Online M.A.E

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A practitioner-focused, fully online degree designed for active educators seeking advanced instructional strategies, culminating in a comprehensive portfolio or action research project. Ideal for domestic candidates looking to enhance classroom impact and fulfill local professional development or salary advancement requirements.

Program Overview

A research-driven, fully online degree for candidates with scholarly goals, culminating in the defense of a thesis or project. Open to qualified international applicants and those for whom Florida reading certification is not a primary objective.

Online Master of Arts in Reading Education (M.A.E.)

The Online Master of Arts in Education (M.A.E.) in Reading Education requires 30 credit hours of coursework, plus 6 credit hours of research that culminates in a thesis or a project in lieu of thesis.

Candidates pursuing this degree work with a faculty committee to develop a program of study that includes coursework in reading, language arts, children’s literature and English as a second language. Qualified international applicants, as well as candidates for whom obtaining a Florida reading certification is not their primary goal, are admitted into this program. Graduation from the program requires satisfactory completion of 30 credit hours of coursework (with a GPA of 3.0 or higher) and 6 hours of research/inquiry that culminates in successful defense of a thesis or project.