Adult Education MA

The Master of Arts Degree in Adult Education is designed to prepare critically reflective and transformative adult education practitioners to work with adult learners from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. The MA program prepares graduate students for work in various learning contexts, including adult schools, non-profit organizations, government agencies, community colleges, four-year colleges and universities, and private businesses and corporations. The adult education MA program is grounded in a social justice framework which provides graduate students with strong theoretical and practical foundations to support their work in a variety of adult learning contexts and communities. Students graduate from our MA program with expertise in adult learning theories, leadership development, instructional design, program development, grant writing, and research and evaluation methods.

The Master of Arts Degree in Adult Education is a highly flexible 30-unit degree program. All graduate students are required to complete a 6-course, 18-unit education core. In addition to this education core, each graduate student also takes 12 units of elective coursework to develop a more individualized area of expertise.