Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership - Language, Literacy, and Social Inquiry

The M.A. with Specialization in Language, Literacy, and Social Inquiry (LLSI) at Maryland provides highly qualified students with Bachelor's degrees who are considering proceeding to the Ph.D. with inter-disciplinary program options grounded in research, theory, and best practices available in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership and other departments in the College of Education. Relevant course work may be taken in American Studies, Anthropology, Classics, Communication, English, History, Journalism, Linguistics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Policy, Sociology, Theater, Women's Studies and other departments at Maryland. The M.A. in English Literacy Education in LLSI has three areas of emphasis: a.) Adolescent, Post-Secondary, and Community Literacies, b.) Language, Education, and Society, and c.) Literature for Children and Young Adults.

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To be recommended for full admission to a master's program, a minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 is usually required. However, students who do not meet this requirements but show other evidence of outstanding potential will be considered for admission. Note that the GRE is not required, and the admissions committee will not look at GRE scores included in an application. Admission of qualified applicants is based on their competitive ranking to limit enrollments to available faculty resources. iBT TOEFL - 96 Overall (Speaking 22, Listening 24, Reading 26, Writing 24)
IELTS - 7 Overall (Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7, Speaking 6.5)