The 30-credit MSED in Applied Learning Sciences focuses on human learning, whether alone or in social settings.
Admission to all graduate-degree concentrations in the School of Education and Human Development is based on the recommendation of the faculty. Admissions decisions are based on faculty review of the following general requirements that apply to all Graduate Programs in the School as well as specific documents listed under each concentration. In addition to the factors listed as general requirements for all applications to the SEHD’s graduate programs, consideration for admission to the M.S.Ed. program will include the following: All international applications must provide additional information and meet additional requirements as required by the UM Graduate School and the Office of International Student and Scholar Services. For an appropriate link to these requirements, please visit the Graduate School website. Once an applicant has been admitted to graduate study, that individual should meet with the faculty advisor who was appointed to serve in that capacity and whose name appears in the admissions letter. This advisor will help the student enroll in courses that are appropriate to the program; to develop and to refine a Course Sequence Plan that must be on file in the Office of Graduate Studies by the end of the first semester of enrollment. The School of Education and Human Development follows the Graduate School’s Honor Code. All students are required to review the Graduate Student Honor Code and the School of Education and Human Development’s Handbook of Policies and Procedures for Graduate Students and submit the signed Acknowledgement of Receipt located on page 3 by the end of their first semester of enrollment.Application Requirements
Applicants must:
Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed.)
International Applications
Admission Decision
Honor Code/Handbook of Policies and Procedures
Curriculum Requirements
Cross-Cutting Courses
6
Introduction to the Learning Sciences
Applied Research and Development in Learning Sciences - Seminar I
Learning
6
Human Learning
Organizational Learning
Design
9
Design of online learning environments
Design of Formal Learning Environments
Design for workplace related learning
Design of Out-of-School, Informal Learning
Assessment
6
Assessment of Human and Organizational Learning
Essentials of Research in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Quantitative Methods I
Qualitative Methods I
Introduction to Research
Elective
3
Total Credit Hours
30
This is a sample Plan of Study. Your actual course sequence may vary depending on your previous academic experience as well as current course offerings. Students should meet with their academic advisor each semester to determine the appropriate course selection.Sample Plan of Study
Year One
FALL
CREDIT HOURS
TAL 600
Human Learning
3
TAL 704
Introduction to the Learning Sciences
3
Credit Hours
6
SPRING
TAL 652
Assessment of Human and Organizational Learning
3
TAL 705
Design of online learning environments
3
Credit Hours
6
SUMMER
TAL 602
Organizational Learning
3
TAL 707
Design for workplace related learning
3
Credit Hours
6
Year Two
FALL
TAL 706
Design of Formal Learning Environments
3
TAL 710
Introduction to Research
3
Credit Hours
6
SPRING
EPS 700
Quantitative Methods I
3
TAL 709
Applied Research and Development in Learning Sciences - Seminar I
1
Credit Hours
4
SUMMER
TAL 709
Applied Research and Development in Learning Sciences - Seminar I
2
Credit Hours
2
Total Credit Hours
30
The MSEd program in the Applied Learning Sciences will provide people across a broad array of fields with the intellectual tools to (re)think about how they interact with subordinates, trainees, mentees, and students as learners and to (re)think their own roles as being that of a teacher where teachers design, implement, and evaluate the impacts of learning environments for their students. As a result of the MSEd program, graduates will: The program’s three specific foci, which students are expected to integrate in a culminating applied project, are:Mission
Goals
Student Learning Outcomes