Adult Education and Training Concentration for Accredited Online Masters of Science in Education Degree

Master of Science in Education - Adult Education & Training Concentration

33 Credits

The MSEd with a concentration in Adult Education & Training (MSEd AET) program is a practitioner-oriented master's degree concentration using proven adult learning and human resource training methodologies for individuals interested in working with adults in a variety of fields including:

Adult education programs
Coaching
Community College Teaching
Continuing Professional Education
Corporate Training
e-Learning
Incarceration Education

Literacy
Mentoring
Military Training
Performance Consulting
Public Outreach
Religious Education
Staff Development

This unique program models adult learning principles with the focus of the learning being student-centered rather than teacher-centered. The faculty members are mentors and “guides on the side.” Students establish the goals and measurable objectives for all but the earliest courses in the program as well as their master’s degree project.

Students will choose one of the core values of Saint Joseph’s College as a guiding principle for their unique degree program:

Faith
Excellence
Integrity
Community
Respect
Compassion
Justice

Learners choose a major project in adult education or human resource training that is useful in their workplace. This master’s degree concentration project evolves through a succession of courses in this program based on the students’ personal interests and needs at their workplace in consultation with their faculty mentors.

The first course in this new concentration is relatively traditional with the instructor and curriculum largely directing the learning; the second and third courses has some shared responsibility between the instructor and the learner; the remaining courses are largely guided by the student using the faculty member as a resource and quality control manager.