Course Catalogs

Reading Education (RED)

RED 100  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
School of Education  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
RED 215  Foundational Literacy Methods  (3 Credits)  
School of Education  
Methods in language and literacy for students with varied learning needs. Emphasis on inclusive and antiracist instruction for foundational skills in reading, intervention, and the evaluation and use of resources to support literacy development.
Coreq: EDU 220  
RED 270  Experience Credit  (1-6 Credits)  
School of Education  
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Repeatable  
RED 290  Independent Study  (1-6 Credits)  
School of Education  
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Repeatable  
RED 300  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
School of Education  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
RED 315  Disciplinary Literacy Methods and Curriculum  (3 Credits)  
School of Education  
Methods and curriculum in literacy for students with varied learning profiles, including English learners. Inclusive and antiracist instruction using disciplinary approaches to oral language, reading and viewing text, and writing and multimodal representations.
Coreq: EDU 320  
RED 326  Literacy Across the Curriculum  (3-4 Credits)  
School of Education  
Double-numbered with RED 625  
Language acquisition and literacy development for diverse learners. Instructional approaches, materials, and assessment techniques to foster reading, writing, speaking, and listening for thinking and communicating. Includes minimum 25-hour field placement. Adolescence and special subject preparation programs. Additional work required of graduate students.
RED 380  International Course  (1-12 Credits)  
School of Education  
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Repeatable  
RED 400  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
School of Education  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
RED 470  Experience Credit  (1-6 Credits)  
School of Education  
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Repeatable  
RED 490  Independent Study  (1-6 Credits)  
School of Education  
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Repeatable  
RED 500  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
School of Education  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
RED 511  Adolescent Literature  (3 Credits)  
School of Education  
Fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction that meet the emotional, intellectual and social needs and interests of young people in middle, junior high, and high schools. Personal reading as well as curriculum-related literature.
RED 512  Children's and Adolescent Literature  (3 Credits)  
School of Education  
This course will explore the history of, characteristics of, benefits of, and problems surrounding the genres of children's and adolescent literature. The course will familiarize students with a variety of texts written for children and young adults and give a historical and theoretical background for the teaching of literature.
RED 547  Children's Literature  (3 Credits)  
School of Education  
History of literature for children; selection of books for children of different age groups. Methods of stimulating interest in literature. Use of literature as part of reading program.