Reading M.Ed. - Program Changes Effective Summer 2021

Total Semester Credit Hours = 36

The School of Education offers the Master of Education degree in Reading. The School also offers the Reading Specialist Certification program as well as the UT Tyler Literacy Coaching Certificate. The program addresses establishing, maintaining, and evaluating reading programs on a building level or system-wide basis. 

Admission Requirements

To be admitted to the graduate program in reading education, the individual must:

1. Hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution.
2. Hold a Texas teacher certification or currently seeking certification (any field).
3. Submit Texas teaching service record and any other documents required by Texas governing units.
4. Submit official transcripts from all institutions attended.
5. Submit official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores obtained within the last five years. GRE will be waived if the applicant has a GPA of 3.25 (overall degree or last 60 hours of coursework) or higher. 
6. Complete admissions interview.
7. Submit a written goal statement and initial philosophy of literacy statement.
8. Have an appropriate GPA as set by Texas Administrative Code and other administrative units.
9. Admission is determined based on GPA and, if necessary, satisfactory scores on the GRE in combination with the GPA, successful admissions interview, and the applicant’s demonstrated commitment to his or her chosen field of study. 
10. Upon admission, students must:
    1. Sign and submit an acknowledgement of admission and departmental agreements.
    2. Pay admission fee to the School of Education. This fee is separate from The University of Texas at Tyler’s Graduate School application.
11. Only for applicants seeking the Reading Specialist certificate-only program, additional admission requirements are required. These requirements are:
    1. Hold a master’s degree from a regionally accredited
       institution. 

NOTE 1: The Reading program admits cohorts in the summer term ONLY. For detailed information regarding current admission requirements and application deadline, please see http://www.uttyler.edu/education/graduate/masters-reading.php.

NOTE 2: In accordance with Texas Administrative Code, all applicants must be fully admitted prior to taking any coursework in the area in which they are seeking certification. Therefore, no provisional admission is allowed.