Masters Programs in Gifted Education

University of Nebraska at Kearney

• The University of Nebraska at Kearney offers a Master of Arts in Education with an emphasis in gifted education. The emphasis requires 24 hours of coursework, including the Psychology and Education of Gifted and Talented Learners, Guiding the Social and Emotional Development of Gifted/Talented Learners, Curriculum Design for Gifted/Talented Education, Program Design for Gifted/Talented Education and Practicum in Gifted/Talented Education. Non-thesis option students must take Advanced Educational Psychology. There are an additional 12 hours required for core coursework in the special education department. Those courses include Educational Research, Philosophy of Education, Curriculum Development in Multicultural Education and one technology course. Prerequisites for the gifted education specialty include Introduction to Exceptionalities or equivalent. Admission to the Mater of Arts program depends on undergraduate G.P.A., completion of the Graduate Records Examination (GRE), and professional experience. In-state graduate tuition was $198 per credit hour for the 2009-2010 school year.

  University of Nebraska at Kearney
  905 West 25th St.
  Kearney, NE 68849
  308-865-8441
  unk.edu

University of South Florida

• The University of South Florida offers an online Master of Art's degree in gifted education directed by the department of special education. The 36-hour degree program features an individualized practicum in the student's district, flexible program schedule and final portfolio upon completion of the program. Course titles include Advanced Psychoeducational Assessment of Exceptional Students; Seminar in Integrating Exceptional Students in Regular Educational Environments; Nature and Needs of the Gifted; Theory and Development of Creativity; Advanced Educational Strategies for the Gifted; Consultation, Counseling and Guidance Skills for Gifted Students; and Seminar in Special Populations of Gifted Students. Admission to the Master of Arts program keys on undergraduate G.P.A., and submission of GRE or Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAT) test. Tuition for the program was $331 per credit hour for Florida residents and $818 for non-residents in the 2009-2010 school year.

  University of South Florida
  Gifted Education Program
  Special Education/USF
  4202 E. Fowler Ave., EDU 162
  Tampa, FL 33620
  813-974-7007
  coedu.usf.edu

University of Kansas

• The University of Kansas, in Lawrence, Kansas, offers four options for students seeking a gifted education graduate degree under the Department of Curriculum and Teaching. They include Master of Arts thesis option, Master of Arts non-thesis option, Master of Science thesis option and Master of Science non-thesis option. Core courses for the Curriculum and Design program include Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction, and Understanding Research in Education. Courses for the gifted education emphasis include Understanding Talent; Teaching for Talent Development; Practicum in Gifted Education; Assessing Talent; Personal Dimensions of Talent; Differentiating Curriculum and Instruction; Creative Thinking and Learning; and one course in human development. The non-thesis track includes those courses, as well as Interpersonal Collaboration. All courses require a comprehensive exam for non-thesis students. An undergraduate G.P.A. of 3.0 is an admission requirement for the program, and submission of Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for international students. Graduate tuition for Kansas residents was $3,246 per semester and $7,755 for non-residents in the 2009-2010 school year.

  The University of Kansas
  Office of Graduate Studies
  Strong Hall
  1450 Jayhawk Blvd.
  Lawrence, KS 66045
  785-864-8040
  ku.edu