The M.A. course requirements for the concentration in Language and Literacy are as follows:

1. Theory: One of the following:
   • CD 243MW Reading, Dyslexia, and the Brain
   • CD 151 Advanced Intellectual Development
   • CD 161 Advanced Personal-Social Development
2. Research Methods: One of the following*:
   • CD 142 Problems of Research: Methods and Design
   • CD 144 Qualitative and Ethnographic Methods
   • CD 247 Program Evaluation may count as a Research Methods course, if the student's interests are in social policy.
     
     *Note: All students must check with their Program Advisers to determine which of the three Research Methods courses best fits their program goals.
     
3. CD 155 The Young Child's Development of Language
4. Three Concentration Electives
5. Two Open Electives (CD 140 Statistics required for M.A. Thesis)
6. Thesis or Internship related to language and literacy

M.A. Language and Literacy Concentration Electives:

The following list of sub-specialties and concentration electives suggests courses most appropriate for different sub-specialties. However, any course listed below counts as a concentration elective regardless of a student's sub-specialty.

Language and Reading Disorders

• CD 124,125 American Sign Language
• CD 152 Development of Thought and Language
• CD 156 Applied Aspects of Physiological Development
• CD 195 Developmental Disorders of Language and Reading
• CD 196 Curriculum for Children with Special Needs
• CD 197 Learning Disorders
• CD 243CG Bilingual/Bilingual Education
• CD 124,125 American Sign Language
• CD 152 Development of Thought and Language
• CD 153 Culture and Learning
• CD 177 Bilingual Children in U.S. Schools
  
  Note: Up to two courses in a language other than English may be counted as concentration electives if they result in a student's achieving Level 4 proficiency.

Language Arts/Literacy

• CD 143 Technologies of the Self
• CD 152 Development of Thought and Language
• CD 170 Seminar in Early and Elementary Education
• CD 172 Reading and Language Arts
• CD 176 Children's Literature

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