READING EDUCATION Ed.S. 30 HOURS

Advising: Department of Early Childhood Education and Reading,
Dr. Michael McKenna,
P. O. Box 8083,
Statesboro, GA 30460,
(912) 681-5121,
mmckenna@gasou.edu,
fax: (912) 681-0885,
http://www2.gasou.edu/early_child_ed_and_reading/

Admission Requirements

Regular

• Complete requirements for a Master's degree in Reading Education from a regionally accredited institution. Applicants who hold a master's degree in a related field may be admitted with transcript evaluation; however, the program will exceed 30 semester hours.
• Possess or be eligible for a Professional Level Five Certificate or equivalent in Reading Education.
• Present a 3.25 or higher GPA on all graduate work attempted.
• Present a score of no less than 450 on the verbal subtest and a score of no less than 450 on either the quantitative or analytical subtest of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), or a score of no less than 49 on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT).

Provisional

If GPA and/or test score criteria for regular admission in the Ed.S. program are not met, provisional admission into the Ed.S. program may be granted through program faculty review; submission of additional materials required.

Prerequisite

EDUR 7130 - Educational Research (3)

Research Sequence Requirements 9 Hours

EDUR 8131 - Educational Statistics I (3)

EDUR 8434 - Field-based Educational Research (3)

READ 8839 - Field Project in Reading (3)

Specific Requirements 12 Hours

ECED 8230 - Problems in P-5 Language Arts (3)

READ 8130 - Advanced Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Difficulties (3)

READ 8230 - Organization and Supervision of Reading Programs (3)

READ 8330 - Psychology of Reading (3)

Electives 9 Hours

Must be approved by advisor

Other Program Requirements

• Successful completion of Ed.S. Comprehensive Exit Assessment; involves constituting a three-faculty advisory committee to guide field study, and requires the completion and oral defense of a major field-based research paper.