This degree promotes innovative approaches to literacy research/education and helps teachers enhance their knowledge of literacy with linguistically diverse learners, which puts them in a position to take leadership roles at the campus, district and community levels. Students will learn to balance theories with current literacy practice and to develop, implement and assess literacy curriculum. The goal of the M.Ed. in Literacy Education is to prepare literacy leaders for diverse PK-12 contexts as well as other educational settings. The program includes 36 credit hours, or 12 courses, at the graduate level, culminating in a research-to-practice capstone experience in RED 5349: Literacy Education Practicum.