Michele Irvin Gonzalez, chair

William Buxton, graduate coordinator

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

School

Education

Faculty

William Buxton, Christina Caravella, Michele Irvin Gonzalez, Mary-Jo Morse, Charlotte Pass, Pamela Summers

Adjunct Faculty

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

Program Description and Admission Requirements

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

Literacy Addition Track

This Literacy Addition Track is only for those candidates who have completed one of the programs in SUNY Cortland's literacy master's degree who desire to obtain the other program.

This 12-credit hour program enables SUNY Cortland literacy master's graduates of the grades 5-12 program to obtain certification in the birth-grade 6 program. Upon completion of either of these programs, candidates must apply for the additional certification on their own through the New York State Education Department (NYSED). Candidates must apply and be admitted to the Literacy Addition Track (Birth-6 or Grades 5-12).

To apply for either Literacy Addition Track (Birth-Grade 6 or Grades 5-12), send a letter of application to the chair of the Literacy Department detailing the reasons why this additional track is being sought.

Literacy Addition Track Grades 5-12

Candidates who are SUNY Cortland literacy master's degree graduates in the Birth-Grade 6 program will take the following courses for the additional track in Grades 5-12 for a total of 12 credit hours:

Literacy Addition Track Birth-Grade 6

Candidates who are SUNY Cortland literacy master's degree graduates in the Grades 5-12 program will take the following courses for the additional track in Birth-Grades 6 for a total of 12 credit hours:

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