Gifted Education Certificate

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Aligned with USC Rossier’s mission to serve high-need students in urban centers, the Certificate in Gifted Education provides graduates of the Master of Arts in Teaching program with the competencies to respond to the needs, interests and abilities of gifted students in either heterogeneous regular classrooms or specific magnet school classrooms defined for gifted and high-ability students.

The Certificate in Gifted Education enables graduates to recognize the manifestations of giftedness among cultural, linguistic and economically diverse students in urban schools, to facilitate the identification of underrepresented students as gifted and to provide differentially appropriate curriculum for them.

Internal Applicants Credential Track*

Required Courses

Credential Track

EDUC 568a Guided Practice Units: 3
EDUC 568b Guided Practice Units: 3

Internal Applicants Non-Credential Track*

Required Courses

Non-Credential Track

EDUC 550 Multimedia Literacy Units: 3
EDUC 569a Capstone Portfolio in Learning and Instruction Units: 2
EDUC 569b Capstone Portfolio in Learning and Instruction Units: 2

External Applicants**

Required Courses

EDUC 529 Political and Academic Issues Affecting Gifted Students Units: 3
EDUC 530 Differentiated Curriculum and Pedagogy for Gifted Students Units: 3
EDUC 550 Multimedia Literacy Units: 3
EDUC 569a Capstone Portfolio in Learning and Instruction Units: 2
EDUC 569b Capstone Portfolio in Learning and Instruction Units: 2
EDUC 574 Collaboration, Families and Case Management Units: 3

Note:

*Internal Applicants are students enrolled in the MAT Program

**External Applicants are students not admitted to USC or enrolled in the MAT Program who wish to complete the certificate.