DI favorite Liberty University offers one: Master of Education - Program Specialist - Gifted | Liberty University Online University of South Florida offers an MA in Gifted Education: GFAQ University of Houston offers a Master of Education in Gifted and Talented Education UH Distance Education - Degrees & Programs - Master of Education in Gifted and Talented Education (M.Ed.) Also found this from University of Georgia: "The Gifted and Creative Education Program within the department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology in the College of Education offers Gifted In-Field certification courses, Masters (M.Ed.) and Educational Specialist (EdS) degrees." University of Georgia: Distance Learning Portal There's probably plenty more but that's all I have time to gather at the moment
We get brochures all the time about UVA's (University of Virginia) online courses in education. They tend to have gifted courses each semester, but I'm not sure if they're part of a degree program. They are, however, part of Virginia's Gifted Education licensure program. -Matt
Thanks emmzee and matt. I believe instead of going $10000-plus into debt to get a master's degree -- in whatever area -- I probably should just take the four or five courses needed for a gifted endorsement and be done with it. So, I'll concentrate on the add-on endorsement. I love the idea of a master's in religion and lit or writing, but it's probably impractical, in my present circumstances.
I am gearing my dissertation toward 2e/gifted ed. I would look at Northwesterns program, it's the one I have my eye on after I finish at Liberty.
If I could find a master's program with per credit tuition at $300 or less and that didn't require the GRE, I would consider going for a master's and not just the add-on endorsement. University of South Florida fits that, but they require you to have acurrent teaching position, which I don't have. If anyone knows of any other programs with per credit tuition at $300 or less and that don't require the GRE, please let me know.
One possible option: Fort Hays State University offers a Master of Science in Education - Gifted ... 36 credit program: Gift Education Program - Fort Hays State University Tuition is $229.50/credit, no mention of GRE in admission requirements.
I was really excited about this find -- until I read the degree requirements. Out of the 36 hours required, I see only two gifted courses, and one of these is a practicum. The rest are just regular special education courses, which I have no interest in -- I've had enough of that for 14 years. I know gifted ed. is the higher end of special ed., but I wanted more specifically gifted courses. And they say this program leads to an endorsement in Gifted Education, but I wonder how that could be with only two gifted courses offered.
I found three more options: Drake University, $435 cr. hr. (out-of-state): Drake University - MUW: http://www.muw.edu/edu_hs/grad/Gifted_online.pdf James Madison University: JMU - K-12 Gifted Education Endorsement
I have finally decided to enroll in Drake University's Gifted and Talented endorsement program. The people there have been very nice and helpful. I might go for a master's in some field later on, but I believe teaching gifted kids will be a good fit for me. I can combine several areas of interest in this job, which is what I have wanted to do all along. Thanks to all the people who have responded to my posts here; you have all been very helpful. There's no place like Degreeinfo that I know of; it's the tops!
If anyone is interested, I'll bump this old thread by adding links to two inexpensive master's programs I found in this area: Morningside College Morningside College Graduate Education Arkansas State Program Information | Arkansas State University
