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Instructional Design (M.S.)

Now accepting applications for the fall 2025 semester! Contact Ginger Hermon, Senior Enrollment Counselor of Adult and Graduate Admissions, at ghermon @ grandview.edu for more information.

Our Master of Science in Instructional Design is an interdisciplinary program field that combines theories and methods of education, psychology, and communication. It will prepare you to make an impact on diverse learners in a wide range of settings.

Instructional designers create learning materials that reflect an evidence-based understanding of how people learn most effectively. Instructional design has applications in educational settings and in workplaces where employees need training or retraining.

Instructional designers need to be well-versed in learning assessment so they can confirm that the materials accomplish the specified goals. Instructional designers also need to be effective team players because they rarely are experts in the subject area where they are creating materials.

This 33-credit degree program includes four certificates (Instructional Design Foundations, Learning Assessments, Instructional Design Technology, and Instructional Design Facilitation). The certificates can be taken alone or stacked in any combination. The first three are embedded in the master's program curriculum.

Degree Level:

Graduate Programs

Program Type:

Major

Format:

Full Time, Online

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Stackable Credentials:

Instructional Design Foundations (9 Credits):

  • Introduction to Instructional Design (3 credits)
  • Theories in Instructional Design and Learning (3 credits)
  • Systematic Design of Instruction (3 credits)

Learning Assessments (9 Credits):

  • Assessment of Learning (3 credits)
  • Statistical Analysis of Learning (3 credits)
  • Implementing and Assessing E-Learning Solution (3 credits)

Instructional Design Technology (9 Credits):

  • Current and Emerging Technology for Instructional Design (3 credits)
  • Integration of Technology into Instructional Design Process (3 credits)
  • Basic Web Design or Multimedia Design (3 credits)

Instructional Design Facilitation (9 Credits):

  • Project Management (3 credits)
  • Multimedia Design (3 credits)
  • Facilitation of Learning (3 credits)

Why Grand View?

  • Online program
  • Accelerated courses
  • Able to complete program within 12 months
  • Embeds learning for audiences beyond education
  • Stackable credentials
  • Students learn multiple design models, including ADDIE
  • Many software tools are embedded in within the program, broadening student skillsets
  • Students complete a capstone project as well as a portfolio as part of the program, giving them work products to share with potential employers
  • Students are prepared for instructional design roles within education as well as corporate
  • Program embeds electives including Project Management, giving students an opportunity to learn Scrum techniques

Program Details

 Admission Requirements

Admission Requirements:

  • A baccalaureate degree earned from a regionally accredited institution, evidenced by a transcript.
  • Validated minimum undergraduate grade-point average of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale (or 2.75 GPA in last sixty hours). Students below 2.75 will be considered for provisional acceptance.
  • Complete the application for admission.

Submit the Following:

  • Include a statement of purpose with application that addresses:
  1. The student’s interest in the program, including the identification of short-term and long-term career goals
  2. The skills and experiences the student will contribute to the program
  3. Expectations the student has of the program
  • A professional resume
  • Provide two references (academic or professional) who will complete an online recommendation form
  • Transcript from institution where bachelor's degree was earned
Course Requirements (33 credits)
INSD 505 Introduction to Instructional Design 3 credits
INSD 510 Theories in Instructional Design and Learning 3 credits
INSD 515 Current and Emerging Technology for Instructional Design 3 credits
INSD 520 Integration of Technology into Instructional Design Process 3 credits
INSD 525 Statistical Analysis of Learning 3 credits
INSD 530 Web Design 3 credits
INSD 535 Assessment of Learning 3 credits
INSD 540 Systematic Design of Instruction 3 credits
INSD 545 Implementing and Assessing E-Learning Solution 3 credits
INSD 590 Comprehensive Portfolio 3 credits
INSD 595 Experiential Learning Capstone Project
 3 credits

Electives (Choose 1):

INSD 550 Project Management 3 credits
INSD 555 Facilitation of Learning 3 credits
INSD 560 Multimedia Design 3 credits

Explore these possible career options!

Did You Know?

Employment of training and development specialists is projected to grow 6 percent from 2022 to 2032, faster than the average for all occupations.

About 35,400 openings for training and development specialists are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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