EEC 560 MidSouth Reading and Writing Institute:  Attend the conference and two full Saturdays with reading of books by reading/writing authors who are speaking at conference.

ELE 621 Language Arts:  Issues and approaches in teaching elementary school language arts. Implications of research for instruction.
 

EDR 650 Foundations of Reading:  Understanding of reading process. Nature of reading programs; readiness motivation, methods, skills, assessment, evaluation, materials, and resources.

EDR 659 Reading Research Early Childhood Literacy Courses: For teachers in elementary and early childhood education.
 

ECE 750 Literacy Before Schooling:  Written language development of preschool children. Prerequisites: Master's degree and two courses in language development.
 

ECE 751 Literacy During Schooling:  Primary-level literacy instruction and children's literacy development. Prerequisites: Admission to doctoral program in early childhood education and two courses in language development.
 

ECE 752 Research on Early Literacy:  Philosophical and psychological beliefs regarding literacy development. Prerequisite: Admission to doctoral program in early childhood education.

Alabama Reading Initiative (To be announced) EDR 640 Reading Improvement Workshop:  For inservice teachers of reading. Specific content varies according to needs of teachers. 3 or 6 hours.

EEC 680 National Board course credit (3 or 6 hours):  Course involves 18 Saturday seminars during the school year to prepare teachers for National Board Candidacy and to support candidates as they go through the certification process. Students enrolled in this course may be either precandidates or candidates for National Board Certification. Prerequisites: Admission to Graduate School and permission of candidate's advisor and course instructor. 6 hours.