Master of Education in Learning and Design

Discover how learning happens across diverse settings and how to bolster and enhance it. You'll create and study environments that have impact across scale, time, and context.

From developing curriculum for an after-school art program to community initiatives that create safe spaces for homeless youth, this immersive 10-month program focuses on understanding how people learn, how contexts and tools influence learning, and how to design learning environments and activities to support learning. Graduates choose careers that include classroom teacher, instructional design leader, curriculum designer both for schools and for out-of-school-settings like museums and libraries, leader of non-traditional learning experiences, and education specialist. Some pursue doctoral degrees in Learning and Design.

All M.Ed. candidates complete an individual capstone project that provides an opportunity for students to synthesize and demonstrate their understanding of the professional knowledge areas of Learning and Design.

Unofficial transcripts are accepted for the application process. You should include transcripts from all previous post secondary work (bachelor's and master's studies) with your application. The GRE is optional for admission to master's programs. For the Ed.D. program, it is strongly recommended. Two letters of recommendation are required, and three are preferred, for our master's degree programs. Three letters of recommendation are required for our Ed.D. programs. An official score report sent directly from the testing agency is required. Our TOEFL institutional code is 1871, and there is no department code. The minimum recommended TOEFL score is 100. There is no institutional code for the IELTS. A minimum recommended score is 7.0 for the composite score with no individual band score below 6.5.