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The master’s degree with a concentration in Workplace Learning and Performance educates professionals who lead workforce performance, development, and learning. Through the program, you can develop skills by exploring cutting-edge concepts and designing hands-on projects related to:

• Human Resource Development
• Training and Development
• Organization Development
• Instructional Design and Technology
• Workforce Development

In this program, you gain skills to facilitate discovery and critical inquiry at the individual, team, and organizational levels. Specifically, you will be able to identify and "bridge the gap" between potential and actual performance in corporations, educational institutions, government agencies, healthcare organizations, the military, non-profit organizations, and community-based groups.

Career Opportunities

Recent graduates from this program, without previous full-time experience in the field, typically work as:

• Instructional Designers
• E-learning Specialists
• Trainers

Graduates with more previous experience hold roles such as:

• Director of Employee Learning
• VP of Organization Development
• Training Director
• Instructional Design Manager
• Chief Learning Officer

Curriculum

All classes meet via live synchronous online class sessions at a designated time each week (in the evening). Courses are offered through the University's online course management system called Blackboard. Our online courses allow students to do the following...

• Read the course materials
• Submit papers and assignments
• View grades
• Participate in live, online class sessions using a headset and/or webcam
• Discuss case studies or course content with classmates on a discussion board
• Watch and listen to short lectures from your instructor
• Participate in case study simulations

For a complete list of course requirements, see the graduate catalog. Course descriptions can be found in the online schedule of courses.