UMass Boston’s Instructional Design MEd focuses on the creation of education, training, and development programs for adults in both professional and academic environments. It’s designed for educational professionals, corporate training specialists, consultants, and other educational design mavens who want to hone their skills and add a certification to their résumé. Explore cutting-edge learning technologies and develop instructional strategies and skills to facilitate adult learning and use educational media and technology to enhance learning. Apply these skills to virtually any field — business and industry, schools and colleges, government agencies and the military, health care organizations, religious institutions, and professional societies.
UMass Boston’s MEd Program in Instructional Design offers a practical master’s degree that is ideal for career professionals engaged in the education, training, and development of adult learners in the work place. This multi-disciplinary academic program provides students with a dynamic learning process through a comprehensive course of study that gives equal importance to both the planning and the delivery of adult instruction.
Applications of instructional design can be seen today in business and industry; in schools and colleges, government agencies, and the military; in health care organizations, religious institutions, and professional societies. Using the principles and practices of adult education, the program’s theoretical and applied courses concentrate in three areas:
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Register NowApplicants must meet general graduate admission requirements in addition to the following program-specific requirements:
Deadlines: June 15 for fall, December 1 for spring
Application Fee: The nonrefundable application fee is $75. UMass Boston alumni and current students that plan to complete degree requirements prior to graduate enrollment can submit the application without paying the application fee.
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Program Cost Information: For more detailed information on costs, please visit the Bursar's website or send an email to Bursar@umb.edu. Please refer to Graduate Student Financial Aid for more information on financial aid.
Core Courses (24 Credits)
Electives (12 Credits)
Complete four courses from below.
Independent study and internship courses can only be taken with advance permission of the graduate program director.
Students may take up to two courses from other departments with advance permission of the graduate program director.
In this program, students will:
Complete 36 credits from twelve courses including eight required courses and four electives.
Capstone: Completion of a project or thesis.
Statute of limitations: Five years.
Coordinator of Admissions Fran Keefe
fran.keefe@umb.edu
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