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Feb 02, 2025
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2004-2005 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
Doctoral Programs in Reading, Language and Cognition
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Professor Taylor, Graduate Program Director, (516) 463-5370, readzt@hofstra.edu
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Reading, Language, and Cognition: designed for
teachers, reading and language arts specialists, and other professional personnel
in the public schools who will be concerned primarily with practice and collegelevel
teaching. It includes the basic courses in the Master’s and Professional Diploma
Programs in Literacy. An early childhood emphasis in the Ed.D. program is provided
for applicants who work in or wish to prepare in early childhood stages.
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Reading, Language, and Cognition: designed for
specialists concerned primarily with research, experimentation and higher education,
and includes the basic courses in the Master’s and Professional Diploma Programs
in Literacy.
A bilingual/bicultural emphasis in the Ed.D. or Ph.D. program is provided for
bilingual applicants (Spanish-English) who work in or wish to prepare to work
in bilingual settings.
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Matriculation
- Basic University requirements for doctoral degrees.
- Letters of recommendation from two supervisors, administrators or college professors
who are in a position to rate the applicant.
- Teaching experience: 3 years for Ed.D. prior to entering and 5 years before completion;
for Ph.D. candidates, teaching experience adequate for providing the necessary
experiential background to develop meaningful research proposals.
- Master’s degree or equivalent.
- Academic proficiency in undergraduate and graduate study.
- A satisfactory score on the Miller Analogies Test or the GRE.
- Statement of goals (on application supplement).
- Satisfactory score on the department’s Doctoral Admissions Examination in Reading
and Writing. For foreign applicants, a satisfactory score on the TOEFL.
- Bilingual applicants must take a language proficiency examination in English
and Spanish.
Degree Candidacy
Students will be admitted provisionally until they fulfill the following requirements
necessary for full acceptance as degree candidates. These requirements must be
met within three years of matriculation:
- Master’s comprehensive examination for students whose master’s degree was not
taken in the Hofstra University Reading Department. The results of this examination
will be used to plan the student’s advanced course of studies and to make up any
deficiencies.
- For Ed.D. candidates, satisfactory completion of RES 259, 259L, 260 and 260L
or equivalents. For Ph.D. candidates, satisfactory completion of RES 259, 259L,
260, 260L, 363, 363L or equivalents. In some cases, RES 363 and 363L (4 s.h.)
are also required for the Ed.D. candidates, depending on the nature of their dissertations.
These courses may also be used toward course work requirements.
- For Ph.D. candidates, a reading knowledge of a modern language, preferably French,
German or Spanish.
- Acceptance by the Graduate Committee.
Graduation Requirements
- Completion of a minimum of 90 graduate credits for both the Ed.D. and the Ph.D.
- A comprehensive examination. The doctoral comprehensive examination must be taken
during or after READ 363.
- Satisfactory completion of the dissertation and the oral examination must be
scheduled through the major adviser. The Ed.D. dissertation will concentrate on
practical application to a school situation and may be descriptive in nature.
The Ph.D. dissertation will concentrate on basic research having more universal
application. It will be either statistical in nature or designed to develop theoretical
models based on an insightful analysis in depth of basic research already completed
or in combination with case studies. Candidates must complete all requirements
within 5 years of acceptance as a degree candidate.
Residency
Students who matriculate for the doctoral programs in reading must spend one
year in full-time residence or fulfill the options approved by the Graduate Committee. Advanced Standing
Students who have taken graduate courses at other institutions which are similar
to courses required in the Hofstra University Reading programs may apply for advanced
standing.
Transfer credit up to 45 semester hours may be granted for similar courses taken
in programs leading to a master’s degree or a professional diploma. |
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