Educational Studies Concentration, Literacy Education Specialization
Literacy Education Faculty
The University of Tennessee Reading Center is home to faculty and students who are affiliated with Literacy Education. Prospective students as well as admitted students are invited to contact faculty members to discuss their particular program needs.
Advisement
It is the student’s responsibility to establish and maintain communication with a Literacy Education faculty member when admitted to the graduate program.
Masters in Teacher Education Committee
The student selects a chairperson (may be the advisor but need not be) and a minimum of two additional faculty members to serve as a committee after admission. The chairperson must be a member of the Literacy Education faculty. The committee plans the student’s coursework, supervises progress, recommends admission to candidacy, directs the student’s research and coordinates the final examination.
Literacy Specialist Licensure
If the student is not already certified as a reading specialist, the course of study may be designed to obtain the state of Tennessee PreK-12 Reading Specialist Licensure by selecting courses required for licensure under both the Concentration and Related categories.
At the time of licensure recommendation, teachers must have completed 3 years of teaching experience and successfully complete the PRAXIS #0300. The state recognizes the year-long internship as one of the 3 years required for license.
Requirements
Both thesis and non-thesis options are available for this specialization. The thesis option requires a minimum of 30 hours, satisfactory completion of a written thesis and oral defense of thesis; 2/3 or total hours of MS coursework must be 500-level or above (22 credit hours).
The non-thesis option requires a minimum of 33 hours, satisfactory completion of written comprehensive examination, and as in the thesis option, 2/3 or total hours of coursework must be 500-level or above (24 credit hours).
A maximum of 6 semester hours may be transferred from another graduate degree-granting institution, but only with the approval of the committee. Additional hours may be transferred from institutions within the UT system.
Admission Procedures
To view the course of study
Please follow this link to the UT Catalog.
Faculty Advisor:
Stergios Botzakis, Professor
sbotzaki@utk.edu, 865-974-6159