Admission Requirements

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

1. Complete a Graduate Application
2. Submit official transcripts from all previously attended colleges/universities (EMU alums do no need to request official transcripts).
3. Earned a four-year baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution, or an equivalent degree from a non-U.S. institution.
4. A minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale, or 3.0 in the last half of the undergraduate program.
5. Hold a valid teaching credential

Students with non-U.S. post-secondary credentials must submit an evaluation of their international transcripts from the Educational Perspectives (EP) credential evaluation service. Click here for additional information.

Department Information

Teacher Education, College of Education

Martha Kinney-Sedgwick, Ph.D. | Department Head | 313 Porter | 734.487.3260 | mkinneys@emich.edu

Advisor Information

Please contact the department for advisor information

Degree Requirements: 12 hours

• RDNG 503 - Meeting Individual Needs in Elementary Literacy Education: Mandatory for MDE Certification Renewal 3 hrs
• RDNG 656 - Language Development, Literacy and the Young Child 3 hrs
• RDNG 658 - Reading and Writing and the Inquiry Process 3 hrs

• One course from the following

• RDNG 630 - Literacy Instruction in a Multilingual Society 3 hrs
• RDNG 654 - Integrating New Literacies in Reading and Writing Instruction 3 hrs