Cornish Hall, Room 1303
(607) 753-2705
Fax: (607) 758-5006
E-mail: pat.alter@cortland.edu
www.cortland.edu/literacy

School

Education

Faculty

William Buxton (Chair), Sheila Cohen, Michele Irvin Gonzalez, Ellen Jampole, Charlotte Pass, Pamela F. Summers

Adjunct Faculty

For a listing of adjunct faculty see the Faculty and Administration  section of this catalog.

Programs Offered

Master of Science in Education: Literacy Education 
Literacy Specialist, Birth-Grade 6
Literacy Specialist, Grades 5-12

Programs

Graduate

• •  Literacy Education [LED] M.S.Ed.

Courses

• •  LIT 511 - Teaching Literacy in the Primary Grades
• •  LIT 516 - Teaching Literacy in the Intermediate Grades
• •  LIT 528 - Language and Literacy Development
• •  LIT 539 - Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum
• •  LIT 540 - Current Issues in Assessment and Instruction Birth to Grade 6
• •  LIT 549 - Literacy in the Middle and Secondary School
• •  LIT 550 - Current Issues in Assessment and Instruction: Grades 5-12
• •  LIT 560 - Children’s Literature in the Curriculum
• •  LIT 570 - Young Adult Literature
• •  LIT 610 - Seminar in Literacy History, Instruction and Research
• •  LIT 630 - Literacy and Society
• •  LIT 669 - The Literacy Specialist and The Literacy Program
• •  LIT 682 - Assessment and Instruction of Learners Experiencing Literacy Difficulties
• •  LIT 683 - Field Experience: Birth-6
• •  LIT 684 - Field Experience: Grades 5-12
• •  LIT 693 - Literacy Practicum
• •  LIT 697 - Extension of Graduate Culminating Activity
• •  LIT 698 - The Master’s Project in Literacy Education