Reading and Literacy in Early and Middle Childhood (TCHLRN-PH, RLEMC)

Specialization Curriculum

Specialization leading to Doctor of Philosophy in Teaching and Learning

Core Requirements (20 hours)

Teaching and Learning Required Courses (choose two, 8 hours)

EDUTL 8003 Theorizing and Researching Teaching and Learning (4)
EDUTL 8015 Diversity and Equity in Education (4)

Research Requirement (choose three, 9 hours)

Take a minimum of 9 semester hours of research methods. Choose a qualitative focus, a quantitative focus, or a combination. Recommended courses are listed below. Students may select courses from beyond this list with the approval of the advisor and the Graduate Studies Committee

Qualitative

EDUTL 7431 The Ethnography of Communication 1 (3)
EDUTL 7432 The Ethnography of Communication 2 (4)
EDUTL 8001 Discourse Analysis and Educational Research 1 (4)
EDUTL 8002 Discourse Analysis and Educational Research 2 (4)
ESQUAL 8280 Qualitative Research in Education: Paradigms, Theories, and Exemplars (3)
ESQUAL 8290 Qualitative Research in Education: Methods and Analysis (3)

Quantitative

ESQREM 6625 Introduction to Educational Research (3)
ESQREM 6641 Introduction to Educational Statistics (3)
ESQREM 7627 Sampling Designs and Survey Research Methods (3)
ESQREM 7648 Univariate Experimental Design (3)
ESQREM 8648 Multivariate Experimental Designs (3)

Breadth Requirement (choose one, 3 hours)

Take at least one course outside of specialization but within in Teaching and Learning.

EDUTL Breadth Requirement (3)

Specialization Requirements (24 hours)

Students must meet with a faculty advisor within the first two semesters to plan a program of study. With the approval of a faculty advisor and the Graduate Studies Committee, the program of study may deviate from the curriculum below depending on scholarly and research interests.

Required Courses (12 hours)

EDUTL 8420 Professional Seminar in Reading and Literacy in Early and Middle Childhood Education (3)
EDUTL 8421 Guided Survey of Research in Reading (3)
EDUTL 8425 Understanding the Reading Process (3)
EDUTL 8427 Learning and Teaching Reading Comprehension (3)

Elective Courses (choose four, 12 hours)

EDUTL 7316 Language Arts in the Early and Middle Childhood Program (3)
EDUTL 7418 Synthesizing Research in Reading and Literacy (3)
EDUTL 7428 Trends and Issues in Teaching Reading (3)
EDUTL 8309 History of Theory and Practice in Literacy (3)
EDUTL 8311 Research in Emergent Literacy (3)
EDUTL 8426 Advanced Study in Reading Difficulties of Young Children (3)
EDUTL 8890 Advanced Seminar In Reading: Topics vary, please check course schedule (3)

Research Apprenticeship (minimum 6 hours)

EDUTL 8998 Research Apprenticeship in Teaching and Learning (2‐8)

Candidacy Examinations (minimum 3 hours)

Students must be registered for at least 3 graduate credits during the semester in which the candidacy examination is completed. These need not be additional, Individual Study hours.

EDUTL 7193 Individual Studies (1‐15)

Dissertation Research (minimum 6 hours)

EDUTL 8999 Dissertation Research (1‐15)

Minimum hours: 80
Post-MA/MS: 59

Program	Degree	Department	Email
Reading and Literacy in Early and Middle Childhood, PhD in Teaching and Learning	Doctoral	Teaching and Learning	TL-academicservices@osu.edu

Note: Students exact curriculum may vary depending upon program of study determined by student and advisor.

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