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Online M.A.E<\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”941bca35-9ee2-46da-b883-ccfcfb66c000″ text_font=”|600||on|||||” text_text_color=”#CC4927″ text_font_size=”18px” link_font=”||||on||||” link_text_color=”#1C2F3D” link_font_size=”15px” link_letter_spacing=”1px” header_3_font_size=”18px” min_height=”31.8px” custom_margin=”10px||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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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.<\/p>\n

Program Overview<\/h2>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||7px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”941bca35-9ee2-46da-b883-ccfcfb66c000″ header_2_font=”|300|||||||” header_2_text_color=”#194588″ header_2_font_size=”20px” custom_margin=”26px||10px|||” custom_padding=”2px||28px||false|” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Online Master of Arts in Reading Education (M.A.E.)<\/h2>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Candidates pursuing this degree work with a faculty committee to develop a program of study that includes coursework in reading, language arts, children\u2019s 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.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_menu menu_id=”5″ module_class=”pa-vertical-menu” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” menu_font=”Lato|700|||||||” menu_text_color=”#1C2F3D” menu_font_size=”16px” background_color=”#E8E8E8″ custom_margin=”||20px||false|false” custom_padding=”20px|20px|20px|20px|false|false” custom_css_before=”content:’Menu’;” custom_css_menu_link=”margin-left: 8px; ” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_menu][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||20px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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