Advanced Instructional Design Certificate
This certificate targets learning professionals who want to hone their instructional design, facilitation, consultation, or project management skills. Graduates of this program take the lead in conceptualizing and producing a wide variety of learning interventions---from self-paced "overview" tutorials to complex electronic performance systems to podcasts and vodcasts. Students tend to have high-level roles in the learning enterprise, no matter the setting in which they happen to work (K-12, higher education, business, nonprofit, military, government).
Prerequisites
Prerequisites include a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution--with a grade point average of at least 2.85 in the last 60 semester (90 quarter) units attempted, as well as a satisfactory score on the verbal and quantitative (typically 950 combined) sections of the GRE General Test.
Program of Study
To receive a certificate in Instructional Design, candidates must complete a minimum of18 units and maintain a 3.0 (B) grade point average (earning no less than a "C" in any class). The 18 units of coursework are detailed below:
Required: 9 units
EDTEC 540, Educational Technology
EDTEC 541, Web Multimedia Development
EDTEC 544, Instructional Design
Electives: 9 units (600- and 700-level courses only), as approved by the program director or department chair. ED 690, ED 795A and ED 795B do not count towards certificate electives.
Application Procedures
You will need to apply to the university and to the department. Please submit to the department as a complete packet:
Dept. application and three letters of reference
Send your materials to:
Dept of Educational Technology Instructional Design Certificate
Program
5500 Campanile Dr
San Diego, CA 92182-1182
The University application is available on line at http://www.csumentor.edu/admissionapp/.
To submit transcripts and test scores, please refer to this website http://edtec.sdsu.edu/apply.htm for instructions. Department application materials are also available at http://edtec.sdsu.edu/apply.htm.
Note: The Instructional Design certificate classes do not count towards the MA degree if the certificate is received.