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Graduate Studies in Education:
Master of Arts in Teaching, Emphasis in Gifted and Talented

This program is designed to train teachers of the gifted and talented, as well as mainstream classroom teachers, to evaluate and utilize appropriate current trends and research ideas, develop differentiated curriculum for all students, and individualize instruction so that each child's needs can best be met.

Required Core Education Courses: 13 credits

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
EDU 5O1	Advanced Educational Psychology (Spring, Summer)	3
EDU 502	Curriculum Development (Summer)	3
EDU 515	Educational Research (Spring, Summer)	4
EDU 550	CORE: Milestones in Education (Spring, Fall)	3

Required Gifted and Talented Courses: 14 credits

EDG 551	Educational Psychology of the Gifted (Fall, odd years)	3
EDG 552	Teaching for Independence and Responsibility (Summer)	2
EDG 553	Creativity and Analytical Thinking (Fall, even years)	3
EDG 554	Strategies for Challenging Bright Students (Spring, odd years)	3
EDG 581	Practicum: Gifted and Talented (min. 120 hours in a supervised setting, taken after completion of all course work)	3

Electives: 7 credits

EDG 571

Teaching the Underachiever (Spring,even years)

Numerous approved Gifted and Talented enrichment short courses are offered each summer during the day. Limit of seven semester credits. Other electives must be approved by the Assistant Director of Graduate Studies in Education.

Total Credits for Master of Arts in Teaching, Emphasis in Gifted and Talented: 34

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