Instructional Design and Technology (ID&T)

Ethics in Design and Decision MakingWith global trends like personalized learning and data-driven decision making, and increased opportunities for learning outside of university settings, the need to create meaningful, lasting and relevant learning experiences has never been more important.

Informed by the science of learning, the instructional design and technology concentration prepares students to design learning experiences for a broad range of settings (e.g., face-to-face and online, formal and informal, higher education, workplace, personal). This concentration prepares students to:

• frame learning design problems by identifying learning needs from multiple and diverse stakeholder points' of view and understanding design requirements;
• prototype, test, and refine designs for learning that are based on research on how people learn and that meet real-world learning needs;
• thoughtfully incorporate technologies and innovations that are beneficial to learning; and
• evaluate impacts of their designs.

Graduates typically work as ID/learning consultants and as instructional or learning designers in a range of organizations, including higher education.

The Master's degree in Organization, Information and Learning Sciences is offered under two options:

Plan III: Coursework (30 credit hours)

Plan I: Thesis (36 credit hours)

Required Core Courses (15 credit hours) Plan III

 Students are required to enroll in OILS 597 Capstone, a 3-credit-hour course offered during the Fall and Spring semesters. Successful completion of the Capstone is required for graduation.

Students are expected to enroll in the Capstone during their final semester of enrollment. Students planning to graduate in the Summer term must enroll in the Capstone during the preceding Spring semester.

Required Courses for the Instructional Design & Technology (ID&T) Concentration (9 credit hours)

Elective Courses for the Instructional Design & Technology (ID&T) Concentration (6 credit hours)

Students may select 6 additional hours of electives from the following list selected in consultation with their advisors. Other OILS classes may be substituted as well.

Required Core Courses (12 credit hours) Plan I