| Course ID: | LLED 2110. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Survey of Diverse Literature for Young Audiences | Course Description: | Introduction to diverse literature for youth (birth–11 years). Students will study how literature and reader response are linguistic, cultural, and aesthetic artifacts of human experience. Students will explore and analyze children’s literature for cultural relevance, authenticity, and equity. | Athena Title: | Survey Diverse Lit Young Aud | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 2110E, LLED 2110S | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 2110E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Survey of Diverse Literature for Young Audiences | Course Description: | Introduction to diverse literature for youth (birth–11). Students
will study how literature and reader response are linguistic,
cultural, and aesthetic artifacts of human experience. Students
will explore and analyze children’s literature for cultural
relevance, authenticity, and equity. | Athena Title: | Survey Diverse Lit Young Aud | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 2110, LLED 2110S | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 2110S. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Survey of Diverse Literature for Young Audiences-Service Learning | Course Description: | Introduction to diverse literature for youth (birth–11 years). Students will study how literature and reader response are linguistic, cultural, and aesthetic artifacts of human experience. Students will explore and analyze children’s literature for cultural relevance, authenticity, and equity. | Athena Title: | Survey Diverse Lit Young SL | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 2110, LLED 2110E | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or
teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives.
Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of
the project(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom.
Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for
approximately 25-50% of overall instructional time. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 3110. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Children's Literature and Oral Language, Grades P-5 | Course Description: | Wide reading from all genres of children's literature and criteria for selection and response. Students examine how literature can be used to facilitate reading, writing, speaking, and listening in content areas (e.g., social studies, science). Students are introduced to theory and research in language acquisition, development, and linguistic variation. | Athena Title: | CH LIT & ORAL LANG | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 3110 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 3400. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Current Issues in Secondary English Education | Course Description: | Historical, political, economic, and social factors that influence how the language arts are taught, how American secondary schools operate, and how teachers function. | Athena Title: | Current Issues in English Ed | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 3420. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Reading Instruction in the Elementary School | Course Description: | Principles and methods for teaching reading in the elementary school. | Athena Title: | Read Instruct in the Elem Sch | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 3420E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 3420E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Reading Instruction in the Elementary School | Course Description: | Principles and methods for teaching reading in the elementary
school. | Athena Title: | Read Instruct in the Elem Sch | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 3420 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 3430. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Reading Assessment in the Elementary School | Course Description: | Formal and informal methods for assessing children's reading ability and planning instruction. | Athena Title: | RD ASSESS ELEM SCH | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in READ 3430 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 3520. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teaching Reading in the Middle School | Course Description: | Principles and methods for teaching reading in the middle school. | Athena Title: | TEACH READ MIDSCH | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 3520E or READ 3520 | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 3520E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teaching Reading in the Middle School | Course Description: | Principles and methods for teaching reading in the middle
school. | Athena Title: | TEACH READ MIDSCH | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 3520 or READ 3520E | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 3530E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Content Area Literacies for Middle School | Course Description: | Fostering middle grade students' reading and studying in
various subject areas; strategies for effective use of textual
materials across the curriculum. | Athena Title: | Content Area Lit for Mid Sch | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 3530 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 3530. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Content Area Literacies for Middle School | Course Description: | Fostering middle grade students' reading and studying in various subject areas; strategies for effective use of textual materials across the curriculum. | Athena Title: | Content Area Lit MS | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 3530E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4000/6000. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Directed Study in Language and Literacy Education | Course Description: | Selected topics related to teaching language arts or a foreign language. | Athena Title: | DIR STUDY LLE | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 4000/6000 | Nontraditional Format: | Independent study with faculty member. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4010. 3 hours. | Course Title: | The Teaching of Reading | Course Description: | A broad overview of methods for teaching beginning reading to
Pre-K children through adults. | Athena Title: | The Teaching of Reading | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 4010E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4010E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | The Teaching of Reading | Course Description: | A broad overiew of methods for teaching beginning reading to
Pre-K children through adults. | Athena Title: | The Teaching of Reading | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 4010 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4020. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Reading Instruction for Young Children | Course Description: | Methods, materials, and issues for teaching young children to read. | Athena Title: | READ INST YNG CHLD | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in READ 4020 | Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4030. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teaching Reading in the Secondary Schools | Course Description: | The concepts and strategies for developing reading and study skills needed by students in secondary schools. | Athena Title: | TEACH READ SEC SCH | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in READ 4030 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4040/6040. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Grammar, Writing, and Vocabulary for Intensive English Program | Course Description: | As one of several intensive English courses designed for
multilingual graduate and undergraduate students, this course
offers grammar review, writing instruction, and vocabulary
development for students who wish to improve their academic
writing and argumentation skills. | Athena Title: | IEP GRAM WRIT VOCAB | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department and a score of 20 or higher on the WRITING subsection of the ibTOEFL exam | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department and a score of 20 or higher on the WRITING subsection of the ibTOEFL exam | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4041/6041. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Intensive English Program Speaking I | Course Description: | Designed to help multilingual speakers improve their speaking
intelligibly in English, this course focuses on pronunciation,
intonation, stress, and fluency. The class also provides
opportunities for diagnosis, intensive practice, and expert
feedback. | Athena Title: | INTENSIVE SPEAK I | Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite: | Permission of department and a score of 21 or below on the SPEAKING subsection of the ibTOEFL exam | Graduate Pre or Corequisite: | Permission of department and a score of 21 or below on the SPEAKING subsection of the ibTOEFL exam | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4042/6042. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Intensive English Program Speaking II | Course Description: | Designed to help multilingual graduate and undergraduate
students communicate more effectively in the North American
classroom setting, this course includes the study of
pronunciation, vocabulary, discourse intonation, listening, and
negotiation for successful communication. | Athena Title: | INTENSIVE SPEAK II | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department and a score of 22 or above on the SPEAKING subsection of the IBTOEFL exam | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department and a score of 22 or above on the SPEAKING subsection of the IBTOEFL exam | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4045E. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit. | Course Title: | Special Topics in Language and Literacy Education | Course Description: | Selected topics related to the theory and research of language
and literacy. | Athena Title: | Special Topics in LLED | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 4045 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4045. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit. | Course Title: | Special Topics in Language and Literacy Education | Course Description: | Selected topics related to the theory and research of language
and literacy. | Athena Title: | Special Topics in LLED | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 4045E | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4050. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Content Area Literacies, P-5 | Course Description: | Focuses on teaching and learning content through reading,
writing, and other communicative modes, including the visual
arts, in P-5 classrooms in which the curricula are aligned with
relevant content standards. | Athena Title: | Content Area Literacies, P-5 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4120. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Language and Literacy, Grades P-5 | Course Description: | Recent theory and research on written language acquisition and development and linguistic variation. Students develop strategies for development of oral and written language in reading, language arts, and in the content areas. | Athena Title: | LANGUAGE & LITERACY | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 4120 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4200/6200. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Methods in Teaching English Education I | Course Description: | Explores the underlying principles and practices of different approaches to the teaching of English in the areas of literature, reading, writing, and speaking. Provides support in constructing activities, assignments, assessments, and units that meet the differentiated needs of students given their diverse identities, lives, interests, and needs. | Athena Title: | Methods Teaching English Ed I | Corequisite: | LLED 4210/6210 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4210/6210. 3 hours. | Course Title: | English Education Practicum Seminar I | Course Description: | The first in a three-course sequence, this course examines the intersections between coursework and practice as students work across scaffolded professional experiences in both middle and high school English classrooms in a variety of contexts. | Athena Title: | English Ed Practicum Sem I | Corequisite: | LLED 4200/6200 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4220/6220. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Methods in Teaching English Education II | Course Description: | Explores the underlying principles and practices of different approaches to the teaching of English in the areas of literature, reading, writing, and speaking. Provides support in constructing units, lessons, and assessments that meet the differentiated needs of students given their diverse identities, literacies, and interests. | Athena Title: | Methods Teaching English Ed II | Corequisite: | LLED 4230/6230 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4230/6230. 3 hours. | Course Title: | English Education Practicum Seminar II | Course Description: | The second in a three-course sequence, this course examines the intersections between coursework and practice as students work across scaffolded professional experiences in both middle and high school English classrooms in a variety of contexts. | Athena Title: | English Ed Practicum Sem II | Corequisite: | LLED 4220/6220 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4240/6240. 3 hours. | Course Title: | English Education Practicum Seminar III | Course Description: | The third in a three-course sequence, this course examines the intersections between coursework and practice as students work across scaffolded professional experiences in both middle and high school English classrooms in a variety of contexts. | Athena Title: | English Ed Practicum Sem III | Corequisite: | LLED 5465/7465 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4400/6400. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Planning Instruction in Secondary English Education | Course Description: | Historical, political, economic, and social factors that influence how the language arts are taught, how schools operate, and how teachers function. | Athena Title: | Plan Instruct in Second Eng Ed | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4410. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Adolescent Literature | Course Description: | Adolescent literature and its selection and use in the middle
school and high school to promote engagement with literature. | Athena Title: | Adolescent Literature | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 4410E | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Corequisite: | LLED 4400 and LLED 4450 and LLED 4460 and LLED 4030 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4410E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Adolescent Literature | Course Description: | Adolescent literature and its selection and use in the middle
school and high school to promote engagement with literature. | Athena Title: | Adolescent Literature | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 4410 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4430/6430. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teaching Adolescent Readers in ELA | Course Description: | How people comprehend, why they read, what they read, where they
read, how often they read, and why all of this matters in
relation to secondary reading instruction in secondary English
classrooms. Methods of assessing reading practices by supporting
the use of multiple reading strategies both in school and out. | Athena Title: | Teach Adolescent Readers ELA | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4450E/6450E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teaching Writing in the Secondary School | Course Description: | Principles, processes, methods, and approaches for teaching
writing to students in middle school and high school. | Athena Title: | Teaching Writing in Sec School | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 4450 or LLED 6450 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4450/6450. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teaching Writing in the Secondary School | Course Description: | Approaches to teaching writing to middle and high school
students. | Athena Title: | Teaching Writing in Sec School | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 4450E or LLED 6450E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4480/6480. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Language and Literacies in Secondary English Education | Course Description: | Issues of language and literacy that present challenges to
middle school and high school English teachers. Students explore
linguistic diversity, varieties of English, English as an
additional language, and teaching grammar in context. | Athena Title: | Lang and Lit in Sec Eng Ed | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4490/6490. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Digital Tools and Social Media in Secondary English Education | Course Description: | Teaching secondary English using the ever-increasing range of
modes, media, literacies, and content available online. Critical
exploration of the instructional value of specific tasks and
tools, including hands-on work with participatory media.
Students will integrate multiple digital tools into their own
teaching and evaluate the impact of that integration. | Athena Title: | Digi Tools Social Media Eng Ed | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4530E/6530E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | TESOL and World Language Curriculum and Methods, Grades P-5 | Course Description: | Students design and develop curricular and teaching materials that they implement during an elementary school practicum. Students learn about and test out a variety of theories of language teaching and learning, methods, assessments, and the use of technology in the classroom. | Athena Title: | TESOL & WL Curric Mthds Gr P-5 | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 4530 or LLED 6530 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Corequisite: | (LLED 4531/6531 or LLED 4531E/6531E) and (LLED 5540/7540 or LLED 5540E/7540E) and (LLED 5550/7550 or LLED 5550E/7550E) | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4530/6530. 3 hours. | Course Title: | TESOL and World Language Curriculum and Methods, Grades P-5 | Course Description: | Students design and develop curricular and teaching materials
that they implement during an elementary school practicum.
Students learn about and test out a variety of theories of
language teaching and learning, methods, assessments, and the
use of technology in the classroom. | Athena Title: | TESOL & WL Curric Mthds Gr P-5 | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 4530E or LLED 6530E | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite: | Permission of department | Graduate Pre or Corequisite: | Permission of department | Undergraduate Corequisite: | (LLED 4531/6531 or LLED 4531E/6531E) and (LLED 5540/7540 or LLED 5540E/7540E) and (LLED 5550/7550 or LLED 5550E/7550E) | Graduate Corequisite: | (LLED 4531/6531 or LLED 4531E/6531E) and (LLED 5540/7540 or LLED 5540E/7540E) and (LLED 5550/7550 or LLED 5550E/7550E) | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4620S/6620S. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | ESOL Service Learning | Course Description: | Applied practice in education (tutoring) of English language
learners, including discussion and application of methods,
strategies, and materials for supporting learning. | Athena Title: | ESOL Service Learning | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 4620E, LLED 4620 or LLED 6620E, LLED 6620 | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or
teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives.
Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of
the projects(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom.
Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for
approximately 50-75% of overall instructional time. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4620E/6620E. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | ESOL Service Learning | Course Description: | Applied practice in education (tutoring) of English language
learners, including discussion and application of methods,
strategies, and materials for supporting learning. | Athena Title: | ESOL Service Learning | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 4620, LLED 4620S or LLED 6620, LLED 6620S | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4630S/6630S. 3 hours. | Course Title: | TESOL Methods and Materials for Adult Learners | Course Description: | Service learning, principles, methods, materials, and activities
for the teaching of English to adult speakers of other languages. | Athena Title: | TESOL Methods and Materials | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 4730/6730. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Methods and Material for Community-Based Language Teaching | Course Description: | Through community-based language teaching experience, research,
reflection, and classroom instruction, students learn relevant
methods and materials for teaching a second language. | Athena Title: | COMMUNITY LANG TCHG | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 4730/6730 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5030. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Academic Communication Skills for International Students | Course Description: | Designed to help international students develop advanced English skills in understanding academic lectures, comprehending reading materials, speaking with grammatical accuracy and acceptable pronunciation, and writing for academic purposes. | Athena Title: | ACADEMIC COMM SKILL | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 5030 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5040/7040. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Language and Culture in the Classroom | Course Description: | Exploration of topics on the relationship between language and culture and on pedagogical principles of multicultural education. | Athena Title: | LANG & CULT IN CLAS | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5040E/7040E or ELAN 5040/7040 | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5040E/7040E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Language and Culture in the Classroom | Course Description: | Exploration of topics on the relationship between language and
culture and on pedagogical principles of multicultural
education. | Athena Title: | LANG & CULT IN CLAS | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5040/7040 or ELAN 5040E/7040E or ELAN 5040/7040 | Nontraditional Format: | Online small group discussion (using e-learning commons format)
and whole class discussion. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5045. 3-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. | Course Title: | Critical Language Education Abroad | Course Description: | Academic immersion in languages, cultures, and communities to students pursuing national security language education programming abroad. Course serves students enrolled in the College of Education study abroad programs funded by the Defense Language and National Security Education Office of the U.S. Department of Defense. | Athena Title: | Critical Language Ed Abroad | Nontraditional Format: | In the context of the course, students' time is equally split between traditional classroom instruction exploring connections between language and culture, discussions with peers and community representatives abroad, as well as experiential field trips (authentic lab) engaging students with communities where critical languages are spoken. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5140/7140. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Methods of Teaching Spanish P-12 | Course Description: | Methods of teaching Spanish in P-12; linguistic concepts
revisited and explained, including ways to introduce students to
Spanish students; assessment; curriculum and materials
development and evaluation; and effective use of technology and
media. Students will be encouraged to propose discussion topics
through a course negotiated syllabus. Taught in Spanish. | Athena Title: | Methods Teaching Spanish P-12 | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Junior or senior student standing and permission of department | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5180/7180. 2 hours. | Course Title: | Understanding Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Schools | Course Description: | Influences of cultural pluralism on American education. Characteristics of culturally and linguistically diverse groups and the relationship among language, culture, and learning. Development of culturally responsive teaching strategies. | Athena Title: | Und Cultural Ling Div in Sch | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ETAP 5180 or ETAP 7180 | Corequisite: | LLED 5180L/7180L | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5180L/7180L. 2 hours. 4 hours lab per week. | Course Title: | Understanding Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Schools Laboratory | Course Description: | On-site in Mexico or other Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, with immersion in the country's social, cultural, and educational environments. Visits to schools and social agencies; discussion with preservice and inservice educators, and development of conversational Spanish abilities. | Athena Title: | Cultural and Ling Diversit Lab | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ETAP 5180L or ETAP 7180L | Corequisite: | ETAP 5180/7180 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5210/7210. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Children's Literature and Oral Language, Grades 4-8 | Course Description: | Children's and adolescent literature appropriate for elementary and middle school students, including development of criteria for book selection, strategies for promoting enjoyment and appreciation, and methods for responding to diverse literature. | Athena Title: | Children's Lit Grades 4-8 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5220/7220. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Writing Pedagogy, Grades 4-8 | Course Description: | Strategies for building a literate learning community. Students write fiction, poetry, and information texts, engaging in as well as studying the pedagogy of writing development, conference, revision, assessment, and publishing. | Athena Title: | Writing Pedagogy Grades 4-8 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5390/7390. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Difficulties in Literacy Teaching and Learning, Grades P-8 | Course Description: | Issues related to preschool through 8th grade readers and writers with diverse learning paths, including learning disabilities, English as a second language, and histories of school failure. Effective teaching strategies include culturally-responsive teaching, student-generated curriculum and assessment links, interdisciplinary connections, and family involvement. | Athena Title: | LIT TCHG & LEARNING | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 5390/7390 | Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5502/7502. 3 hours. | Course Title: | ESOL and World Language Assessment | Course Description: | Students will learn, apply, and reflect on issues of assessment
as well as legal and professional responsibilities of assessment
in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL).
Follows TESOL national standards for teacher preparation. | Athena Title: | ESOL and World Lang Assessment | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7502E | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5530/7530. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Introduction to Language Teaching | Course Description: | Key concepts for TESOL and world language professional educators,
including theories of learning and language acquisition, best
practices in language assessment, design of thematic units and
lesson plans for language teaching, state and national standards
(Georgia, WIDA, and ACTFL), and technology standards for learners
and teachers (ISTE and Georgia). | Athena Title: | Intro to Language Teaching | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5530E or LLED 7530E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5530E/7530E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Introduction to Language Teaching | Course Description: | Key concepts for TESOL and world language professional educators, including theories of learning and language acquisition, best practices in language assessment, design of thematic units and lesson plans for language teaching, state and national standards (Georgia, WIDA, and ACTFL), and technology standards for learners and teachers (ISTE and Georgia). | Athena Title: | Intro to Language Teaching | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5530 or LLED 7530 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5540E/7540E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Culture in the TESOL and World Language Classroom | Course Description: | Through the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 5 Cs, "communities, communication, cultures, comparisons, and connections," students critically engage in the teaching and learning of small and large “C” culture in world language and TESOL classrooms and how to incorporate them seamlessly into daily lessons. | Athena Title: | Culture TESOL World Lang Class | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5540 or LLED 7540 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | (LLED 4530/6530 or LLED 4530E/6530E) and (LLED 4531/6531 or LLED 4531E/6531E) and (LLED 5550/7550 or LLED 5550E/7550E) | Graduate Prerequisite: | (LLED 4530/6530 or LLED 4530E/6530E) and (LLED 4531/6531 or LLED 4531E/6531E) and (LLED 5550/7550 or LLED 5550E/7550E) | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5540/7540. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Culture in the TESOL and World Language Classroom | Course Description: | Through the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
5 Cs "communities, communication, cultures, comparisons, and
connections," students critically engage in the teaching and
learning of small and large “C” culture in world language and
TESOL classrooms and how to incorporate them seamlessly into
daily lessons. | Athena Title: | Culture TESOL World Lang Class | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5540E or LLED 7540E | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | (LLED 4530/6530 or LLED 4530E/6530E) and (LLED 4531/6531 or LLED 4531E/6531E) and (LLED 5550/7550 or LLED 5550E/7550E) | Graduate Prerequisite: | (LLED 4530/6530 or LLED 4530E/6530E) and (LLED 4531/6531 or LLED 4531E/6531E) and (LLED 5550/7550 or LLED 5550E/7550E) | Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite: | Permission of department | Graduate Pre or Corequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5550/7550. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Field-Based Practicum in TESOL or World Language Education, Grades P-12 | Course Description: | Hands-on/practical experiences with language learners at the
grades P-5, 6-8, and/or 9-12 levels, through on-site work,
collaboration with certified teachers, and observations, as well
as reflections and discussions. | Athena Title: | Field-Based Prac TESOL or WLEd | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5550E or LLED 7550E | Nontraditional Format: | Field-based experiences in school TESOL or world language
classrooms (7-10 hours per week). | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | EDSE 2000 or EDSE 2000E or EDSE 4020/6020 or EDSE 4020E/6020E or EDSE 4030/6030 or EDSE 4030E/6030E | Graduate Prerequisite: | EDSE 2000 or EDSE 2000E or EDSE 4020/6020 or EDSE 4020E/6020E or EDSE 4030/6030 or EDSE 4030E/6030E | Undergraduate Corequisite: | (LLED 4530/6530 or LLED 4530E/6530E) and (LLED 4531/6531 or LLED 4531E/6531E) and (LLED 5540/7540 or LLED 5540E/7540E) | Graduate Corequisite: | (LLED 4530/6530 or LLED 4530E/6530E) and (LLED 4531/6531 or LLED 4531E/6531E) and (LLED 5540/7540 or LLED 5540E/7540E) | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5550E/7550E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Field-Based Practicum in TESOL or World Language Education, Grades P-12 | Course Description: | Hands-on, practical experiences with language learners at the grades P-5, 6-8, and/or 9-12 levels, through on-site work,
collaboration with certified teachers, and observations, as well as reflections and discussions. | Athena Title: | Field-Based Prac TESOL or WLEd | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5550 or LLED 7550 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. Field-based experiences in school TESOL or world language classrooms (7-10 hours per week). | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | EDSE 2000 or EDSE 2000E or EDSE 4020/6020 or EDSE 4020E/6020E or EDSE 4030/6030 or EDSE 4030E/6030E | Graduate Prerequisite: | EDSE 2000 or EDSE 2000E or EDSE 4020/6020 or EDSE 4020E/6020E or EDSE 4030/6030 or EDSE 4030E/6030E | Undergraduate Corequisite: | (LLED 4530/6530 or LLED 4530E/6530E) and (LLED 4531/6531 or LLED 4531E/6531E) and (LLED 5540/7540 or LLED 5540E/7540E) | Graduate Corequisite: | (LLED 4530/6530 or LLED 4530E/6530E) and (LLED 4531/6531 or LLED 4531E/6531E) and (LLED 5540/7540 or LLED 5540E/7540E) | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5560/7560. 3-18 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. | Course Title: | Full-Time Clinical Practice in TESOL or World Language Education, Grades P-12 | Course Description: | Student teaching in a school under supervision of a faculty
member and in collaboration with a certified TESOL or world
language teacher. | Athena Title: | Clin Pract TESOL or World Lang | Nontraditional Format: | Student teaching in a school setting. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5570/7570. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Student Teaching Seminar in World Language and TESOL Education Grades P-12 | Course Description: | Examines issues of classroom teaching in the World Language and
TESOL classrooms P-12. During this course, World Language and
TESOL teacher candidates plan for and examine their concurrent
student teaching experiences in light of research and theory,
peers' experiences in other school settings, and their own
teaching and learning histories. | Athena Title: | Stu Teach in Wor Lang TESOL Ed | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5570E or LLED 7570E | Nontraditional Format: | Students will participate in a semester-long, once-a-week
seminar concurrent with student teaching. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5570E/7570E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Student Teaching Seminar in World Language and TESOL Education, Grades P-12 | Course Description: | Examines issues of classroom teaching in the World Language and TESOL classrooms, P-12. During this course, World Language and TESOL teacher candidates plan for and examine their concurrent student teaching experiences in light of research and theory, peers' experiences in other school settings, and their own teaching and learning histories. | Athena Title: | Stu Teach in Wor Lang TESOL | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5570 or LLED 7570 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. Students will participate in a semester-long, once-a-week seminar concurrent with student teaching. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5630E/7630E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | ESOL, Grades P-12 | Course Description: | Foundations of second language learning, curriculum, materials
design, and methods of teaching non-native speakers of English in
grades P-12. This course provides an introduction to curricula,
methods, and materials in P-12 classrooms. Students will gain
experience tutoring and/or observing English-language learners in
P-12 schools. | Athena Title: | ESOL Grades P-12 | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5630 or LLED 7630 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite: | (LLED 5040/7040 or LLED 5040E/7040E) and (LLED 5730/7730 or LLED 5730E/7730E) | Graduate Pre or Corequisite: | (LLED 5040/7040 or LLED 5040E/7040E) and (LLED 5730/7730 or LLED 5730E/7730E) | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5630/7630. 3 hours. | Course Title: | ESOL, Grades P-12 | Course Description: | Foundations of second language learning, curriculum, materials
design, and methods of teaching non-native speakers of English in
grades P-12. This course provides an introduction to curricula,
methods, and materials in P-12 classrooms. Students will gain
experience tutoring and/or observing English-language learners in
P-12 schools. | Athena Title: | ESOL Grades P-12 | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5630E or LLED 7630E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5660. 12 hours. | Course Title: | Student Teaching in ESOL, Grades P-12 | Course Description: | Student teaching in English to speakers of other languages (ESOL)
in a public school under supervision of a faculty member. | Athena Title: | Student Teaching in ESOL P-12 | Nontraditional Format: | Student teaching in public school setting. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Corequisite: | LLED 7504 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5700/7700. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teachers as Readers in Book Clubs | Course Description: | Opportunities for pre-service teachers and teachers to
participate in a book club and to reflect on their own reading
practices as well as implications for their roles as classroom
teachers or media specialists. | Athena Title: | Teachers as Readers Book Club | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5710/7710. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Writing Cultures: A Poetry Workshop for Creative Educators | Course Description: | The aim in this course is to immerse teachers in the process of
writing poetry, regarding themselves as writers and, based on
this identity, creating more cross-culturally relevant,
meaningful literacy instruction in their own classrooms. | Athena Title: | Poetry Educators | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5710E or LLED 7710E | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5710E/7710E. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Writing Cultures: A Poetry Workshop for Creative Educators | Course Description: | The aim of this course is to immerse teachers in the process of
writing poetry, regarding themselves as writers and, based on
this identity, creating more cross-culturally relevant,
meaningful literacy instruction in their own classrooms. | Athena Title: | Poetry Educators | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5710 or LLED 7710 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5730E/7730E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | First and Second Language Acquisition and Development | Course Description: | Native and second language acquisition processes, with
attention to regional, social, and functional variation in
language and contrasts between English and other selected
languages. | Athena Title: | L1 & L2 ACQ & DEVEL | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5730/7730 or ELAN 5730E/7730E or ELAN 5730/7730 | Nontraditional Format: | Online small group discussion (using e-learning commons format)
and whole class discussion. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 5730/7730. 3 hours. | Course Title: | First and Second Language Acquisition and Development | Course Description: | Native and second language acquisition processes, with attention to regional, social, and functional variation in language and contrasts between English and other selected languages. | Athena Title: | L1 and L2 Acquis and Devel | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 5730E or LLED 7730E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6010. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Survey of Reading Instruction Pre-K through Grade 12 | Course Description: | Principles and practices in preschool through secondary reading
instruction. An overview of the methods, principles, and
practices of teaching reading. This is a reading endorsement
course. | Athena Title: | Survey Read PK-12 | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 6010E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6010E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Survey of Reading Instruction Pre-K through Grade 12 | Course Description: | An overview of the methods of teaching reading. This is a
reading endorsement course. Attendance at on-campus course
orientation is a requirement. | Athena Title: | SURVEY READ INST | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 6010 or READ 6010E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6020E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Reading Instruction and Assessment (Clinic) | Course Description: | Formal and informal assessments, instructional procedures, and materials for children experiencing reading difficulties. This
is a reading endorsement course. Tutoring is required. | Athena Title: | Reading Instruction and Assess | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 6020 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Prerequisite: | LLED 6010 or LLED 6020 or permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6020. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Practicum in Reading Instruction and Assessment (Clinic) | Course Description: | Formal and informal assessments, instructional procedures, and
materials for children experiencing reading difficulties. This
is a reading endorsement course. Tutoring required. | Athena Title: | Reading Instruction and Assess | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 6020E | Prerequisite: | LLED 6010 or LLED 6420 or permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6030. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teaching Reading in the Secondary School | Course Description: | Concepts and strategies for developing reading and study skills
needed by students in secondary schools. This is a reading
endorsement course for secondary school teachers. | Athena Title: | TEACH READ SEC SCHL | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in READ 6030 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6060. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Content Area Literacies | Course Description: | Theory and instructional strategies for enhancing reading,
writing, speaking, and listening across various subjects in the
school curriculum for grades K-12. This is a reading endorsement
course for elementary, middle, and high school teachers. | Athena Title: | Content Area Literacies | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 6060E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6060E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Content Area Literacies | Course Description: | Theory and instructional strategies for enhancing reading,
writing, speaking, and listening across various subjects in the
school curriculum for grades K-12. This is a reading
endorsement course for elementary, middle, and high school
teachers. | Athena Title: | Content Area Literacies | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 6060 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6070E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Middle School Reading | Course Description: | Instructional practices, materials, and evaluation techniques
for comprehensive reading programs in middle schools. This is
a reading endorsement course for middle school teachers. | Athena Title: | MID SCHOOL READ | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 6070 or READ 6070E | Prerequisite: | (LLED 4010 or LLED 6010) and permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6070. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Middle School Reading | Course Description: | Instructional practices, materials, and evaluation techniques
for comprehensive reading programs in middle schools. This is
a reading endorsement course for middle school teachers. | Athena Title: | MID SCHOOL READ | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 6070E or READ 6070 | Prerequisite: | LLED 4010 or LLED 6010 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6310. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Survey of Children's Literature, Grades P-8 | Course Description: | Literature appropriate for children, preschool through middle school. | Athena Title: | Children's Lit Grades P-8 | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 6310E | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6310E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Survey of Children's Literature, Grades P-8 | Course Description: | Literature appropriate for children, preschool through middle
school. | Athena Title: | SURVEY OF CHILD LIT | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 6310 or ELAN 6310 | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6410E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Adolescent and Young Adult Literature for a Changing World | Course Description: | An opportunity to read, analyze, compare, and contrast a wide
range of literature intended for adolescent readers. | Athena Title: | Adolescent and Young Adult Lit | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6420E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Literacy Development and Instruction in Early Childhood | Course Description: | Emergent literacy development of preschool through grade three
children; theory and research relevant to instructional
approaches and practice. This is a reading endorsement course
for elementary teachers. Attendance at on-campus course
orientation is a requirement. | Athena Title: | LIT DEV EARLY CHILD | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 6420 or READ 6420E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 6420. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Literacy Development and Instruction in Early Childhood | Course Description: | Emergent literacy development of preschool through grade three
children; theory and research relevant to instructional
approaches and practice. This is a reading endorsement course
for elementary teachers. | Athena Title: | Lit Dev and Instr Early Child | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 6420E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7000. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 24 hours credit. | Course Title: | Master's Research | Course Description: | Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members. | Athena Title: | MASTER'S RESEARCH | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 7000 | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7005. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit. | Course Title: | Graduate Student Seminar | Course Description: | Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This
course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of
study. | Athena Title: | GRAD STUDENT SEM | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 7005 | Nontraditional Format: | Seminar. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7016. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Folk Literature, Grades P-8 | Course Description: | Genres of folk literature, their relationship to formal literature, and their role in contemporary society. A study of culture through folklore. | Athena Title: | FOLK LITERATURE | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 7016 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7020. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | Course Title: | Practicum in Clinical Reading | Course Description: | Supervised experience in assessing and tutoring children having problems learning to read. | Athena Title: | PRAC CLINICAL RDG | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in READ 7020 | Prerequisite: | LLED 6020 or permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7030. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Academic Communication Skills for International Students | Course Description: | Designed to help international graduate students develop
advanced English skills in understanding academic and
professional lectures and reading materials and in speaking and
writing for academic and professional purposes. Focus is on
North American English used in context. | Athena Title: | ACADEMIC COMM SKILL | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 7030 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7045. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit. | Course Title: | Special Topics in Language and Literacy Education | Course Description: | Selected topics related to the theory and research of language
and literacy. | Athena Title: | Special Topics in LLED | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7045E | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7045E. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit. | Course Title: | Special Topics in Language and Literacy Education | Course Description: | Selected topics related to the theory and research of language
and literacy. | Athena Title: | Special Topics in LLED | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7045 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7050. 3-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Literacy Pedagogies | Course Description: | Intensive seminar on issues of literacy teaching and learning in
PreK-12 classrooms examined through the lenses of teacher
leadership, teaching inquiry and educational equity, and social
justice. | Athena Title: | LIT PEDAGOGIES | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7060. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Qualitative Research in Literacy Studies | Course Description: | Introduction to qualitative research in literacy studies at the
master's level. Students will learn the history of qualitative
inquiry, the qualitative research process, high- and mid-level
theories that inform qualitative research in the field of
literacy, methods of data collection and analysis of a
qualitative research study. | Athena Title: | QUAL RSCH LITERACY | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7070E. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Research Methods in Language Education | Course Description: | Research methods appropriate for studying language teaching and
learning. | Athena Title: | Research Methods in Lang Educ | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7070 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7070. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Research Methods in Language Education | Course Description: | Research methods appropriate for studying language teaching and learning. | Athena Title: | Research Methods in Lang Educ | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7070E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7077. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Language and Globalization | Course Description: | Theoretical perspectives on language and globalization within
the context of language education. Readings and course
activities address critical issues at the intersection of
language and globalization, spanning cross-disciplinary
perspectives including linguistics, anthropology, and education. | Athena Title: | Language and Globalization | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7110. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Integrating Digital Resources in Literacy Education | Course Description: | Integration of digital devices, resources, and platforms into
instruction to enhance literacy in elementary through secondary
schools. | Athena Title: | Digital Resources in Lit Ed | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7110E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7110E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Integrating Digital Resources in Literacy Education | Course Description: | Integration of digital devices, resources, and platforms into
instruction to enhance literacy in elementary through secondary
schools. | Athena Title: | Digital Resources in Lit Ed | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7110 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7120. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Digital Storytelling in Literacy Instruction | Course Description: | Examination of digital stories in literacy classrooms and
their potential for students to engage in multimodal
composition. Participants examine the role of images,
artifacts, and oral storytelling/audio recording during the
process of crafting a digital story, as well as the ways these
semiotic resources are integrated in the finished product. | Athena Title: | Digi Storytelling Lit Instruct | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7300. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 24 hours credit. | Course Title: | Master's Thesis | Course Description: | Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor. | Athena Title: | MASTER'S THESIS | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 7300 | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and thesis preparation. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7310. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Children's Literature in the Curriculum, Grades P-8 | Course Description: | Role of children's literature in the curriculum, including principles and techniques in selection of books and implementation of literature-based curriculum. | Athena Title: | CHILD LIT IN CURRIC | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 7310 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7320. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Writers and Writing Pedagogy, Grades P-8 | Course Description: | Strategies for building literate classroom communities based on current theory and research. | Athena Title: | Writers and Writing Pedagogy | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7320E | Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7320E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Writers and Writing Pedagogy, Grades P-8 | Course Description: | Strategies for building literate classroom communities based on current theory and research. | Athena Title: | Writers and Writing Pedagogy | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7320 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7400E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Current Issues in Secondary English Education | Course Description: | Historical, political, economic, and social factors that influence how the language arts are taught, how American secondary schools operate, and how teachers function. Fulfills MAT requirement for foundations. | Athena Title: | Current Issues in English Ed | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7400 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7400. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Current Issues in Secondary English Education | Course Description: | Historical, political, economic, and social factors that
influence how the language arts are taught, how American
secondary schools operate, and how teachers function. Fulfills
MAT requirement for foundations. | Athena Title: | Current Issues in English Ed | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7400E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7408. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Planning Instruction in Secondary English Education | Course Description: | English education majors learn to establish clear learning
goals for secondary English students, design assessments
aligned with those goals, and plan curriculum and instruction
that will engage public school students in the learning process. | Athena Title: | PLAN INST ENG ED | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 7408 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7410. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teaching Literature in the Secondary School | Course Description: | Classroom strategies for teaching ways to read, talk, and write
about literature. | Athena Title: | Teaching Lit Secondary School | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7410E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7410E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teaching Literature in the Secondary School | Course Description: | Classroom strategies for teaching ways to read, talk, and write about literature. | Athena Title: | Teaching Lit Secondary School | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7410 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7420. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teaching Writing in Secondary English Education | Course Description: | Theoretical implications of traditional, critical, and deconstructive pedagogies of writing and their usefulness in the classroom. | Athena Title: | Teach Writ in Secondary Eng Ed | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7420E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7420E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teaching Writing in Secondary English Education | Course Description: | Theoretical implications of traditional, critical, and
deconstructive pedagogies of writing and their usefulness in the
classroom. | Athena Title: | Teach Writ in Secondary Eng Ed | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7420 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught more than 95% online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7430E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Language and Literacies in Secondary English Education | Course Description: | Students engage in an exploration of issues of language and
literacy that present challenges to middle school and high
school English teachers. Students explore linguistic diversity,
varieties of English, English as an additional language, and
teaching grammar in context. | Athena Title: | Lang and Lit in Sec Eng Ed | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7430 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught more than 95% online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7430. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Language and Literacies in Secondary English Education | Course Description: | Students engage in an exploration of issues of language and
literacy that present challenges to middle school and high
school English teachers. Students explore linguistic diversity,
varieties of English, English as an additional language, and
teaching grammar in context. | Athena Title: | Lang and Lit in Sec Eng Ed | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7430E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7460. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | Course Title: | Internship in Reading Education | Course Description: | Supervised field-based experience related to teaching reading. | Athena Title: | INTERNSHIP READING | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in READ 7460 | Nontraditional Format: | This is a directed study course. Format, assignments, and hours are to be determined by the professor on a case-by-case basis. Student workload will be commensurate with credit received upon successful completion of the course. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7500. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Curriculum Planning in TESOL and World Language Education, Grades P-16 | Course Description: | Historical, philosophical, and sociological bases for curriculum
planning in TESOL and world language education. Survey of
current trends in design and content, and design and critique of
applicable curricula. | Athena Title: | Curric Plan TESOL and WLEd | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7500E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7500E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Curriculum Planning in TESOL and World Language Education, Grades P-16 | Course Description: | Historical, philosophical, and sociological bases for curriculum
planning in TESOL and world language education. Survey of
current trends in design and content, and design and critique of
applicable curricula. | Athena Title: | Curric Plan TESOL and WLEd | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7500 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7501. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Educational Linguistics | Course Description: | Advanced language study based on TESOL national standards for
teacher preparation. Students will acquire a working knowledge
of systemic functional linguistics (e.g., relationship of
text/context; analysis of field, tenor, and mode in oral and
written texts). They will also explore how this socio-cultural
approach differs from other linguistic approaches. | Athena Title: | ED LING | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 7501 | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7502E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | ESOL and World Language Assessment | Course Description: | Students will learn, apply, and reflect on issues of assessment
as well as legal and professional responsibilities of assessment
in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL).
Follows TESOL national standards for teacher preparation. | Athena Title: | ESOL and World Lang Assessment | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7502 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7503S. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Disciplinary Languages and Literacies | Course Description: | Students will learn instructional strategies in teaching English
to speakers of other languages across content areas following
TESOL national standards for teacher preparation. Topics
include teaching methods and techniques, planning integrated
instruction, meeting the appropriate content area and TESOL
standards, assessment, and cultural issues in content-based
instruction. | Athena Title: | Disciplinary Languages and Lit | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7503, LLED 7503E | Nontraditional Format: | Class meetings plus after-school service work. Course includes a
service-learning project during the semester that employs
experiential and research knowledge learned in the course or
teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives.
Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of
the project(s) and will spend time outside of the classroom. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7503E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Disciplinary Languages and Literacies | Course Description: | Students will learn instructional strategies in teaching English to speakers of other languages across content areas following TESOL national standards for teacher preparation. Topics include teaching methods and techniques, planning integrated instruction, meeting the appropriate content area and TESOL standards, assessment, and cultural issues in content-based instruction. | Athena Title: | Disciplinary Languages and Lit | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7503S, LLED 7503 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7503. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Disciplinary Languages and Literacies | Course Description: | Students will learn instructional strategies in teaching English to speakers of other languages across content areas following TESOL national standards for teacher preparation. Topics include teaching methods and techniques, planning integrated instruction, meeting the appropriate content area and TESOL standards, assessment, and cultural issues in content-based instruction. | Athena Title: | Disciplinary Languages and Lit | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7503E, LLED 7503S | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7504. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Reflective Practices and Performances in the TESOL and WLE Classroom | Course Description: | Students build on understanding of language and literacy
development theory and research, learn to advocate for students
and families, develop media and policy awareness to provide
optimal learning environments for English learners, and conduct
theory-based action research in their own classrooms in
coordination with student teaching or internships. | Athena Title: | Ref Prac Perf in TESOL and WLE | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7504E | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7504E. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Reflective Practices and Performances in the TESOL and WLE Classroom | Course Description: | Students build on understanding of language and literacy
development theory and research, learn to advocate for students
and families, develop media and policy awareness to provide
optimal learning environments for English learners, and conduct
theory-based action research in their own classrooms in
coordination with student teaching or internships. | Athena Title: | Ref Prac Perf in TESOL and WLE | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7504 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7505S. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Immigration Theory in Education | Course Description: | Exploration of the social and educational integration of
immigrant students and their subsequent achievement; the impact
of age upon entry, language loss and maintenance, accommodation
and assimilation, straight-line and segmented assimilation
theories, policy revisions, and the ways in which immigration
differs for adults and youth. Includes a service-learning project. | Athena Title: | Immigration Theory in Ed | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7505, LLED 7505E | Nontraditional Format: | Class meetings plus after-school service work. Course includes
a service-learning project during the semester that employs
experiential and research knowledge learned in the course or
teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives.
Students will be involved in the planning and implementation
of the project(s) and will spend time outside of the
classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning
component for approximately 25-50% of overall instructional
time. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7505. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Immigration Theory in Education | Course Description: | Exploration of the social and educational integration of
immigrant students and their subsequent achievement; the impact
of age upon entry, language loss and maintenance, accommodation
and assimilation, straight-line and segmented assimilation
theories, policy revisions, and the ways in which immigration
differs for adults and youth. | Athena Title: | Immigration Theory in Ed | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7505E, LLED 7505S | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7505E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Immigration Theory in Education | Course Description: | Exploration of the social and educational integration of immigrant students and their subsequent achievement; the impact of age upon entry, language loss and maintenance, accommodation and assimilation, straight-line and segmented assimilation theories, policy revisions, and the ways in which immigration differs for adults and youth. | Athena Title: | Immigration Theory in Ed | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7505, LLED 7505S | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7506. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Teaching Literature in Spanish for the K-12 Foreign Language Classroom | Course Description: | A survey of Spanish children's literature from Pre-K to young
adult for K-12 Spanish foreign language educators. Works studied
cover representative texts from a range of Spanish speaking
countries that can be used with Spanish foreign language
learners at various levels in United States classroom contexts. | Athena Title: | SPANISH CHILD LIT | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7510. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | Course Title: | ESOL/EFL and World Language Teaching Practicum | Course Description: | Guided teaching practice in second language or bilingual
teaching, applying pedagogical knowledge and skills. | Athena Title: | World Language Teach Practicum | Nontraditional Format: | Students meet with faculty members on a regular basis. Much of
the credit-bearing time is spent in practicum or teaching
assignments. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7601E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Non-Native Language Literacy: Elementary to Middle School Years | Course Description: | Examines sociocultural and pedagogical issues concerning literacy in a non-native language in emergent and newly fluent readers and writers in the elementary to middle school years. Students apply linguistics to literacy theory and learn to contextualize literacy instruction and assessment to meet local community needs. | Athena Title: | Non-Native Lang Lit Youth | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7601 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7601. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Non-Native Language Literacy: Elementary to Middle School Years | Course Description: | Examines sociocultural and pedagogical issues concerning literacy
in a non-native language in emergent and newly fluent readers and
writers in the elementary to middle school years. Students apply
linguistics to literacy theory and learn to contextualize
literacy instruction and assessment to meet local community needs. | Athena Title: | Non-Native Lang Lit Youth | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7601E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7602. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Non-native Language Literacy: Secondary to Adult | Course Description: | An introduction to sociocultural and pedagogical issues
concerning writing, and reading in a non-native language in
adolescents and adults. Major theoretical perspectives and
research traditions are reviewed. | Athena Title: | L2 LIT YOUTH/ADULT | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 7602 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7603. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Sociocultural Contexts of Linguistic Minority Education | Course Description: | Exploration of theory and research on the social and cultural
contexts of language minority education with particular
reference to the United States. | Athena Title: | ANTHRO LANG MIN ED | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7650. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Applied Project in Language and Literacy Education | Course Description: | Intensive study of a selected topic through library research and/or collection of original data. | Athena Title: | APPL PROJ LLED | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 7650 | Nontraditional Format: | Students will meet with faculty members on a regular basis. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7720. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teacher Inquiry in English/Language Arts | Course Description: | Teacher research, teacher inquiry, and publication of findings
within discipline-specific communities of practice. This capstone
course emphasizes translating research and theory into practice,
as well as the use of teacher inquiry methods; practitioner
writing; and imaginative, standards-informed literacy teaching in
a diverse range of contexts and settings. | Athena Title: | Teacher Inquiry in ELA | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7720E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7720E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teacher Inquiry in English/Language Arts | Course Description: | Teacher research, teacher inquiry, and publication of findings
within discipline-specific communities of practice. This capstone
course emphasizes translating research and theory into practice
as well as the use of teacher inquiry methods, practitioner
writing, and imaginative, standards-informed literacy teaching in
a diverse range of contexts and settings. | Athena Title: | Teacher Inquiry in ELA | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7720 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7770. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | Course Title: | Graduate Teaching Seminar in Language and Literacy Education | Course Description: | Provides graduate students with knowledge of pedagogical approaches and institutional support systems helpful in teaching in higher education in the department of Language and Literacy Education. | Athena Title: | Graduate Teaching Seminar | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7770E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7770E. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | Course Title: | Graduate Teaching Seminar in Language and Literacy Education | Course Description: | Provides graduate students with knowledge of pedagogical approaches and institutional support systems helpful in teaching in higher education in the department of Language and Literacy Education. | Athena Title: | Graduate Teaching Seminar | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 7770 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7810E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teachers as Theorists in English Education | Course Description: | Theoretical and philosophical approaches to education for
secondary English Education teachers. Advanced professional
consideration of the primary influence of theorizing and
philosophy on teaching practice, both within and around the
field of English Education. | Athena Title: | Teachers as Theorists | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7820E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Teacher Action Research in English Education | Course Description: | Using teacher action research in secondary English Education
classrooms as a foundational component of responsive teaching
which responds to the specific needs of each learner. Pedagogies
of differentiation and authentic assessment, requiring
participants to position themselves as both teachers and learners. | Athena Title: | Teacher Action Research | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7910E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | New Literacies | Course Description: | An overview of the ambiguities and tensions created by a
current move from the long established autonomous model of
reading to the New Literacy Studies (NLS). It also addresses
the implications of NLS for teaching students to comprehend a
wide range of texts. | Athena Title: | NEW LITERACIES | Nontraditional Format: | Delivery mode is asynchronous. Course design requires
collaboration with other students. E-mail daily, discussion
boards weekly, wiki-blogs daily, and Skype/other similar
technologies as needed. Written feedback will be given to
students on assignments weekly. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7920E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Assessing Literacy Materials and Programs | Course Description: | Assessment and evaluation of materials and programs for literacy
instruction in the classroom. | Athena Title: | LITERACY MATERIALS | Nontraditional Format: | Delivery mode is asynchronous. Course design requires
collaboration with other students. E-mail daily, discussion
boards weekly, wiki-blogs daily, and Skype/other similar
technologies as needed. Written feedback will be given to
students on assignments weekly. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7930E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Culture and Literacy Classrooms | Course Description: | Explores the ways culture transacts with teaching and learning
in literacy classrooms. | Athena Title: | CULT & LIT CLASSRMS | Nontraditional Format: | Delivery mode is asynchronous. Course design requires
collaboration with other students. E-mail daily, discussion
boards weekly, wiki-blogs daily, and Skype/other similar
technologies as needed. Written feedback will be given to
students on assignments weekly. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7940E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Electronic Assessment in Literacy Classrooms | Course Description: | Explores why and how to effectively use print-based and
technological approaches to integrating electronic portfolio
assessment into the literacy K-12 curriculum. | Athena Title: | E-ASSESSMENT | Nontraditional Format: | Delivery mode is asynchronous. Course design requires
collaboration with other students. E-mail daily, discussion
boards weekly, wiki-blogs daily, and Skype/other similar
technologies as needed. Written feedback will be given to
students on assignments weekly. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 7950. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit. | Course Title: | Advanced Seminar in Literacy Pedagogies | Course Description: | Intensive seminar on issues of literacy teaching and learning in
K-12 classrooms focusing on critical topical issues such as
technology, popular culture, or literacy and social class. | Athena Title: | ADV LIT PEDAGOGIES | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8000. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Doctoral Seminar in Language and Literacy Education | Course Description: | Introduces doctoral students to what it means to be a
scholar/researcher in academic contexts, to demystify the
process involved in acquiring a doctoral degree, and to provide
an introduction to the theory and practice of research in the
field of language and literacy education. | Athena Title: | DOC SEMINAR LLED | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 8000 | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8005. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. | Course Title: | Directed Study in Language and Literacy Education | Course Description: | Directed readings in research related to language teaching and learning. | Athena Title: | Directed Study in LLED | Nontraditional Format: | Independent study. | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8010. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Theory and Research in Response to Literature, Grades P-12 | Course Description: | Theories of Rosenblatt, Iser, Bakhtin, and others. Research in how readers create meaning from literature in elementary, secondary, and college classrooms. | Athena Title: | RESPONSE TO LIT | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 8010 | Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8015. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | Course Title: | Theoretical Stances on Literacy | Course Description: | Exploration of theoretical and philosophical stances that
influence literacy and literacy education. This course is not
a survey course; instead, at the discretion of the instructor,
each iteration of this course will focus on the work of one
theorist or school of theory (e.g., Derrida, Bakhtin, Reader
Response). | Athena Title: | THEO STANCES LIT | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8020. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Justice as Praxis in Education | Course Description: | In education, there is an urgent need to move from "justice as theory toward justice as praxis." Praxis is the ongoing relationship between dialogue, action, and reflection. Students will investigate culturally sustaining pedagogies, policies, and projects that center the teaching and learning experiences of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian/American communities. | Athena Title: | Justice as Praxis in Education | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDUC 8020 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8030. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | Course Title: | Critical Discourse Analysis and Linguistic Ethnography | Course Description: | Recent research and theories on the pedagogical role of discourse in first and second language classrooms. | Athena Title: | Discourse Analysis | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in QUAL 8030 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8032. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Seminar on Thought and Language | Course Description: | Theories of the relation between thought and language, with emphasis on the works of Vygotsky and educational theorists and researchers working from a Vygotskian frame. Explores pedagogical implications for literacy, literature, and language learning. | Athena Title: | SEM THOUGHT & LANG | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 8032 | Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8045. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit. | Course Title: | Special Topics in Language and Literacy Education | Course Description: | Selected topics related to the theory and research of language and literacy. | Athena Title: | SPECIAL TOPICS LLED | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 8045 or ELAN 9060 | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8050. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Computer Assisted Language Learning | Course Description: | Exploration of the theoretical and pedagogical implications of
computer-assisted communication and multimedia in a wide array
of language education contexts. Participants will have an
opportunity to focus on specific empirical, theoretical, and/or
pedagogical contexts that relate to their academic and
professional specializations. | Athena Title: | CALL | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8055. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Youth Participatory Action Research | Course Description: | Community-based learning to examine youth experiences in a
changing urban landscape. Students will engage with theories of
participatory and youth research methods in an applied setting. | Athena Title: | Youth Participatory Research | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in QUAL 8055 | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8065. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Queer Theories and Education | Course Description: | To queer is, fundamentally, to make strange. This course
utilizes Queer Theory to make that which is normalized in and
around the field of education, including the very concept
of "normal," strange. As such, it engages different queer
reading practices to work through various approaches to
sexuality, pleasure, and identity in order to make the
unthinkable in education thinkable. | Athena Title: | Queer Theories and Education | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8070. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Principles of Youth Community-Based Educational Research | Course Description: | Examination of studies in Youth Participatory Action Research,
Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Empowerment, and related realms.
Drawing from Humanizing Research and Culturally Sustaining work,
we approach work in education through critical engagement with
the communities that surround schools and with a particular
focus on ways in which youth voice can guide research practice. | Athena Title: | Youth Comm Based Ed Resch | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDUC 8070 | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8075. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Religion, Literacy, and Teacher Identity in Public Schools | Course Description: | Historical, theoretical, and theological approaches to the
ongoing presence of religion in public schooling in the United
States. Emphasis on background and trends at the intersection of
education, religion, sociology, and literacy education and
practices. | Athena Title: | Religion Literacy and Teaching | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8170. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Psychology of Reading | Course Description: | Psychological foundations of reading ability, instructional methods, and materials. | Athena Title: | Psychology of Reading | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EPSY 8170, EPSY 8170E, LLED 8170E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8170E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Psychology of Reading | Course Description: | Psychological foundations of reading ability, instructional methods, and materials. | Athena Title: | Psychology of Reading | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EPSY 8170, EPSY 8170E, LLED 8170 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8200. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Critical Pedagogies | Course Description: | Examination of how critical teachers in elementary, secondary,
and post-secondary schools, including teacher education
programs, confront systems of oppression and teach for social
justice. Exploration of sociopolitical contexts and
sociohistorical roots of critical pedagogies. Development and
critique of critical pedagogy in preK-12, university
classrooms, and community organizations. | Athena Title: | CRITICAL PEDAGOGIES | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8300. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Culture, Literacy, and the Classroom | Course Description: | Social and cultural factors that affect learning and teaching of literacy; application of multicultural perspectives to curriculum development and classroom literacy practice. | Athena Title: | CULT LIT CLASSROOM | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in READ 8300 | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8310. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Race, Class, and Gender in Literature for Young People | Course Description: | Historical evolution of representations of women and racial minorities in children's literature. Theory and research exploring the relation between children's literature and changing sociocultural and political values and ideologies provide the framework for the course. The relation between sociocultural and political values and more traditional aesthetic considerations.
| Athena Title: | RACE CLASS GEND LIT | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 8310 | Prerequisite: | LLED 6310 or LLED 7310 or permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8320. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Issues in Teaching Literature for Young People | Course Description: | Examination of a number of often controversial issues that
surround the writing, publication, and teaching of literature
for young people. The issues are examined through intensive
reading of research and popular literature on the subjects, as
well as by reading the works that illustrate the various issues. | Athena Title: | ISSUES LIT YOUNG | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8330. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Popular Culture in Literacy Classrooms | Course Description: | How schools should respond to popular culture especially in
terms of literacy teaching and learning. Popular culture
celebrates an end to elitism built on subjective notions of
taste. It consists of everyday practices that connect a group
of people to each other in particular times and places. | Athena Title: | Popular Culture Lit Classrooms | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 8330E | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8330E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Popular Culture in Literacy Classrooms | Course Description: | How schools should respond to popular culture especially in
terms of literacy teaching and learning. Popular culture
celebrates an end to elitism built on subjective notions of
taste. It consists of everyday practices that connect a group
of people to each other in particular times and places. | Athena Title: | Popular Culture Lit Classrooms | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 8330 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8340E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | The History of Teaching Methods for Literacy Learning in the United States | Course Description: | A historical examination of literacy education from colonial
America to the present. | Athena Title: | HIST LITERACY EDUC | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 8340 | Nontraditional Format: | Delivery mode is asynchronous. Course design is a self-paced,
modular study course for some of the written assignments.
Collaboration with other students required for the discussion
where grades depend on getting responses to postings as well as
number and timing of postings. There are no face-to-face
meetings. E-mail as needed to communicate with individual
students or to send messages to all students. Discussion boards
weekly. Wiki-blogs to be determined by person teaching the
course. Skype/other similar technologies to be determined by
person teaching the course. Written feedback will be given
weekly to students on assignments. Distance education and
digital tools are a changing landscape. The instructor of
record will make decisions about what technologies to use. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8350. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Family and Community Literacies | Course Description: | Critical assessment of research about family and community
literacies and practices, including the role of class and culture
in literacy; popular culture and digital and social media; and
family and school involvement. Consideration of diverse
methodologies and theoretical orientations in understanding
families’ literate and community lives. | Athena Title: | Family Community Literacies | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8405. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Theory and Research in English Education | Course Description: | Exploration of historical and contemporary trends in theory and research about English language arts and adolescent literacies education. | Athena Title: | Theory and Research English Ed | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8420. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Conducting Research in English Education Contexts | Course Description: | The design and implementation of research in the field of English Education. Drawing on relevant theories, students will build and conduct theoretical and/or field-based studies that emerge from and construct new knowledge in English Education. | Athena Title: | Research in English Education | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8430. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Temporalities and Social Change in Literacy Education | Course Description: | Exploration of theory and research about temporality, time, and social change in educational research and the humanities, focusing in particular on foundational and contemporary scholarship in literacy studies. | Athena Title: | Temp Issues in Lit Ed | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8450. 3-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 36 hours credit. | Course Title: | Internship in Secondary English Education Teaching and Supervision | Course Description: | Teaching and field supervision of English Education teacher
candidates at the secondary level. | Athena Title: | Intrnshp EE Tchng Supervision | Nontraditional Format: | Internship. Students will meet individually and in groups with
the instructor and will devote additional time to providing
mentored supervision in public-school settings for teacher
candidates completing practicum or student-teaching assignments. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8590E. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Arts-Based Inquiry in Diverse Learning Communities | Course Description: | Examination of techniques of arts-based scholarship to increase
the value, validity, and impact of qualitative research for
understanding culturally and linguistically diverse learning
communities. Students will practice poetic, theatrical, and
artistic data collection, analysis, and representation.
Students will develop focused expertise, fostering a rigorous
critical community for arts-based scholarship. | Athena Title: | Arts-Based Inquiry | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 8590, QUAL 8590, QUAL 8590E | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8590. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Arts-Based Inquiry in Diverse Learning Communities | Course Description: | Examination of techniques of arts-based scholarship to increase
the value, validity, and impact of qualitative research for
understanding culturally and linguistically diverse learning
communities. Students will practice poetic, theatrical, and
artistic data collection, analysis and representation. Students
will develop focused expertise, fostering a rigorous critical
community for arts-based scholarship. | Athena Title: | Arts-Based Inquiry | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 8590E, QUAL 8590, QUAL 8590E | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8600. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Research on Second Language Acquisition | Course Description: | Research and theories on the acquisition of other languages in classroom settings. | Athena Title: | RSCH 2ND LANG ACQ | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 8600 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8650. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Translingual Memoir | Course Description: | Translingual Memoir refers to autobiographical writings that revolve around an exiled or émigré writer's enforced adoption of a new language and/or the writer wrestling with one's own and another linguistic and cultural personal identity. Students will critically read published works and produce memoirs of their own. | Athena Title: | TRANSLINGUAL MEMOIR | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8710. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | Course Title: | An Advanced Poetry Workshop for Interdisciplinary Understanding | Course Description: | Students acquire poetic craft to write poetry which crosses
disciplinary, cultural, and linguistic boundaries. This
“bootcamp” seminar guides students on “poetic fieldtrips” to
stimulate collisions between disparate disciplinary vocabularies
and knowledges. Daily research and reading help craft poems that
draw upon what has been experienced, witnessed, studied, and
learned. | Athena Title: | Writing Cultures | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 8710E | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8710E. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | Course Title: | An Advanced Poetry Workshop for Interdisciplinary Understanding | Course Description: | Students acquire poetic craft to write poetry which crosses
disciplinary, cultural, and linguistic boundaries. This “bootcamp”
seminar guides students on “poetic fieldtrips” to stimulate
collisions between disparate disciplinary vocabularies and
knowledges. Daily research and reading help craft poems that draw
upon what has been experienced, witnessed, studied, and learned. | Athena Title: | Writing Cultures | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 8710 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8750. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | Course Title: | Qualitative Research Writing Workshop | Course Description: | Provides intensive support for graduate students who are writing up qualitative research studies for professional journals, theses, and/or dissertations. Explores a variety of models of writing within qualitative research traditions across disciplines. Supports writers through individual writing conferences, structured writing time, and group feedback. | Athena Title: | Qualitative Research Writing | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 8750E, QUAL 8750, QUAL 8750E | Nontraditional Format: | This is a six-day intensive writing retreat. Each day students write for 6 hours, confer with their peers and instructor for 1 hour, and participate in a 3-hour group seminar where they discuss issues and read excerpts of their writing for group feedback. | Prerequisite: | QUAL 8420 or QUAL 8420E | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8750E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Qualitative Research Writing Workshop | Course Description: | Provides intensive support for graduate students who are writing up qualitative research studies for professional journals,
theses, and/or dissertations. Explores a variety of models of writing within qualitative research traditions across
disciplines. Supports writers through individual writing conferences, structured writing time, and group feedback. | Athena Title: | Qualitative Research Writing | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 8750, QUAL 8750, QUAL 8750E | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. This is a six-day intensive writing retreat. Each day students write for 6 hours, confer with their peers and instructor for 1 hour, and participate in a 3-hour group seminar where they discuss issues and read excerpts of their writing for group feedback. | Prerequisite: | QUAL 8420 or QUAL 8420E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 8990. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | Course Title: | Professional Issues in Literacy Education | Course Description: | Contemporary topics related to professional issues with
particular attention to literacy education. Emphasis on becoming
active participants in the community of literacy education
scholars. | Athena Title: | PROF ISS LIT ED | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in READ 8990 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 9000. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 48 hours credit. | Course Title: | Doctoral Research | Course Description: | Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members. | Athena Title: | Doctoral Research | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 9000E | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 9000E. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 48 hours credit. | Course Title: | Doctoral Research | Course Description: | Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members. | Athena Title: | Doctoral Research | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LLED 9000 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 9005. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit. | Course Title: | Doctoral Graduate Student Seminar | Course Description: | Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This
course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of
study. | Athena Title: | DOC GRAD STU SEM | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ELAN 9005 | Nontraditional Format: | Seminar. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 9100. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 36 hours credit. | Course Title: | Doctoral Examinations and Prospectus Preparation | Course Description: | Written and oral comprehensive examinations and development of dissertation prospectus. | Athena Title: | Doctoral Exam Prospectus Prep | Nontraditional Format: | Doctoral exams and prospectus preparation. | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 9300. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 48 hours credit. | Course Title: | Doctoral Dissertation | Course Description: | Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor. | Athena Title: | Doctoral Dissertation | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation. | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | LLED 9630. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | Course Title: | Review and Critique of Language and Literacy Education Literatures | Course Description: | Review and critique of empirical, theoretical, and practice
publications on education in the areas of language and
literacies. | Athena Title: | CRIT REV LITERATURE | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in READ 9630 | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LLED 9700. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | Course Title: | Internship in Reading Education | Course Description: | Advanced field-based experience related to the teaching of reading. | Athena Title: | INTERN READ ED | Nontraditional Format: | This is an independent study-in-the-field course. Requirements for satisfactory course completion are to be determined on a case by case basis between the professor and the student, in accordance with departmental and school policy and precedent. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
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