Contact: Royce Ann Collins
E-mail: racollin@k-state.edu

This 15-credit hour, online graduate certificate offered by the Department of Educational Leadership emphasizes how adult learning principles and instructional methods can be used to strengthen skills of trainers and educators who provide educational opportunities for adult learners. This program will assist any working professional who would like to expand their skills in the areas of adult curriculum design, learning theories and methods of teaching, and program evaluation.

Students seeking this certificate must submit a Graduate School application indicating the field of study will be the Adult Learning graduate certificate program. This is a separate application from the one for admission into a master's degree. In addition to the Graduate School application, applicants need to submit the following:

An official transcript for the bachelor's degree and for any subsequent undergraduate and graduate coursework.
A statement of objectives explaining the goals and purposes for seeking this graduate certificate.

This certificate may connect with one or more master degree programs. At the recommendation of the academic program, students may apply credits earned through this graduate certificate completion towards a graduate program at Kansas State University, provided that all Graduate School policies are fulfilled.

CADLRN - Adult Learning Graduate Certificate

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