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BA.INTA.ELAR.T48E.MEDRE.RDSL.ACCEL - Bachelor of Arts Grades 4-8 English Language Arts and Reading Certification/Master of Education in Reading and English as a Second Language

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Program Long Title

Bachelor of Arts Grades 4-8 English Language Arts and Reading Certification/Master of Education in Reading and English as a Second Language

Credential Designation

BA/MEDRE

Program Code

BA.INTA.ELAR.T48E.MEDRE.RDSL.ACCEL

Program Level

UG/GR

College/School

Education

Program Description

The Bachelor of Arts in Education in English, Language Arts, and Reading with Science of Teaching Reading Grades 4-8 with Teacher Certification and the Master of Education in Reading program is a 156-hour program. Graduates from the program will receive both a Bachelor of Arts in Education and a Master of Education in Reading. This non-thesis program is designed for those seeking initial teacher certification and enhanced expertise in the area of teaching English, language arts, and reading with Science of Teaching Reading. Once candidates have completed their initial teaching certification and required coursework in this degree, and if they have passed the appropriate state certification (TExES) tests, candidates will receive their English, Language Arts, and Reading with Science of Teaching Reading Certification. After teachers graduating from this program have completed two years of teaching experience, and if they have passed the appropriate state certification (TExES) tests, they will also earn the Reading Specialist Certification.

Degree Requirements

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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses	credit hours (baED)
Developing A Christian Mind DCM 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind	3
English	12
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II ENGL 2301 - World Literature I ENGL 2302 - World Literature II
Fine Arts FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts	3
Foreign Language *Six hours at the 2000 level if adequate requisites are met	14*
Foundations for Excellence	1
FOUN 1101 - Foundations for Excellence is required of all first-year and transfer students with fewer than 15 credit hours. (AP, CLEP, IB, or dual/concurrent credit earned while in high school does not count toward these 15 credit hours.)
History	6
HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865
Kinesiology	2
KNES 1101 and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived.
Mathematics	3
MATH 1303 - College Algebra - or equivalent
Natural Science BIOL 1401 - Principles of Biology	4
Religion	9
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and three additional credit hours depending on credit hours transferred at time of initial enrollment
Social Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only) POLS 2301 - American National Government	3
TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS	60
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY	21
EDUC 1017 - Introduction to Teacher Certification* EDUC 3302 - Development of Infants, Children, and Adolescents* (S-L) EDUC 3313 - Foundations of Teaching* EDUC 3320 - Instructional Assessment* EDUC 4021 - EC-12 Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Seminar EDUC 4313 - Discipline and Classroom Management in Culturally Diverse Settings* (S-L) EDUC 4320 - Instructional Technology* EDUC 4608 - Clinical Teaching*
INTERDISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC MAJOR
A. PEDAGOGY	6
EDUC 4312 - Teaching Special Populations* (S-L) EDUC 4314 - Best Practices in Teaching* (S-L)
B. CONTENT	33
ENGL 3301 - American Literature I or ENGL 3302 - American Literature II
ENGL 3313 - British Literature I or ENGL 3314 - British Literature II
ENGL 3305 - Advanced Communication (S-L) or ENGL 4301 - Introduction to Linguistics
ENGL 4309 - Studies in Fiction ENGL 4311 - Studies in Poetry READ 4010 - English Language Arts and Reading 4-8 Seminar READ 4013 - Science of Teaching Reading Seminar READ 4313 - Science of Teaching Reading READ 4330 - Recognizing and Instructing Struggling Readers* READ 4335 - Pedagogy of Reading I (Phonics) READ 4336 - Pedagogy of Reading II (Comprehension)* READ 4338 - Pedagogy of Language Arts READ 4340 - Adolescent Reading and Writing Instruction*
*Indicates Signature Course requiring download of Signature Assessments in TaskStream Reminder.
Shared Undergraduate/Graduate Courses	6
READ 5302 - Scaffolding Literacy Instruction READ 5333 - Reading: Clinical Experiences in Correcting Reading Difficulties (S-L)
Additional Upper-Level Electives Required* Additional Lower or Upper-Level Electives Required* All electives must be courses that prepare the candidate for the TExES content examination.	0 0
TOTAL UNDERGRADUATE WITH SHARED HOURS REQUIRED	126

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required. Students must complete all Undergraduate hours and shared undergraduate/graduate hours prior to enrolling for remaining Graduate hours.

Elective Requirements*

• In order to satisfy the “Undergraduate only” portion of an accelerated degree plan, sufficient lower-level and upper-level elective hours must be taken to complete the minimum number of Undergraduate credit hours required for each specific accelerated degree.

• As part of this accelerated degree plan, 6 shared Graduate hours will be counted toward a minimum of 36 upper-level Undergraduate semester hours required for all bachelor’s degrees.

RETENTION IN AND GRADUATION FROM THE PROGRAM

Students must fulfill the following conditions to enroll and continue enrollment in the Accelerated Bachelor's and Master's degree program:

Students must be accepted to the Educator Preparation Program at the completion of 45 semester hours.
Students must file a Statement of Commitment at the completion of 90 semester hours (including current enrollment).
Students must maintain and graduate with an overall institutional GPA of 3.0 and must maintain and graduate with an institutional GPA of 3.0 in their teaching fields/academic concentrations.
Science and Math courses must be taken prior to Field-Based semesters.

REMAINING GRADUATE REQUIREMENTS

courses	credit hours (MED)
MED IN READING REQUIREMENTS
Reading Concentration EDAD 6300 - Foundations of Instructional Leadership EDUC 6313 - Assessment to Improve Learning EDUC 6318 - Leading for Learning READ 5314 - Reading Curriculum Instruction Assessment*
READ 5315 - Reading Strategies for the Emergent Learner EC-6* or READ 5316 - Reading Strategies for the Advanced Learner (7-12)
READ 6325 - Phonics and Word Analysis* READ 6326 - Understanding Diverse and Struggling Learners in Reading* READ 6337 - Literacy Leadership and Coaching
Required Courses READ 5322 - Connecting Reading and Writing Workshop Practicum I (S-L)* READ 5323 - Reading Specialist Practicum II (S-L)* READ 5011 - Reading Specialist Seminar** EDUC 6012 - Defense of Degree
TOTAL ADDITIONAL GRADUATE HOURS	30
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR ACCELERATED DEGREE	156
Required for Advanced Certification for Reading Specialist *Required: Must pass this seminar to complete the program (S-L)=course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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