Adult Education Program Options

Choose from two master's degree programs and four post-master's certificates in adult education to broaden your career options.
M.S. in Adult Education: Curriculum Design and Instructional Technology

Develop your ability to design, implement and evaluate adult education programs for a wide range of learning environments. You'll learn instructional design processes, teaching strategies, and evaluation methods that prepare you to work in community, post-secondary, workplace or government settings. Coursework includes instructional technologies, eLearning design and development, strategies for teaching adults, educational evaluation and more. 


M.S. in Adult Education: Leadership in Workforce Development

Become a globally minded leader who can apply knowledge from real-world situations to adult learning environments. This concentration is designed for professionals who want to develop leadership competencies that can be applied in a variety of settings and situations, including private, nonprofit, public, military and healthcare industries. In this concentration, you'll study workforce management, organizational development, training, workforce development, personnel planning and organizational change. 



Adult Education Certificate: Curriculum and Instructional Design

This certificate in adult education focuses on the unique aspects of adult learning and how they impact curriculum and instructional design for adult learners. Once you've earned your certificate, you'll also be able to identify methods of evaluating adult education programs. Coursework includes adult learning and development, curriculum development and instructional design.



Adult Education Certificate: Instructional Technology

This certificate focuses on the distinctive aspects of adult education, including development, learning theory and historical foundations. You'll also learn to use state-of-the-art technologies and innovative strategies in adult education curricula. Once you've completed this certificate program, you'll know how to develop curricula to create effective, efficient, and engaging instruction in any content area and with any medium, including live instruction. 


Adult Education Certificate: Leadership Studies

This certificate in adult education teaches you how to develop and implement an organizational vision and short, long, emergency and strategic plans. With this certificate, you'll gain an understanding of how organizations function and be able to use this knowledge with a wide variety of stakeholders. You'll also come away with innovative ideas to support organizational change and progress. 


Adult Education Certificate: Workforce Development

Gain an understanding of workforce development policies and systems in the United States and develop your skills in the design, management and evaluation of adult education programs. Upon receiving this certificate, you'll understand business models and concepts, along with the needs, characteristics and learning styles of the U.S. labor force. You'll also be able to collect, analyze and interpret labor market data and trends. 


TROY Military and Family Scholarship

If you served in the United States military and want to pursue an adult education master's degree, you may qualify for TROY's Military and Family scholarship. Designed to make college more affordable for military students and their families, the scholarship reduces tuition to $250 per credit hour. We are excited to honor our U.S. military personnel for their service.

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FAQ About the Master's Degree in Adult Education

Learn more about the field of adult education and our program options.
What is adult education?
Adult education involves teaching adult learners so they can build skills, knowledge and experience for personal or professional growth. It can refer to training programs, college degree programs, literacy programs or continuing education. 
What can you do with a master's in adult education?
A master's in adult education allows you to work in higher education, corporate settings, the nonprofit sector and numerous other contexts. Adult educators can work in colleges and universities, government agencies, community organizations, private businesses and the military. Specific job titles include college instructor, military instructor, literacy instructor, instructional designer, product training manager and workforce development specialist. 

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TROY's occupational education program is 100% online, making it flexible and accessible for adult learners.

Jobs in Education: Teaching Adult Learners

Not all learning takes place in a classroom. Practical experience learned in the workplace can be just as valuable as more traditional educational qualifications. As the workforce ages, skilled workers must pass their knowledge and experience on to the next generation to ensure business continuity. This creates opportunities for people with practical skills to fill a range of jobs in education. However, knowing how to do a specific task is very different from being able to teach someone else how to do it.

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