Apply to the program.
Prior reading coursework, teaching experience and/or certification are required for entry to thereading and language doctoral program. These requirements include graduate courses in (1) beginning reading, (2) comprehension and/or secondary/content area reading, (3) linguistics and (4) writing instruction. Promising candidates without such preparation, may take these courses at NLU and apply them to this degree. 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, which may be included as electives. Students may petition the program if they have other clinical coursework in literacy.
Educational Specialist in Reading and Language 30 semester hours (sh)
Reading and Language core courses 17 sh
RLD 600 Language, Linguistics and Literacy 3sh
RLD 601 Research in Early Literacy 3sh
RLD 602 Reading Comprehension
Research and Application 3sh
RLD 607 Theory and Research in Writing 3sh
RLD 603 Historical Issues in Literacy Research 2sh
RLD 606 Instruction and Staff Development
in Reading and Language 3sh
Electives: Any advanced (500 or 600 level) courses
with an RLR, RLL, or RLW prefix 13 sh
