Program IV: Adult Education

Elmira College

Program of Study Requirements and Options

The Adult Education Master's degree is designed for persons in business, industry, human service agencies, health-related institutions, and higher education who are responsible for administering, designing, and/or conducting training programs for adults. Careers in adult education include positions such as staff developer in community agencies, human resource specialist or director of training and development in business and industry, in-service education coordinator of health professionals, cooperative extension agent, volunteer coordinator, senior citizen program director, and continuing education instructor, to name a few. This program provides a course of study leading to the degree of Master of Science in Education with an emphasis in Adult Education.

1. EDU 5900 Research Methods and Materials (3 credits). This course must be taken within the first 12 credits of course work not including transfer credit.

2. Core Requirements:

A minimum of 18 credit hours, including at least 6 credits from each core area. All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise stated.

A. The Field of Adult Education

(Choose 6 credits minimum, 3 of which must be either AED 5000 or AED 5105.)

AED 5000 Adult Education: Foundations of Practice

AED 5105 Contemporary Issues in Adult Education

AED 5230 Ethics and the Continuing Educator

AED 5270 Facilitating Learning Organizations

HUE 5630 Career Development

PSY 5150 Organizational Psychology

B. The Adult Learner (Choose 6 credits minimum)

AED 5071 Training of Trainers: Needs Assessment (1 credit)*

AED 5072 Training of Trainers: Program Design and Evaluation (1 credit)*

AED 5073 Training of Trainers: Learning Theory for trainers (1)*

AED 5100 Gerontology

AED 5240 Adult Learning and Cognitive Styles

AED 5250 Self-Directed and Individualized Adult Learning

AED 5260 Adult Learners with Special Needs

AED 5280 Women, Learning, and Leading in Adult Education

HUE 5623 Adult Development: Transitions

PSY 5112 Psychology of the Adult Learner

C. Methods and Techniques of Adult Education (choose 6 credits minimum)

AED 5005 Administration in Adult Education Organizations

AED 5020 Program Development and Evaluation

AED 5074 Training of Trainers: Characteristics of Adult Learners (1 credit)*

AED 5075 Training of Trainers: Learning Environ. & Soc. Dynam. (1 credit)*

AED 5076 Training of Trainers: Techniques for Teach. Adults (1 credit)*

AED 5110 Techniques of Teaching Adult Literacy

AED 5220 Computer Mediated Distance Education (all participants must have a userid and be able to access the Internet and World Wide Web)

AED 5221 Computer Technology and the Educator of Adults (all participants must have a userid and be able to access the Internet and World Wide Web)

AED 5290 Conference Planning and Management for Adult Learners

SPC 5110 Presentation Skills for the Professions 

3. Related Electives:

Electives or up to six transfer credits are subject to approval and/or advisor permission. See the graduate catalog for a listing of approved electives and the minimal number of electives required.

4. Capstone (3-6 credits)

Complete one of the "Capstone" options described in the graduate catalog upon completion of no fewer than 27 credits of course work (such as the AED 6000 Graduate Seminar: Adult Education or a Masters thesis or project).

For more information contact Dr. Hiemstra (315) 637-0029 (rhiemstra@elmira.edu) or Office of Continuing Education, Elmira College (607) 735-1825 (continuinged@elmira.edu).

To see two related program of study worksheets, click here.

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* The Training of Trainers Graduate Certificate Program: Training of Trainers is a certificate program for persons who are responsible for helping adults learn. The program is designed to prepare persons to administer, design, and/or conduct training programs for adults. Participants may develop programs for employees in business, industry, and health-related institutions; for students and teachers engaged in continuing education; and for volunteers, clients, and professionals in community-based organizations. The six one-credit workshops are designed to be taken in sequence, AED 5071-AED 5076. Typically, they are taught on alternative Saturdays, two Saturdays for each one-credit course, with AED 5071-37 offered during the fall term and AED 5074-76 offered during the winter term. A certificate is awarded to students who successfully complete all six of the workshops for credit with a minimum 3.0 grade point average. The Training of Trainers workshops may be taken as part of the Master of Science in Education degree, Program IV: Adult Education. For further information regarding each workshop, consult the course syllabi or the graduate catalog.

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