Training and Performance Improvement
Become a powerful force in helping your organization thrive. This specialization focuses on managing and delivering training programs and on improving workplace performance through quality instruction.
In this specialization, you will:
- Learn essential skills for managing and delivering training systems and modules.
- Explore technologies that support a variety of training in both traditional classroom and virtual environments.
- Learn methods and techniques for identifying performance gaps, conducting needs assessments, and identifying solutions and evaluating their effectiveness.
- Implement design changes to instructional materials and support systems based on your analysis.
Embedded in this specialization is a certificate in Instructional Design that you earn after completing the fifth course. Earning this certificate demonstrates to potential employers the skills you have already gained and to your current employer just how far you have already progressed. Upon graduation, you can also earn an additional certificate in Online Learning.
Completion Requirements
- 36 total semester credit hours
- Core courses (27 sem. credits)
- Specialization courses (6 sem. credits)
- Capstone (3 sem. credits)
- ePortfolio
Estimated time to completion: 24 months, depending on individual progress and credits transferred. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.
Core Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | Semester Credits |
| EDUC 6105 | Organizations, Innovation, and Change | 3 |
| EDUC 6115 | Learning Theories and Instruction | 3 |
| EIDT 6100 | Instructional Design | 3 |
| EIDT 6110 | Advanced Instructional Design | 3 |
| EIDT 6120 | Multimedia Design and Development | 3 |
| EDUC 6125 | Foundations of Research | 3 |
| EDUC 6135 | Distance Learning | 3 |
| EDUC 6145 | Project Management in Education and Training | 3 |
| EIDT 6130 | Program Evaluation | 3 |
Specialization Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | Semester Credits |
| EIDT 6500 | Performance Improvement | 3 |
| EIDT 6501 | Training and Development | 3 |
Capstone Course
| Course Code | Course Title | Semester Credits |
| EIDT 6910 | Capstone: Practical Application of Instructional Design | 3 |
