READ Undergraduate Privilege Pathway

About the Program

The program allows early access to graduate classes to students who have completed the required number of credit hours and enables students to take up to four classes or no more than 12 credit hours at the graduate level that will count toward a master’s degree and their current undergraduate degree. The general goal of UNCP’s Reading Education graduate program is to educate individuals who will become competent, collaborative and committed reading professionals.
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Student is eligible to participate if:

  • Completed 75 hours of course credit (at least 24 credit hours at UNCP)
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA at UNCP
  • Submitted the Undergraduate Privilege form, properly completed and signed, to The Graduate School
  • Holds a professional teaching license or is actively working toward teacher licensure

Note: A student cannot take classes while completing an undergraduate internship.

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Why Participate?

  • Offers career enhancement and flexibility
  • Expands knowledge and expertise to implement research-based practices and be a literacy leader in school
  • Career mobility and advancement as: literacy facilitators, literacy coaches/mentors, reading specialists, reading coaches and curriculum specialists at the school, district and state level
  • Preparation for the National Board Certification
  • Pathway to leadership in administration
  • Public and private sector consultants who are contracted to provide professional development in literacy
  • Pursuit of a doctoral degree
  • High need area

The program aims to develop teachers who understand the reading areas are:  speaking, listening, writing, reading, viewing and representing visually.


These areas are:

  • Interrelated and reinforced within each other as children learn and use them
  • Multiple behaviors that children develop over time, at different rates and in different ways
  • Important in all curriculum areas and impact on lifelong learning
  • Consist of literature in all genres and forms, including print, graphic and electronic
  • Can be a source of enjoyment for all children
  • Respect the diversity of different languages and forms