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Reading and Language, Ed.D.

This program is designed to prepare graduates who are interested in school-based leadership positions, advanced clinical work or college-level teaching. Rigorous coursework and carefully supervised internships in clinical supervision, teaching, research, staff development and evaluation constitute the core of the preparation experience.

In addition to National College of Education Graduate Admissions Requirements, applicants must:

  • Submit official scores for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
  • Have prior reading coursework
  • Have teaching experience or certification
  • Have one graduate course in beginning reading
  • Have a second graduate course in comprehension or secondary/content area reading
  • Have a course in linguistics
  • Have a course in writing instruction
  • Note: For promising candidates not demonstrating such preparation, appropriate coursework is required as a pre- or post-admission requirement

This degree requires:

  • 63 SH
  • An internship
  • Comprehensive examination
  • A dissertation

Doctoral Core - 6 SH

CCD610ADoctoral Core I
CCD610BDoctoral Core II

Research and Dissertation - 21 SH

ESR604Dissertation Proposal Seminar
ESR610Paradigms of Research
ESR612Empirical/Analytic Research I
ESR614Interpretive/Critical Research I
ESR616Empirical/Analytic Research II
or
ESR618Interpretive/Critical Research II
and
CCD699Dissertation

Internship - 6 SH

RLD690Advanced Internship in Literacy

Reading and Language Core - 12 SH

RLD600Language and Linguistics and Literacy
RLD601Research in Early Literacy
RLD602Reading Comprehension: Reach and Application
RLD607Theory and Research in Writing

Additional Reading and Language Core - 4-5 SH

Choose two of the following courses:

RLD603Historical Issues in Literacy Research
RLD604Current Issues in Literacy Research
RLD606Instruction and Staff Development in Reading and Language

Program Electives - 7 SH

Choose 7 SH of courses with within RLD, RLL, RLR, RLS or RLW prefixes in consultation with a doctoral advisor

Additional Program Electives - 6–7 SH

Choose 6 or 7 SH of graduate NCE courses in consultation with a doctoral advisor

Note: Students who do not hold a Type 10 Reading Certificate or Type 10 Special Education Certificate, or who have not trained as Reading Recovery teachers may be required to complete a clinical sequence in literacy instruction. Such coursework may be included as electives. Students may petition the program if they have other clinical coursework in literacy.

Comprehensive Examination

The comprehensive examination is taken after completion of the doctoral, research and program core classes (with the exception of the last research course). Students must pass the comprehensive examination prior to formal work on the dissertation and advancement to candidacy for the Ed.D. degree.