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

Apr 04, 2025

2007-2008 Graduate Studies Bulletin

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

Reading specialists who plan to engage in research, evaluation and experimentation in the field of reading.
Reading specialists taking leadership positions in clinics.
Reading specialists who plan to teach and direct research in colleges and universities.
Personnel for bilingual/bicultural programs in schools, for supervisory positions, research, and college testing.

Program Requirements - Semester Hours: 90

Bilingual candidates: Students who have completed the M.A. in Bilingual Education with a specialization in elementary education are required to take 9 semester hours of special doctoral seminars, with advisement. Students who have not completed the above degree and specialization are required to take, in addition, bilingual education courses, with advisement.

12 hours of electives, under advisement, from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and other related cognate areas.
12-13 semester hours from the liberal arts other than psychology, with advisement (not required for bilingual students).

Basic Courses

FDED 222 - Qualitative Research Methods Semester Hours: 3
FDED 223 - Analysis of Qualitative Data Semester Hours: 3
LYST 200A - Introduction to Literacy Studies Semester Hours: 3
LYST 213 - Introduction to Bilingual and Biliteracy Instruction for Children and Adolescents Semester Hours: 3
LYST 214 - Language and Literacy in Early Childhood and Childhood Semester Hours: 3
or
LYST 218 - Reading and Writing Practices in Early Childhood and Childhood Semester Hours: 3
or
LYST 221 - Literature for Adolescents and Young Adults Semester Hours: 3
LYST 240 - Assessment and Evaluation of Reading and Writing Semester Hours: 3
LYST 241 - Miscue Analysis and Retrospective Miscue Analysis Semester Hours: 3
LYST 242 - Literacy Practicum: Assessing the Complexity of Student Learning (Birth Through Grade 6) Semester Hours: 3
LYST 243 - Literacy Practicum: Assessing the Complexity of Student Learning (Grades 5-12) Semester Hours: 3
LYST 245 - Revaluing Readers and Writers Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
LYST 362 A-Z - Sociolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Perspectives of Literacy Semester Hours: 3
LYST 363 A-Z - Literacy Learning and Pedagogical Practices Semester Hours: 3
PSY 211 - Intellectual Assessment Semester Hours: 3
READ 239 - Psycholinguistic Foundations for Reading and Writing Instruction Semester Hours: 3
READ 240 - The Reading Teacher in the School and Clinic Setting (K-12) Semester Hours: 4
READ 249 - Supervision of Reading Programs Semester Hours: 3
READ 250 - Practicum in Instructional Strategies and Assessment Semester Hours: 3
RES 259 - Introduction to Statistical Methods in Educational Research Semester Hours: 3
or equivalent
RES 259L - Computer Laboratory Semester Hours: 1
RES 260 - Inferential Statistics in Educational Research Semester Hours: 3
RES 260L - Computer Laboratory Semester Hours: 1
RES 363 - Multivariate Analysis and Multidimensional Scaling Methods Semester Hours: 3
RES 363L - Computer Laboratory Semester Hours: 1

Advanced Courses

LYST 368 - Literacy Research: A Faculty and Student Collaborative Semester Hours: 4
LYST 370 - Advanced Seminar in the Ethnography of Literacy Research Semester Hours: 3
LYST 601 - Dissertation Proposal Planning Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
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.
LYST 602 - Dissertation Proposal Preparation Semester Hours: 3
LYST 604 - Dissertation Advisement Semester Hours: 3
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.

Electives

FDED 200 - Philosophy of Education Semester Hours: 3
or any other 3 semester hour 200-level foundations of education course, under advisement
LYST 212 - Family, Community, and School Literacies: Cultural Perspectives Semester Hours: 3
READ 252 - Practicum in Teaching Reading to the Learning Disabled and the Indifferent Learner Semester Hours: 3
READ 351 - Independent Studies in Reading Semester Hours: 1-6
READ 360 - Internship in Supervision of Reading Instruction Semester Hours: 6

Bilingual/Bicultural Emphases

Students enrolled in the bilingual/bicultural doctoral program will have an adviser in Spanish as well as in Literacy. A member of the Spanish faculty will serve on each student’s dissertation committee.

Required courses in Spanish are SPAN 301, 308, 309 and 9 semester hours of electives selected under advisement.