This track is designed to help you develop skills for creating quality instructional materials and professional-learning experiences that help adult-learning audiences learn and perform better on the job. Throughout the program, you will apply learning, instructional design (ID), and professional-development principles to the creation of digital and web resources, multimedia presentations, job aids, and online learning modules. These skills are in high demand in corporate, healthcare, government, non-profit, and higher education settings. You will experience interactive learning, hands-on projects, and collaborative teamwork as you develop expertise in core ID skills: creating curriculum, evaluating program quality, encouraging innovation, and leading organizations toward productive change and growth. Like all ILT students, you will create an online portfolio, referred to as a base camp. The base camp helps you establish your professional web presence and digital footprint as a thought leader and helps showcase your instructional-design accomplishments to employers and other professionals. The entire program takes about two years to complete. All courses are entirely online unless specified otherwise.

Instructional Design and Adult Learning MA program requirements

30 semester hours (each course is 3 semester hours):

Core, 15 semester hours:

Electives, Choose five courses (15 semester hours):

Comprehensive Examination for all ILT Students

The comprehensive exam consists of a professional portfolio, referred to as a base camp, wherein students demonstrate program competencies through work products and related accomplishments. The base camp is created throughout the ILT program and submitted for faculty review during the final semester. For more information, see the ILT Current Student Resources website.