A program leading to the Sixth-Year Certificate in Adult Learning provides an opportunity for advanced students who have the master's degree to increase their professional competence through further study under the guidance of a faculty member.
The Adult Learning 6th year program in the Department of Educational Leadership prepares individuals to:
- Identify issues that impact adult learning across a variety of contexts;
- Critically examine important questions in the field using rigorous research methodologies and methods;
- Construct theoretical models based on sound empirical research to guide practice and policy;
- Lead organizations in assessing and meeting learning needs of individual adults, organizations, and communities;
- Design supportive learning environments and systems;
- Facilitate learning activities to optimize adult learning;
- Apply lenses of social justice and organizational change to work in and with complex organizations.
Students must earn at least thirty credits in a planned program of professional education beyond the Master’s Degree, and complete a summary project or a comprehensive exam.
Required Core Courses
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| EDLR 5201 | Influences on Adult Learning | 3 |
| EDLR 5204 | Organizational Learning | 3 |
| EDLR 6313 | Educational Policy and Politics | 3 |
| EDLR 6467 | Social Justice Leadership, Equity and School Change | 3 |
| EDLR 6050 | Dissertation Proposal/Prospectus Development I | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
Adult Learning Courses
(nine credits minimum)
Tract One courses focus on the Individual Learner. Examples of courses in this tract include:
Tract Two courses focus on Designing Learning Environments. Examples of courses in this tract include:
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| COMM 5650 | Communication Technology and Society: Theory and Research | 3 |
| EPSY 5220 | Introduction to Educational Technology | 3 |
| EPSY 5520 | Instructional Design | 3 |
| EPSY 5530 | Theories of Learning, Cognition and Instruction | 3 |
| PP 5319 | Program Development and Evaluation | 3 |
Research Courses
(six credits minimum)
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| EDCI 6000 | Qualitative Methods of Educational Research | 3 |
| EDCI 6005 | | 3 |
| EDLR 6052 | Qualitative Methods of Educational Research II | 3 |
| EPSY 5605 | Quantitative Methods in Research I | 3 |
| EPSY 5607 | Quantitative Methods in Research II | 3 |
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| EPSY 5610 | Applied Regression Analysis for the Education Sciences | 3 |
| EPSY 5613 | Multivariate Analysis in Educational Research | 3 |
| EPSY 5621 | Construction of Evaluation Instruments | 3 |
