Current Course Offerings
SUMMER 2013 HIGH ABILITY LICENSE ADDITION COURSES
3 GRADUATE CREDIT HOURS
EDPS 540: GIFTED, CREATIVE, AND TALENTED CHILDREN
Summer I 2013 – Online with Instructor Vicki Vaughn (May 13-June 7)
Fall 2013 – Online with Assistant Professor Kristina Ayers Paul
Spring 2014 – On campus with Assistant Professor Kristina Ayers Paul
EDPS 545: SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF GIFTED STUDENTS
Summer II 2013 – On campus with Professor Jean Sunde Peterson (June 10-July 5)
Summer III 2013 – Online with Instructor Vicki Vaughn (July 8-August 2)
Spring 2014 – Online (Instructor TBD)
EDPS 542: CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT IN GIFTED EDUCATION
Fall 2013 – Online with Assistant Professor Kristina Ayers Paul
Fall 2013 – On campus with Assistant Professor Kristina Ayers Paul
EDPS 695: PRACTICUM IN GIFTED EDUCATION
Spring 2014 – Online with Assistant Professor Kristina Ayers Paul
CLASS DETAILS
- Classes are not independent study courses, but interactive sessions with specific deadlines.
- Class discussions take palce asynchronously with your classmates and instructor, no need to be at your computer at a specific time during the week.
- Access courses through Purdue University's Blackboard Vista (log on information provided with tuition payment).
- Technology needed: a computer with high-speed internet access and the most recent version of Internet Explorer (or another browser), email access, a word processing program (eg, Microsoft Word), Microsoft PowerPoint (or the free PowerPoint viewer available from Microsoft), and Adobe's PDF reader (available free from Adobe), comfort uploading and downloading attachments.
- Courses are taught by GERI faculty.
- Tuition information - https://www.continuinged.purdue.edu/distance/courses
- An evaluation by the Office of Professional Preparation and Licensing is needed upon enrollment ($35)
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Registration Instructions<https://www.distance.purdue.edu/educators/>
- For information on online application and registration, contact Melody Carducci, Program Coordinator, Distance Learning Courses, mmcbrite@purdue.edu
- For information on the High Ability Licensure process or on campus courses, contact Dr. Marcia Gentry, Ph.D., mgentry@purdue.edu

