Atlanta Campus Catalog 2011-2012 - Mercer University

• Develop the ability to foster relationships with school colleagues, parents, communityand agencies to promote and advocate for students’ literacy developmentDegree Requirements (30 semester hours)Professional Studies (15 semester hours)EDUC 603 School Philosophy & Teacher LeadershipEDUC 625 Culturally & Educationally Responsive PedagogyEDUC 651/652/653 Contemporary Curriculum Practices inECE/MGE/SEC (select one) (Spring only)EDUC 662 Clinical Practicum (spring only; to be taken within last twosemesters of program)(prerequisite: permission of Reading Program Director)EDUC 690 Intro to Educational Research (fall only; to be takenthe fall prior to degree completion)Content & Methods (15 semester hours total)EDUC 687 Reading Theory: Research & Best Practices in ECE Reading(Fall only)EDUC 688 Content Area Literacy Research & Best Practices in MGE/SEC(Spring only)EDUC 647 Preventing, Diagnosing, & Correcting Literacy ProblemsSelect one of the following classes:EDUC 654 Children's LiteratureEDEN 655 Young Adult LiteratureSelect one of the following classes:EDEN 649 Writing WorkshopEDUC 698 Research Project in Education(NOTE: If EDUC 698 is selected, the research project must focus on a topic inreading education approved by the student's Reading Program advisor.]Exit Criteria for the Master of Education DegreeStudents in the M.Ed. programs in ECE, MGE, and SEC will successfully completeEDUC 698 Research Project as the exit criterion for the degree programs. The exit criterionfor the M.Ed. program in Reading is EDUC 662 Clinical Practicum in Reading.SPECIALIST IN EDUCATION IN TEACHER LEADERSHIPGeneral Degree Information1. A minimum of 30 semester hours beyond a master’s degree, in approved upperlevelcourses, will be required in the Ed.S. program. Additional courses beyondthe 30-hour minimum may be required for students who hold master’s degrees infields other than education and thus lack some of the required M.Ed. courses.2. Graduate work taken at Mercer prior to admission to the Ed.S. program cannot beapplied to the degree.3. A student may transfer six graduate semester hours to the Ed.S. program, providingthe course work was completed by the student while enrolled in an equivalent196 / MERCER UNIVERSITY