2025-2026 Catalog

EDU 3321 Reading Foundations I: Emergent Literacy

4 Credit hours          75 Contact hours 

Covers the foundational skills of reading development based on the science of reading and examines the relationship between cognitive, socio-cultural, linguistic, and motivational influences and educational outcomes. This course also explores how to teach phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, and fluency reading components. This course has a field experience component.

Prerequisite

Complete background check and be admitted to a teacher preparation program.