WKU Instructional Design

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Admission Requirements

Admission with a baccalaureate degree or master's degree requires the following:

1. Applicants who hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university may apply for admission with an overall undergraduate GPA of 2.75.
2. Or completed master's degree from a regionally accredited college or university with GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Program graduates will possess the following competencies:

• Ability to analyze a variety of instructional performance issues in business, government, education, and home settings
• Ability to design and develop instructional solutions, including appropriate combinations of traditional/instructor led strategies, constructivist techniques, technology systems, and performance support systems
• Ability to ethically and effectively manage instructional design projects, including project management/tracking and scheduling, budgeting, and client consultation skills
• Ability to design appropriate assessment plans for instructional solutions
• Ability to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of instructional solutions

Students who graduate with a master’s degree in instructional design may expect employment as instructional designers and trainers in businesses, corporations, school and university settings, government agencies, and military services. Instructional design graduates may also be employed as managers of technology-based systems and designers of technology products in settings that include corporations, universities, community colleges, medical centers, libraries, and school districts.

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