Learning Management

This specialization prepares you to develop innovative solutions to the most critical organizational challenges through the human side of creating, sharing, and using knowledge. Learning Management is focused on developing learning organizations and the education of participants, including the deployment of corporate universities.

Completion Requirements

132 total quarter credit hours
- Foundation course (6 cr.)
- Core/specialization courses (42 cr.)
- Core Knowledge Area Modules (KAMs) (42 cr.)*
- Foundation Research Sequence (12 cr.)
- Proposal, dissertation, and oral presentation (30 cr.)
Professional Development Plan and Program of Study
Four Ph.D. residencies to equal a minimum of 16 units

Time to completion may vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred, if applicable. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call an enrollment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.

*Students may substitute three graduate-level courses or two graduate-level courses and an independent study for KAM VII with the approval of their faculty mentor and the program chair, provided that they complete a minimum of two KAMs.

Foundation Course

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
AMDS 8008	Foundations for Doctoral Study	6

Core Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
AMDS 8800	Epistemology and the Practice of Knowledge and Learning Management	4
AMDS 8335	Principles of Knowledge Management (Six-week course)	4
AMDS 8801	Principles of Learning Management (Six-week course)	4
AMDS 8899	Capstone Seminar	6

Foundation Research Sequence

This sequence provides the student with the background to effectively complete doctoral-level research. The sequence is composed of three online quarter-based courses:

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
RSCH 8100	Research Theory, Design, and Methods	4
RSCH 8200	Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis	4
RSCH 8300	Qualitative Reasoning and Analysis	4

Specialization Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
	Learning Management Courses
AMDS 8830	Adult Learning	4
AMDS 8831	Lifelong Learning	4
AMDS 8832	Education Design for Adult Learners	4
AMDS 8833	Integration of Knowledge and Learning Management With Strategic Educational Initiatives	4
	Knowledge Management Courses Select two of the following:
AMDS 8810	Integrating Knowledge Management With Strategic Initiatives	4
AMDS 8811	Advanced Knowledge Management Concepts	4
AMDS 8812	Expert Systems	4
AMDS 8813	E-Systems	4