GRADUATE PROGRAM CHECK SHEET

Program Requirements:

36 graded credit hours are required for the Master of Science in Education – Dyslexia Concentration.

A minimum grade of “C” is required in all courses counting toward the degree and a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.00 is required to complete the degree.

All courses need to be taken within 10 years of degree completion

Upon approval of the program coordinator a maximum of 12 credits may be transferred from another institution into the Master of Science program and counted toward either the concentration or electives.

Admission into the MS in Education program is required for this concentration.

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TEACHER RESEARCH CORE REQUIRED COURSES: 15 credits

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
ED 520	Research Methods in Education	4	Graduate Standing
ED 521	Literature Review I	3	ED 520
ED 522	Literature Review II	3	ED 520, 521
ED 523	MS Research Project	5	ED 520, 521 & 522

DYSLEXIA CONCENTRATION COURSES:

Complete the following 15 credits required for the Dyslexia Concentration

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
ED 590	Foundation of Language, Literacy & Dyslexia	3
ED 591	Dyslexia & the Brain	3	ED 590
ED 592	Assessing Dyslexia for Intervention	3	ED 590 & 591
ED 593	Intervention Methods for Dyslexia	3	ED 590 & 591
ED 594	Field Placement for Dyslexia Assessment	3	ED 590 & 591

ELECTIVE COURSES: 6 credits

Elective credits can be any ED 500/600 level course, except initial teacher preparation courses (MAT). See your advisor for course options. Some course examples are:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
ED 514	Foundations Education	3
ED 560	Foundations of Literacy Learning	3
ED 561	Emergent Literacy	3
ED 562	Literacy in the Elementary Grades	3
ED 564	Literature in the Literacy Program	3
ED 567	Spelling Matters	3
ED 568	Literacy Leadership	3	6 credits in ED 560/561/562/564/581
ED 570	Foundations of Trauma & Identity in Education	3
ED 571	Building a Trauma-Invested School Community	3
ED 572	Trauma-Invested Classroom Learning Environment	3
ED 573	Assessment-Based Curriculum	3
ED 574	Technology in Trauma-Invested Communities	3
ED 575	Clinical Practice: Trauma in Educational Communities	3
ED 581	Adolescent Literacy	3
ED 582	Literacy Assessment	3	6 credits in ED 560/561/562/564/581
ED 587	Curriculum Standards and Practices	2
ED 588	Assessment Issues and Practices	2

Total credits required for major: 36

Last EPCC update February 2020

Course title updates (ED 590, 591, 592, 593) made October 2021