Career: Instructional Designer
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Interactive Design
What You’ll Learn As an Interactive Design student, you’ll explore the principles behind creating digital experiences that are visually engaging, functional, and meaningful. You’ll consider how design elements, technology, content, and interaction work together to communicate information and guide users through an experience. You’ll learn to approach design challenges from the perspective of the audience,…
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Integrative Art
Choose Your Creative Focus Ceramics Explore the possibilities of clay through advanced technical development, experimentation, and conceptual inquiry. The Ceramics concentration combines intensive studio practice with studies in clay and experimental glaze formulation, kiln construction, ceramic history, and aesthetics. You’ll investigate both functional and sculptural forms while developing your own artistic direction and refining your…
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Instructional Design
Program Details The Instructional Design certificate combines learning theory, instructional practice, technology, and practical application. You’ll explore areas such as: Instructional design isn’t about putting information into a course. It’s about understanding who needs to learn, what they need to accomplish, and how you can design an experience that helps them succeed. You’ll learn to…
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Technical Education: Technical Instructor Option
Program Details The Technical Instructor Option combines instructional preparation with practical application. You’ll explore areas such as: Knowing how to do something is only the beginning. A great technical instructor knows how to break complex concepts into understandable steps, demonstrate the right techniques, provide meaningful practice, and help learners build confidence. Please note: This program…
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Technical Education: Secondary Instructor Option
Program Details The Secondary Instructor Option combines educational preparation with practical experience designed to help you become an effective secondary educator. You’ll explore areas such as: Secondary education can be a turning point in a student’s life. You’ll learn how to make learning relevant, engaging, and connected to the possibilities that await students after graduation.…
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Technical Education: Military Instructor Option
Program Details The Military Instructor Option combines education and instructional preparation with a focus on practical application. You’ll explore areas such as: In military environments, instruction has a purpose: prepare people to perform. You’ll learn how to connect what learners need to know with what they need to be able to do—creating instruction that is…
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Technical Education: Instructional Design Option
Program Details The Instructional Design Option combines educational theory, design principles, technology, and practical experience. You’ll explore areas such as: Anyone can put information on a page or screen. Instructional designers ask a more important question: How can we help people actually learn it? You’ll learn how to answer that question by combining research, creativity,…
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Technical Education: Early Instructor Option
Program Details The Early Instructor Option provides a blend of academic knowledge and practical experience designed to prepare you for work in educational and child-focused environments. You’ll explore areas such as: Knowing what research says about learning is important. Knowing how to put that knowledge into practice is just as important. The Early Instructor Option…
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Educational Studies
Program Details The Educational Studies curriculum provides a broad foundation in education while giving you opportunities to connect your coursework to your individual interests and career goals. You’ll explore areas such as: Your career goals may not fit neatly into the traditional definition of a teacher—and your degree doesn’t have to either. Educational Studies gives…
