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Welcome!
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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.
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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).
- Our next EdD Cohort of Curriculum and Instruction, Specializing in Gifted Education begins Summer 2023!
- 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
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
- Pre-order our upcoming monograph!
- 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
- Gifted Education Specialization - Apply Today!
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Contact Us
Office of the Daniel L. Ritchie Endowed Chair in Gifted Education
303-871-3888
Morgridge College of Education
1999 E Evans Ave
Denver, CO 80210
University of Denver