Reading

Program Overview

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

A Doctoral Minor in Reading is available to students in any UNC doctoral program with the approval of their doctoral program advisor.

A minimum of five (5) courses completed during the student's UNC doctoral program with grades of “B-” or better among the following courses:

ELIT 610	Literacy Teaching	3
ELIT 615	Family & Community Literacy	3
ELIT 621	New Literacies	3
ELIT 623	Classroom Literacy Research Design	3
ELIT 630	Children's Literature	3
ELIT 631	Content Literacy	3
ELIT 632	Teaching Writing	3
ELIT 670	Directing a School-Wide Literacy Program	3
ELIT 671	Practical Literacy Assessment	3
ELIT 672	Literacy Leadership	3

Features and Conditions:

Completion of the minor will be noted in the student's transcript as Minor in Reading.
No other course substitutions are permitted without approval from the Reading Programs Coordinator.
Some or all of the EDRD courses used for the minor may be part of a student's program of required or elective classes.
Because each 600-level course is also in the MA degree program, doctoral students must complete doctoral-level assignments with satisfactory grades according to the syllabus for each course.
In consultation with their doctoral program advisors, students must include sufficient Reading courses in their program of study to meet requirements for the minor. Because many of the courses are offered on a cohort model often through Extended Studies, doctoral Reading Minor students may need to seek permission from the instructor or program coordinator to enroll.