Course Requirements

The non-thesis option is geared toward the Instructional Design & Technology practitioner. Students completing this track will be prepared for jobs as instructional designers, instructional technology specialists, corporate trainers, and other related jobs. Those who are teachers, or in an education-related position, will enhance their ability to design instruction and how to design instruction with technology.

In addition, those in the education-related position will be eligible for leadership positions in the areas of technology coordination and curriculum development.

Students have the ability to customize their focus according to their interest by selecting 3 credit hours of elective classes.

The non-thesis track will culminate with a project in IT899 Masters Project. In this project, the student applies the entire instructional design process to a problem that can be solved with instruction. The project includes the student’s justification for the decisions he/she made in the instructional design process.

As part of the degree requirements, students will complete a comprehensive project. Upon successful completion of program requirements and other requirements outlined in the Graduate Catalog and on this sheet, the student will be awarded the degree Master of Science in Instructional Design & Technology.

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