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Licensure-Only Program in Special Education
The Online Academically or Intellectually Gifted (AIG) program leads to an AIG license that can be added to a license in a core academic area. The program consists of 12 semester hours in gifted education. All courses are offered online with the exception of a one-week field experience component in June associated with one of the courses.
Admission Criteria:
- Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution
- 3.0 average on last half of undergraduate program or 2.85 overall GPA
- Acceptance into Western’s Graduate School as a non-degree graduate student seeking licensure