Course Program
Credit Hours to Completion
Online
About the Program
Our Master of Education (M.Ed.) with a Literacy Focus degree program offers practicing teachers the opportunity to deepen their knowledge, add new skills, and broaden their vision as teachers and educational leaders.
The M.Ed. with a Literacy Focus is a flexible program that admits candidates every semester. Admission to the M.Ed. program is competitive and granted on a space-available basis.
This fully online, 30-credit-hour master’s degree focuses on opportunities, needs, and demands, and endows graduates with a deep and varied set of pedagogical skills in the discipline of literacy learning and instruction for all content areas and grade levels, P-12.
The curriculum focuses on providing practical instruction in:
- Evaluating best practices in teaching
- Preparing experienced teachers for full participation in the profession as leaders, researchers, and master practitioners in literacy instruction
- Promoting both teacher autonomy and collaboration through inquiry, reflection, and action.
To learn more about the M.Ed. program, please visit the School of Education & Behavioral Sciences's page.
Admission Requirements
- Official College Transcripts*
- Professional Résumé
- Statement of Goals
- Level 4 Georgia Teacher Certificate or proof of eligibility to hold the certificate
- 2 Letters of Recommendation
- Documentation of Lawful Presence, for Residents of Georgia
- English Proficiency, for International Students
*If you have a college transcript from MGA, you do not have to pay for or send your transcript to Admissions.
Courses
Some of the required courses for this program include:
- EDUC 5037 Interdisciplinary Frameworks in Children’s and Adolescent Literature
- EDUC 5033 Trends and Issues in Language and Literacy Education
- EDUC 5034 Literacy Curriculum Development and Instruction for All Learners
- EDUC 5035 Improving Literacy Instruction through Assessment
- EDUC 5036 Organization, Interventions, and Supports for Literacy Instruction
- EDUC 5038 Struggling Readers in Literacy Classrooms: Addressing Reading Disabilities and Dyslexia
" …Because of MGA’s desire to offer new and challenging academic opportunities to students, I was able to apply for and accept a position as an intern at Veterans Elementary School with the Bibb County School District teaching third grade. The new ‘Interns as Teachers’ program allowed me to begin my teaching career early, but have the support of my professors and master teacher as well."
-Taylor Cravey, Class of 2019