{"id":370,"date":"2017-10-06T20:04:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T20:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devtandt.cah.ucf.edu\/?page_id=370"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:47:10","slug":"candidacy-exam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/curriculum\/candidacy-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidacy Exam and Reading Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"hr-3 hr-primary\" \/>\n<h2>Core Ph.D. Candidacy Exam Reading Lists<\/h2>\n<p>Students may select their core candidacy exam texts from either the reading list current at the time of entry into the program or the list current at the time of taking the examination.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/04\/2025-2027_Core-List.pdf\">2025-2027<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/02\/2023-2025_Core_List.pdf\">2023-2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/02\/2021-2023_Core-List.pdf\">2021-2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/03\/2019-21.TT_.ReadingList.pdf\">2019-2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/10\/2016-18TTReadingList.pdf\">2016-2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/10\/2013-15TTReadingList.pdf\">2013-2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/10\/2010-12TTReadingList.pdf\">2010-2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/10\/2007-09TTReadingList.pdf\">2007-2009<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/06\/TTExamRubric.pdf\">Candidacy Exam Grading Rubric<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Sample Specialized Reading Lists<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/10\/Johnson-Digital_Literacies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Literacies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/10\/Alvarez-Feminist_and_Marginalized_Lenses-Reading_List.pdf\">Feminist and Marginalized Lenses for Digital Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/10\/GAMESPLAYVanSchaik.pdf\">Games and Play in Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/10\/INTERACTIVE.LEARNING.Metacognition.Johnson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Interactive Learning\/Metacognition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/10\/LITERARYTHEORY.Okeeffe.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Literary Theory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/10\/NARRATIVE.Okeeffe.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Narrative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/10\/Alavarez-Pedagogy_and_Ecology_for_Digital_Media-ReadingList.pdf\">Pedagogy and Ecology for Digital Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/10\/RESPONDING_TO_WRITING.Martin.pdf\"> Responding to Writing, Revising, and Digital Literacy <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/textstech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/10\/SCIENCEWRITINGCITIZENSCIENCEGlasshoff.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science Writing &amp; 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