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Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Master's Programs in Talent Development

M.A. in Secondary Education, Talent Development Concentration

With this M.A. degree, you'll be well-positioned for a variety of career opportunities involving teaching, mentoring, and leadership in schools and communities. If you're interested in gifted/talented education, you may choose an optional coursework path with an emphasis on practices and emerging frameworks for gifted/talented education. 

The thesis research that you'll do in this program can potentially help you to make a difference in your classroom, school, or community-based educational setting. Thesis research also can provide an excellent foundation for further studies, such as Ph.D. programs. 

Courses

  • 1. CI 5383 Mentoring Across the Life Span; or CI 5368 The Politics and Creativity of Being and Becoming
  • 2. CI 5390 Research Seminar in Education
  • 3. CI 5310 Creativity: Theories, Research, Practices, and Issues; or CI 5319 Non-Academic and Contextual Factors in Advanced/Gifted Education
  • 4. CI 5330 Multicultural Teaching and Learning; BILG 5388 Politics of Language; or RDG 5331 Literacy Methods for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
  • 5. CI 5359 Curriculum for Rigor, Depth, and Complexity; or CI 5381 Curiosity and Reimagination
  • 6. Choose 3 credit hours (1 class) from: CI 5308 Emerging Frameworks for Gifted and Talented Education; CI 5339 Project-Based Instruction; CI 5364 Advanced Instructional Strategies for Secondary Educators; CI 5372 Philosophical Foundations of Education; CI 5373 Professional Development for Teachers: Models, Research, and Theory; CI 7352 Beginning Qualitative Research; EDTC 5310 Educational Technology; or RDG 5310 Teaching with Children's and YA Literature
  • 7. CI 5311 Practicum in Talent Development; or substitution of CI 5352 Research and Current Topics in Talent Development and Creativity
  • 8. CI 5309 Rethinking Talent and Transformation; or CI 5324 Systems and Models for Gifted and Talented Education
  • 9. CI 5399A Thesis
  • 10. Choose a minimum of 3 hours from: CI 5199B, CI 5299B, CI 5399B, CI 5599B, CI 5999B Thesis