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Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum


Untitled Document Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum - English/Language Arts Education

Program Coordinator
Dr. Michael Angelotti

Undergraduate Requirements
English/Language Arts Education

Master's Degree
The purpose of the master's program in English Education is to advance
student understanding of Middle/Secondary English teaching, content, and research.

Core (11 hrs minimum)
Studies in Teaching and Learning (3 hrs)
Studies in Cultural Diversity (2-3 hrs)
Research (6 hrs)
Research Synthesis (0-3 hrs)

Concentration (21 hours minimum)
Students in English Education must complete at leaset 21 credit hours in the English
Education Concentration which includes the specialization (9 hours minimum) and approved
electives (12 hours minimum).

SPECIALIZATION (9 hrs minimum) from the following list:
EDEN 5263 Special Topics in Literacy I(3 hrs)
EDEN 6263 Special Topics in Literacy II (3 hrs)
EDEN 5213 Secondary English Curriculum (3 hrs)
EDEN 5223 Teaching Composition: Theory and Practice (3 hrs)
EDEN 5233 Teaching of Literature: Theory and Practice (3 hrs)
EDEN 5243 Teaching of Language: Theory and Practice (3 hrs)
EDEN 5253 Research in English Education (3 hrs)

English Education ELECTIVES (12 hrs minimum)*
Graduate courses in language, literature, composition and other English
Education related areas relevant to student's goals and interests.
*Advisor Approved

Total Core & Concentration Hours: 36

Doctoral Degree
Core (23-24 hrs minimum)
ILAC 6013 Proseminar in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum (3 hrs)
ILAC 6023 Theoretical Issues in ILAC (3 hrs)
Studies in Teaching and Learning
Studies in Cultural Diversity (3 hrs)
Research Methodology (12 hrs)
Specialization (36 hrs minimum)
English Education
Coursework in English Education, such as issues, curriculum, pedagogy, research, and
language studies (e.g., composition, literature, language arts), as approved by the
advisor and committee.

Education and Related Areas
Coursework in education and related areas that support the student's professional
goals such as learning theory, communications, human relations, anthropology,
philosophy, psychology, sociology, and teaching as approved by the student's
advisor and committee.

Content Areas
In consultation with the advisor and committee, the student may select course work
from various areas of English and other related content areas.

Electives (12 hrs maximum)
Dissertation (9 minimum-18 maximum hrs)
Total Core, Specialization, Electives, and Dissertation Hours: 90 minimum

Special Programs
Oklahoma Writing Project

Mailing Address
Collings Hall
820 Van Vleet Oval, Room 114
Norman, Oklahoma 73019-2041
Phone:(405)325-1498
Fax:(405)325-4061

Department Chair: Dr. Lawrence Baines
Ruth G. Hardman Chair: Dr. Priscilla Griffith


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