Advanced Language and Literacy Science Certificate

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The objective of the Advanced Language and Literacy Science (ALLS) graduate certificate is to develop specialized knowledge in advanced language and literacy science with a specific focus on populations who have difficulty with the acquisition of language and literacy skills. These populations include, but not are not limited to: children growing up in poverty in urban contexts, children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, and other neurodevelopmental disorders, children with learning disabilities, children and adults who are deaf and hard of hearing, children and adults with communication impairments, and children and adults developing language and literacy in multilingual environments.

Certificate Requirements

The certificate will consist of 18 credit hours. There will be four required courses for a total of 12 credit hours and two electives for a total of 6 credit hours.

Required Courses (12 Credit Hours)

CSD 9310 - Reading Development, Disorders, and Intervention Research 3 Credit Hours
or
EPY 9310 - Reading Development, Disorders, and Intervention Research 3 Credit Hours
or
PSYC 9310 - Reading Development, Disorders, and Intervention Research 3 Credit Hours
CSD 9320 - Language Development, Disorders, and Intervention Research 3 Credit Hours
or
EPY 9320 - Language Development, Disorders, and Intervention Research 3 Credit Hours
or
PSYC 9320 - Language Development, Disorders and Intervention Research 3 Credit Hours
CSD 9330 - Measurement and Assessment in Advanced Language and Literacy Science 3 Credit Hours
or
EPY 9330 - Measurement and Assessment in Advanced Language and Literacy Science 3 Credit Hours
or
PSYC 9330 - Measurement and Assessment in Advanced Language and Literacy Science 3 Credit Hours
CSD 9900L - Research in Challenges of Acquiring Language and Literacy 1 Credit Hours
or
EXC 9900 - Research Seminar in Special Education 1 to 3 Credit Hours
or
PSYC 9900L - Special Topics: Research in Challenges of Acquiring Language and Literacy 1 to 3 Credit Hours

Elective Courses (6 Credit Hours)

Select two electives from among the following list:

AL 8530 - Issues in Second Language Writing 3 Credit Hours
AL 8550 - Second Language Evaluation and Assessment 3 Credit Hours
AL 8570 - Second Language Reading-Writing Relationships 3 Credit Hours
AL 8520 - Psycholinguistics 3 Credit Hours
AL 8980 - Current Issues in Adult Second Language Acquisition 3 Credit Hours
EDRD 8310 - Theoretical Models and Processes of Literacy Learning 3 Credit Hours
EPY 8180 - Learning and the School-Age Child (5 to 18 Years) 3 Credit Hours
EPY 8200 - Advanced Developmental Psychology: Cognition and Intellect 3 Credit Hours
EPY 8960 - Seminar in Educational Psychology 1 to 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 8551 - Cognitive and Linguistic Development 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 6530 - Philosophy of Language 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 8530 - Seminar in Philosophy of Language 3 Credit Hours

Scholastic Discipline Policy

After completing six credit hours and at the end of each term thereafter, certificate students are evaluated for continuation in the program. Evaluation will include meeting academic milestones in their doctoral programs. Unless exceptional circumstances are present, students with a GPA below 3.0 in graduate-level classes will be scholastically terminated from the certificate program.