The Office of the Daniel L. Ritchie Endowed Chair in Gifted Education at the Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver is pleased to offer a variety of paths toward gifted education graduate degrees and educator endorsements.

We also host an annual Gifted Education Policy Symposium and Conference. 

Certificate in Gifted Education

Degree Programs 

• Gifted Education Specialization - Apply Today!
  • Our next EdD Cohort of Curriculum and Instruction, Specializing in Gifted Education begins Summer 2023!
    • Start with 2 weeks of synchronous, face-to-face (typically on-campus) courses in June 2023.
    • Participate in virtual, online courses during Fall, Winter, and Spring courses, with both synchronous and asynchronous class sessions. 
    • Earn an Education Doctorate of Curriculum & Instruction, specializing in Gifted Education. 
    • Most students complete this within three years and are simultaneously full-time working professionals and full-time doctoral students. 
  • DU's Teacher Education Program with Gifted Education Cognate
    • Complete coursework for your  teaching licensure and complete the gifted education cognate to earn your gifted core endorsement. 
    • Earn a dual undergraduate-graduate degree, or your MA degree. 
  • Complete coursework for a Gifted Ed core, specialist, or director educator licensure endorsement through the Colorado Department of Education through Curriculum & Instruction's, Certificate, Teacher Education Program, MA, EdD, or PhD programs.
  • Acronyms. In our structure, we are the University of Denver (DU), Morgridge College of Education (MCE), Department of Teaching and Learning Sciences (TLS), Curriculum & Instruction program (C&I / CUI), specialization in Gifted Education (GE). 
• Twice-Exceptional Specialization (18 credits)
  • Complete our new Curriculum & Instruction specialization in Twice-Exceptional learners! Email idge@du.edu for more information. 
  • CUI 4401 - Psychological Aspects of the Gifted
  • CUI 4403 - Instructional Strategies for Gifted Learners
  • CUI 4404 - Twice-Exceptional Students
  • CFSP 4305/CFSP 4338/TEP 4010 - Coursework in Exceptionalities in Education / Disabilities
  • CFSP 4302 - Special Education and Gifted Education Law
  • CUI 4405 - Gifted Education Practicum
• View all of MCE's Curriculum and Instruction specializations

GEPSC 

• Annual Gifted Education Policy Symposium and Conference
  • Resources from the 2021 GEPSC: Addressing Disproportionality in Gifted Education
    •  
  • Palmarium Award

Resources 

• Perspectives in Gifted Eduction Monograph Series
  • Pre-order our upcoming monograph!
    • Perspectives in Gifted Education: Influences and Impacts of the Education Doctorate on Gifted Eductaion II, Volume 8 
    • http://bit.ly/DUGiftedEdMonographOrderForm  

• EdD Doctoral Research Projects (2017-2020)
  • Starting in 2020, EdD Dissertations-In-Practice will start to become available through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. 

Jacob K. Javits Grant

• 2020-2025 I-REECCH
  • Impacting Rural Education through Expanding Culturally responsive curriculum, Computer science training, and Higher order thinking skills (I-REECCH) is a five-year grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Jacob K. Javits program.
  • Principal Investigator, Dr. Norma Hafenstein, Morgridge College of Education
  • Co-PI: Dr. Kristina Hesbol, Morgridge College of Education
  • Post-Doc Fellow and Project Manager: Dr. Lindsey Reinert
  • Evaluation Team: Dr. Robert Reichardt, Dale DeCesare, and Brianna McGagin, APA Consulting
  • Graduate Assistants: Joi Lin, MS and Fayaz Amiri, MA

Office of the Daniel L. Ritchie Endowed Chair in Gifted Education

IDGE@du.edu

303-871-3888

Morgridge College of Education

1999 E Evans Ave

Denver, CO 80210

University of Denver