Program: Ed.D. in Reading, Language, and Cognition - Hofstra University

Jun 26, 2025

2004-2005 Graduate Bulletin

Professor Taylor, Graduate Program Director, (516) 463-5370, readzt@hofstra.edu

The Doctor of Education in Reading, Language, and Cognition program is planned to prepare the following:

Specialists who coordinate reading services in schools on a district-wide basis.
Consultants with major responsibility for curriculum improvement on a district-wide level.
Instructors who intend to teach reading and language arts courses at the college level.
For bilingual candidates, the initiation and administration of school-wide or district-wide bilingual readingand language arts programs.
For bilingual candidates, the improvement of bilingual reading and language arts instruction through assistance to bilingual classroom teachers.
Instructors who are teaching an integrated language arts program at the early childhood level.

Program Requirements - Semester Hours: 90

Bilingual candidates: students who have completed the M.A. in Bilingualism with a specialization in elementary education are required to take 9 semester hours of special doctoral seminars.

Students who have not completed the above degree and specialization are required to take, in addition, bilingual education courses, under advisement.

Basic Courses

FDED 222 - Qualitative Research Methods Credits: 3 s.h.
FDED 223 - Analysis of Qualitative Data Credits: 3 s.h.
LYST 200A - Introduction to Literacy Studies Credits: 3 s.h.
LYST 213 - Introduction to Bilingual and Biliteracy Instruction for Children and Adolescents Credits: 3 s.h.
LYST 214 - Language and Literacy in Early Childhood and Childhood Credits: 3 s.h.
LYST 218 - Reading and Writing Practices in Early Childhood and Childhood Credits: 3 s.h.
LYST 220 - Literature in the Lives of Young Children Credits: 3 s.h.
LYST 240 - Assessment and Evaluation of Reading and Writing Credits: 3 s.h.
LYST 241 - Miscue Analysis and Retrospective Miscue Analysis Credits: 3 s.h.
LYST 242 - Literacy Practicum: Assessing the Complexity of Student Learning (Birth through Grade 6) Credits: 3 s.h.
LYST 243 - Literacy Practicum: Assessing the Complexity of Student Learning (Grades 5-12) Credits: 3 s.h.
LYST 245 - Revaluing Readers and Writers Credits: 3 s.h.
PSY 211 - Intellectual Assessment Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 239 - Psycholinguistic Foundations for Reading and Writing Instruction Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 240 - The Reading Teacher in the School and Clinic Setting (K-12) Credits: 4 s.h.
READ 249 - Supervision of Reading Programs Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 250 - Practicum in Instructional Strategies and Assessment Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 255 - Psychological Foundations of Reading and Writing Instruction Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 256 - Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, and the Processes of Reading and Writing Credits: 3 s.h.
RES 259 - Introduction to Statistical Methods in Educational Research Credits: 3 s.h.
RES 259L - Computer Laboratory Credits: 1 s.h.
RES 260 - Inferential Statistics in Educational Research Credits: 3 s.h.
RES 260L - Computer Laboratory Credits: 1 s.h.

Advanced Courses

READ 361 - Research Designs in Reading and Writing Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 362 - Seminar: Evaluation of Research in Reading Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 363 - Seminar: Evaluation of Research in Reading Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 601 - Dissertation Seminar Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 602 - Dissertation Proposal Preparation Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 604 - Dissertation Advisement Credits: 3 s.h.

Electives

28 hours from among the following, with possible substitutions of up to 15 credits from liberal arts, under advisement.

EADM 214 - Theories and Practices of Supervision Credits: 3 s.h.
EADM 219 - Patterns of Building Unit Administration Credits: 3 s.h.
EADM 222 - Human Relations in School Personnel Management Credits: 3 s.h.
EADM 231 - School Public Relations Credits: 3 s.h.
EADM 241 - Supervision of Instruction and Curriculum Development Credits: 3 s.h.
EADM 245 - Selected Issues in School Administration Credits: 3 s.h.
EADM 247 - Data Processing for School Administrators Credits: 3 s.h.
ELED 207 - Dynamics of Curricular Change Credits: 3 s.h.
ELED 227 - Elementary School Curriculum Credits: 3 s.h.
or
ELED 236 - Modern Trends Credits: 3 s.h.
or SED 241
FDED 200 - Philosophy of Education Credits: 3 s.h.
or any other 3-semester hour 200-level foundations of education course, under advisement
LYST 212 - Family, Community, and School Literacies: Cultural Perspectives Credits: 3 s.h.
PSY 254 - Childhood Psychopathology Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 252 - Practicum in Teaching Reading to the Learning Disabled and the Indifferent Learner Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 260 - Foundations of Reading for Teachers of Bilingual Children and Adolescents Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 351 - Independent Studies in Reading Credits: 1-6 s.h.
READ 360 - Internship in Supervision of Reading Instruction Credits: 6 s.h.
SED 207 - The Dynamics of Curriculum Change Credits: 3 s.h.
SED 241 - Patterns of Curriculum Credits: 3 s.h.
or ELED 236
SPCH 235 - Introduction to Speech-Language-Hearing Disorders Credits: 3 s.h.
SPCH 243 - Language, Learning, and Literacy: Development and Disabilities From Kindergarten Through Adulthood Credits: 3 s.h.
SPED 201 - The Exceptional Child Credits: 3 s.h.
SPED 241 - Identification and Interventions for Children and Adolescents With Emotional/Behavioral Disorders Credits: 3 s.h.
SPED 242 - Psychoeducational Assessment in Special Education Credits: 3 s.h.
SPED 246 - The Education of Students with Learning Disabilities and Other Associated Conditions Credits: 3 s.h.

Early Childhood Emphasis

This 18 semester hour concentration is designed for students interested in early childhood education. Required courses for this emphasis are:

ELED 270 - Methods for Study of and Research With Young Children Credits: 3 s.h.
ELED 271 - Early Childhood Curriculum Credits: 3 s.h.
ELED 272 - Curriculum Innovations in Early Childhood Programs Credits: 3 s.h.
ELED 273 - Early Childhood Professional Portfolio Credits: 3 s.h.
ELED 274 - Curriculum Supervision of Early Childhood Centers Credits: 3 s.h.
ELED 275 - Literacy in Early Childhood Education Credits: 3 s.h.

Notes

Note: a student who has not completed 601, Dissertation Seminar, must enroll in 602, Dissertation Proposal Preparation, until the dissertation proposal is accepted. The student must then enroll in 604, Dissertation Advisement, the following semester and must maintain continuous enrollment in dissertation preparation until the dissertation is completed.

Note: a student must enroll in 604 for 3 s.h. in the first semester and thereafter continue to register in 604 until the dissertation is completed, at which time a minimum of 6 s.h. of credit must be received.

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