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College of Education

Master of Arts in Reading Specialization

• Option: Adult Literacy
• Option: Basic Skills Specialist
• Option: Reading Specialist

Option: Basic Skills Specialist

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Dr. Joan Kastner
Hutchinson Hall (J-202F)
(908) 737-3937
jkastner@kean.edu

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Master of Arts in Reading Specialization, Basic Skills Option is designed to provide in-depth training in the basic skills areas of mathematics, writing, and reading. It is planned to meet the students' career interests for work in the elementary/secondary classroom or with college/adult populations. The curriculum focuses on the needs of classroom teachers who are responsible for increasing their students' basic skills. It enables the graduate student to develop a general understanding of basic skills and their interrelationship; to relate this understanding and knowledge to the acquisition of higher level cognitive skills.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the University's admission requirements:

• Initial teaching certification (provisional or permanent)
• GRE (Graduate Record Exam) or MAT (Miller Analogies Test) scores
• 2 letters of recommendation
• Departmental interview may be required

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

• 33 credits
• Research based thesis

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

SPECIALIZATION 27 credits

REQUIRED COURSES 24 credits

• CS 5410 Developmental Reading: Curriculum and Techniques 3
• CS 5480 Psychological and Theoretical Foundations of Reading 3
• CS 5481 Diagnostic-Prescriptive Teaching in Basic Skills 3
• CS 5600 Remediation in Basic Skills 3
• IEL 5311 Dynamics of Teaching English Arts in the Elementary School 3
• IEL 5323 Dynamics of Teaching Elementary Mathematics 3
• IEL 5325 Diagnosis and Remediation in the Teaching of Mathematics 3
• CS 5494 Practicum in Basic Skills 3

ELECTIVE 3 credits

One course selected with advisement from the following:

• CS 5412 Reading Disabilities 3
• CS 5460 Administration and Supervision of Reading Programs 3
• CS 5312 Written Expression in the Classroom 3
• ID 5500 Educating the Adult Learner 3

RESEARCH 6 credits

CS 5498 Advanced Seminar: Specialization Research I 3
CS 5499 Advanced Seminar: Specialization Research II 3
OR
ID 5800 Thesis Option 6

TOTAL 33 CREDITS