Students who earn the online Graduate Certificate in Facilitating Adult Learning gain the practical skills needed to effectively design and deliver instruction for learners within a variety of settings including higher education, workplace training, and community settings.
Students interested in graduate work should refer to the Graduate and Professional Bulletin.
Learning Objectives
- Prepare professional adult learning facilitators to work in a variety of learning environments within a culturally diverse global context.
- Assist candidates in becoming critically reflective practitioners capable of conducting and communicating workplace research as it relates to and informs the field of adult learning.
- Encourage individual and professional growth through exposure to other colleagues and collaborative and project based learning environments.
Effective Spring 2026
Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses: | ||
| EDAE 620 | Processes and Methods | 3 |
| EDAE 624 | Adult Teaching and Learning I | 3 |
| EDAE 639 | Instructional Design | 3 |
| Choose one elective below: | 3 | |
| Education-Learning Design and Training Courses | ||
EDAE 500-579 | ||
| Workshop | ||
EDAE 600-679 | ||
| Seminar-Adult Education | ||
| Education-General | ||
| Diversity/Equity/Inclusion in Organizations | ||
| Education-Organizational Learning Performance and Change | ||
| Human Resource Development | ||
| On-Demand Learning–Improving Performance | ||
| Psychology | ||
| Advanced Introduction to Positive Psychology | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 12 | |
*This certificate may have courses in common with other graduate certificates. A student may earn more than one certificate, but a given course may be counted only in one certificate.