Michele Gonzalez, chair
Tadayuki Suzuki, graduate coordinator
Katarina Silvestri, graduate coordinator (fall)
Cornish Hall, Room 1303
607-753-2705
Fax: 607-758-5006
Email: department secretary
cortland.edu/literacy

School of Education

Faculty

Brittany Adams, 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 
Birth-Grade 12

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 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