Faculty: Professor B. Askew; Associate Professor N. White; Assistant Professors L. Albright, N. Anderson, M, Broughton, M. Compton-Hall, Y. Rodriguez; Lecturer B. Kaye.

The Department of Reading offers coursework toward all initial teaching certificates. At the graduate level, the Department offers complete programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Education, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Education. A program leading to the Texas Master Reading Teacher certification is also available. All degree and certification programs in the Department of Reading at the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels are fully accredited by the Texas Education Agency/State Board for Educator Certification.

Undergraduate courses in the Department of Reading are designed to provide:

• practice and theory in reading for students seeking initial certification at the elementary or secondary levels;
• in-depth study for students seeking a reading specialization.

Individuals preparing to teach at the secondary level may select reading as a second 24-hour teaching field. The following sequence of courses is required by those who select this option:

Professional Courses	Secondary Reading
EDUC 3006 EDUC 4403 EDUC 4503	ERDB 3443 ERDB 3463 ERDB 4433 ERDB 4463	ERDB 4473 ERDB 4903 ENG 3363 or 3373 LS 4003

Undergraduate Courses

ERDB 1003. Fundamentals of College Reading and Learning. Designed for students who need to improve reading competencies in the area of vocabulary, comprehension, and study strategies. Credit: Three hours. May be repeated. Hours earned will not count toward graduation requirements.

*ERDB 3413. Reading and Related Language Arts: Elementary. Guidance and practice in planning and organizing for instruction in reading, listening, speaking, writing and thinking in elementary classrooms. Reading and language arts theory, content, and methods. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Three lecture hours and one and one-half laboratory hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

ERDB 3443. Reading for Diverse Learners. Analysis and practice in developing reading instruction in elementary classrooms to provide for the culturally different learner and the student with special needs. Prerequisites: ERDB 3413. Three lecture hours and one and one-half laboratory hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

ERDB 3463. Content Area Reading. Methods and materials for teaching reading and related communication skills in elementary and secondary schools in content areas; emphasis on developing vocabulary, improving text comprehension and writing to learn. Three lecture hours and one and one-half laboratory hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

ERDB 4433. Integrating Computers into the Reading/Language Arts Curriculum. Practical classroom applications for reading and language arts. Types of instructional programs using the computer for writing activities in language arts, evaluation of software, and teacher utilities are some of the topics covered. Prerequisite: ERDB 3413. Three lecture hours and one and one-half laboratory hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

ERDB 4463. Reading Assessment and Instruction. Assessment and instruction for children having difficulty with reading and writing. Methods and materials for classroom teachers are examined. Prerequisite: ERDB 3413. Three lecture hours and one and one-half laboratory hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

ERDB 4473. Practicum: Clinical Teaching of Reading. Diagnostic teaching of reading in a one-to-one or small group (2-4) situation with weekly staffing for student and professor, analyses of pupil reading difficulties, resources, and techniques for helping the pupil. Prerequisite: ERDB 3413. One lecture hour and four laboratory hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

ERDB 4483. Elementary Reading and Language Arts Across the Curriculum. Strategies for diagnosing and teaching reading, writing, oral language, listening, and thinking processes through curriculum materials of the elementary schools. Prerequisite: ERDB 3413. Three lecture hours and one and one-half laboratory hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

ERDB 4903. Selected Topics

ERDB 4911. Independent Study

ERDB 4913. Independent Study

*TASP and minimum GPA 2.75 required for enrollment.

Graduate Courses

ERDB 5123. Curriculum Building and Classroom Management

ERDB 5413. Teaching Reading and Other Language Arts to Linguistically Different Learners

ERDB 5423. Reading/Language Arts: Practice /Theory

ERDB 5433. Teaching Reading in the Secondary School

ERDB 5443. Reading Assessment and Instruction

ERDB 5463. Practicum in Clinical Reading

ERDB 5473. Early Detection in Reading

ERDB 5483. Early Intervention in Reading

ERDB 5493. Reading Research

ERDB 5523. Supervision and the Teaching of Reading

ERDB 5533. Foundations of Early Literacy

ERDB 5543. Reading in the Content Areas

ERDB 5903. Special Topics

ERDB 5911. Individual Study

ERDB 5913. Individual Study

ERDB 5923. Practicum

ERDB 5973. Professional Paper

ERDB 5983. Thesis

ERDB 5993. Thesis

ERDB 6513. Observing and Responding to Young Readers

ERDB 6523. Early Literacy Intervention

ERDB 6533. Foundations for Reading: Physiological and Psychological Dimensions

ERDB 6543. Theoretical Foundations: Early Literacy and Early Intervention

ERDB 6553. College and Adult Reading

ERDB 6563. Trends and Issues in Reading

ERDB 6573. Reading as Related to Language

ERDB 6583. Research in Reading

ERDB 6593. Advanced Reading Research Design: Analysis and Evaluation

ERDB 6663. Practicum

ERDB 6683. Doctoral Seminar in Reading

ERDB 6903. Special Topics

ERDB 6911. Independent Study

ERDB 6913. Independent Study

ERDB 6983. Dissertation

ERDB 6993. Dissertation

*TASP and minimum GPA of 2.75 required for enrollment. Twenty-two and one-half hours of Early Field Experience to be completed with this course.