Nance Wilson, chair
Tadayuki Suzuki, graduate coordinator
Cornish Hall, Room 1303
607-753-2705
Fax: 607-758-5006
Email: department secretary
cortland.edu/literacy

School of Education

Faculty

Michele Irvin Gonzalez, Mary-Jo Morse, Charlotte Pass, Katarina Silvestri, Tadayuki Suzuki, Nance Wilson

Adjunct Faculty

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

Degree 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 and enables graduates of the birth-grade 6 program to obtain certification in the grades 5-12 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 [LTE] M.S.Ed.

Courses

• •  LIT 511 - Teaching Literacy in the Primary Grades
• •  LIT 516 - Teaching Literacy in the Intermediate Grades
• •  LIT 525 - Discrete Literacy Instruction and Assessment
• •  LIT 527 - Comprehension Instruction and Assessment
• •  LIT 528 - Literacy Foundations
• •  LIT 530 - Reading Recovery 1
• •  LIT 531 - Reading Recovery 2
• •  LIT 535 - Writing Instruction and Assessment
• •  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 and Young Adult Literature in the Curriculum
• •  LIT 570 - Young Adult Literature
• •  LIT 590 - Teaching and Learning Literacy in the Digital Age
• •  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 690 - Assessment for the Specialized Literacy Professional
• •  LIT 693 - Applied Assessment and Instruction: Literacy Capstone and Practicum
• •  LIT 697 - Extension of Graduate Culminating Activity
• •  LIT 698 - The Master's Project in Literacy Education