MA Curriculum and Instruction: Literacy

Master of Arts Degree in Curriculum and Instruction: Literacy Admissions Checklist Requirements

*MA C & I: Literacy-Students must hold an initial or professional teaching license-will take 33 credit hrs. described below.
**Reading Teacher Endorsement-Students must hold an initial or professional teaching license PLUS 2 years of teaching experience-will take 33 credit hours PLUS 6 additional credit hours of coursework, described below.
***Reading Specialist Endorsement-Students must hold an initial or professional teaching license, PLUS 3 years of teaching experience, hold a Reading Teacher endorsement - 9 additional credit hours of coursework, described below.

Remaining Admission Requirements

Financial Aid Priority filing date is March 1

• Complete the electronic online application: Apply Now!
  • All applicants (international & domestic) pay the $60.00 application fee
• Obtain three letters of reference
• Submit one transcript from all institutions of higher education previously attended
• Prepare a career goal statement
• Current résumé (please include relevant paid work and volunteer experience where applicable)
• Complete a background check or provide an unofficial copy of teaching licensure
• Interview with department faculty member
• Once application materials are in, you will need to interview with a faculty advisor for the program.

**If you have questions about the program before or during the Admissions process, or would like more programmatic information, call 719-255-4996 or email education@uccs.edu

Career Goal Statement: Please describe why you have applied to your respective program and want to be a professional educator. Please be sure to include personal and professional information that supports this decision. Your statement should be at least two pages in length, double spaced. Make sure to include your name and the program you are applying to in your goal statement.

Official Transcripts: Domestic students: Have one official transcript of all higher education course work ever completed to date (undergraduate and graduate GPA must be included on transcripts), sent from the institution you attended directly to the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Office of Admissions (electronically or by postal services).
Postal Services:
UCCS Office of Admissions
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs CO 80918-3733
Electronically:
gradapp@uccs.edu

Additional items of note for International applicants:
English Proficiency must be demonstrated through providing evidence of an IELTS score of 6.5 or above, a TOEFL score of 550-(paper-based) or 80-(internet-based) or a Kaplan International Tools for English (KITE®) score of a minimum of 460. Students may make arrangements to take KITE® at the Global Engagement Office.

Applicants with any post-secondary course work from an international higher education institution that is recognized by their country’s Education Ministry must submit a course-by-course foreign degree evaluation by member of NACES (National Association of Credential Evaluation Services http://www.naces.org/members.htm), AACRAO (http://www.aacrao.org/) or World Education Services/WES https://www.wes.org/).

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, creed, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status in admission and access to, and treatment and employment in, its educational programs and activities.

*M.A. in Curriculum & Instruction: Literacy

*MA C & I: Literacy-Students must hold an initial or professional teaching license-will take 33 credit hrs. described below.

MA Literacy Information

Core (12 credits)

Literacy Content (21 credits)

**Reading Teacher Endorsement-Students must hold an initial or professional teaching license PLUS 2 years of teaching experience-will take 33 credit hours PLUS 6 additional credit hours of coursework, described below.

Required 2 years teaching experience and M.A. in Reading/Literacy.
PLACE test for Reading Teacher required upon completion of coursework to add endorsement.

***Reading Specialist Endorsement-Students must hold an initial or professional teaching license, PLUS 3 years of teaching experience, hold a Reading Teacher endorsement - 9 additional credit hours of coursework, described below.

Required 3 years teaching experience, M.A. in Reading/Literacy, and Reading Teacher Endorsement coursework.
PLACE test for Reading Specialist required upon completion of coursework to add endorsement.

 MA Literacy Information