Gifted Education

Degree Requirements
Candidates for the Master of Science in Education degree in gifted education must complete a 36-semester-hour degree program consisting of 9-12 semester hours of gifted education core requirements (which must include GTED 6863-6, Practicum in Gifted Education), 18 semester hours of professional education core requirements, and 6-9 semester hours in subject matter areas.

Gifted Education Core Requirements (9-12 semester hours)
Selected from graduate courses in gifted education

Professional Education Core Requirements (18 semester hours)
GTED 6993-6 Action Research
GTED 5003 Understanding the Gifted in
Home, School and Community
GTED 6883 Workshop: Current Issues in Gifted Education
EDFD 6003 Educational Research
EDFD 6203 Supervision of Instruction

Subject Matter Requirements
Six to nine semester hours at the 6000 level to be selected from graduate courses in subject matter areas:
Language Arts/Reading/Literature
Social Studies
Natural and Physical Sciences
Mathematics and Computers
Fine and Performing Arts