EdD Sample Degree Plan: Gifted and Talented Education

Specialization in Gifted and Talented Education

Year one

  • Fall intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 900: Introduction to Doctoral Studies (1 hour)
  • Fall semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 950: Educational Research (3 hours)
    • EDU 910: Critical Perspectives in Education: Challenges and Opportunities (3 hours)
  • Spring semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 915: History and Philosophy of Education (3 hours)
    • EDU 927: Transformative Learning or EDU:9292 Curriculum Change and Innovation (3 hours)
  • Summer intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956: Leader Scholar Community (1 hour)
  • Summer semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 920: Education Policy: Impact on Teachers, Students, and Local Communities (3 hours)
    • EDU 925: Leadership and Organizational Change (3 hours)

Year two

  • Fall intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956: Leader Scholar Community (1 hour)
  • Fall semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 954: Educational Statistics (3 hours)
    • EEM 720: A Survey of Gifted and Talented Education (3 hours)
  • Winter/spring intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956: Leader Scholar Community (1 hour)
  • Spring semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 952: Qualitative Methods (3 hours)
    • EEM 722: Meeting the Affective Needs of Gifted Students (3 hours)*
  • Summer intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956: Leader Scholar Community (1 hour)
  • Summer semester (6 total hours)
    • ELE 720: Advanced Theory and Practice in Student Assessment and Evaluation (3 hours)*
    • EEM 796 Practicum in Gifted and Talented Education (3 hours)

Year three

  • Fall semester (5 total hours)
    • EEM 721: Curriculum and Instruction for the Gifted (3 hours)*
    • Dissertation (2 hours)
  • Spring semester (5 total hours)

    • EEM 723: Programming, Planning, and Development: An Understanding of Administration and Supervision of Gifted Programs (3 hours)*

    • Dissertation (2 hours)
  • Summer semester (4 total hours)
    • Dissertation (4 hours)

Total hours: 55

 

Specialization in Gifted and Talented Education (Accelerated) 

Year one

  • Fall intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 900: Introduction to Doctoral Studies (1 hour)
  • Fall semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 950: Educational Research (3 hours)
    • EDU 910: Critical Perspectives in Education: Challenges and Opportunities (3 hours)
  • Spring semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 915: History and Philosophy of Education (3 hours)
    • EDU 927: Transformative Learning or EDU:9292 Curriculum Change and Innovation (3 hours)
  • Summer intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956: Leader Scholar Community (1 hour)
  • Summer semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 920: Education Policy: Impact on Teachers, Students, and Local Communities (3 hours)
    • EDU 925: Leadership and Organizational Change (3 hours)

Year two

  • Fall intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956: Leader Scholar Community (1 hour)
  • Fall semester (9 total hours)
    • EDU 954: Educational Statistics (3 hours)

    • EEM 720: A Survey of Gifted and Talented Education (First Block, Aug-Oct) (3 hours)*

    • EEM 721: Curriculum and Instruction for the Gifted (Second Block, Oct-Dec) (3 hours)*

  • Winter/spring intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956: Leader Scholar Community (1 hour)
  • Spring semester (9 total hours)
    • EDU 952: Qualitative Methods (3 hours)

    • EEM 722: Meeting the Affective Needs of Gifted Students (First Block, Jan-Mar) (3 hours)*

    • EEM 723: Programming, Planning, and Development: An Understanding of Administration and Supervision of Gifted Programs (Second Block, Mar-May) (3 hours)*

  • Summer intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956: Leader Scholar Community (1 hour)
  • Summer semester (6 total hours)
    • ELE 720: Advanced Theory and Practice in Student Assessment and Evaluation (3 hours)*
    • EEM 796: Practicum in Gifted and Talented Education (3 hours)

Year three

  • Fall semester (4 total hours)
    • Dissertation (4 hour)
  • Spring semester (4 total hours)
    • Dissertation (4 hour)

Total hours: 55

*course can be completed online or via Zoom