The MA in Adult Education is a thirty-nine to forty-two hour program which provides the expertise and experience to supervise adult education programs in a variety of settings such as including public schools, colleges and universities, community-based organizations and agencies, and workplaces of all kinds. Required coursework emphasizes adult learning and development; program administration and leadership, including needs assessment, design, implementation, management, and evaluation; research methodology; teaching adults; and multicultural perspectives in postsecondary and adult education. A supervised internship practicum is also required.
Degree Plan - Non-thesis Option:
| Category Required Courses Concentration Electives or Thesis Total | Semester Credit Hours 21 12-15 3-6 (depending on concentration) 39-42 (depending on choice of thesis option and concentration) |
Required Courses:
- ADED 5321 Adult Learning and Development
- ADED 7325 Teaching Adults: Principles and Practices
- ADED 5344 Multicultural Perspectives in Postsecondary Education and Adult Education
- ADED 5335 Applied Research in Adult Education
- ED 7324 Problems and Strategies in Program Planning Seminar
- ADED 5330 Managing Adult Education
- ADED 5384 Internship in Adult Education
*ADED Electives:
- ADED 5334 Family Literacy
- ADED 5335 Applied Research in Adult Education
- ADED 5337 Adult Literacy
- ADED 5338 Applied Linguistics for ESL Teachers of Adults
- ADED 5339 Adult Literacy ESL Assessment and Evaluation
- ADED 5340 Adult Second Language Acquisition
- ADED 5345 Current Issues in Adult, Continuing and Professional Education
- ADED 5378 Problems in Adult Education
- ADED 5379 Independent Study
- ADED 5382 Foundations of Adult Education
- ADED 7325 Teaching Adults: Principles and Practices
- ADED 7342 Adult English as a Second Language Methods and Materials
- ADED 7343 Organizational Learning and Development
- ED 7322 Human Resource and Professional Development
- ED 7364 Team Development
- ED 7xxx Other ED courses if open to students outside the Ph.D. cohort
*General/Free Electives:
*ADED/ED and general electives will be selected in consultation with student’s adviser.
Certain electives will be prescribed according to the student’s professional concentration.
Adult Literacy/ESL
Continuing and Community Education
Workplace Learning
Degree Plan - Thesis Option:
The degree audit of the student electing to complete the thesis option is modified to include:
:
ADED 5399A
and
ADED 5399B
This choice reduces the number of electives by 6 credits. Because students in the Adult ESL concentration only have 3 credits of electives, selection of the thesis option means they will complete a 42 hour degree.
Thesis:
To come up with an idea for a thesis it may be helpful to keep a thesis ideas folder as an aid in the development of ideas and keeping track of information as it comes available. The folder could include notes, references, journals, reflections, and course assignments that relate to the thesis. Students completing a thesis need to download a copy of the Texas State University Thesis and Dissertation Guide. The guide contains step-by-step procedures for writing a thesis. Also, the student will be under the guidance of a thesis committee. The committee will consist of the chair and two additional committee members. The student will enroll in ADED 5399A, the first in a series of two courses for the student who is pursuing the thesis option. While enrolled in ADED 5399A the student completes the thesis proposal, which consists of the first three chapters of the thesis. The student, who completes the proposal, successfully defends it, and makes recommended changes within the semester he/she is registered for ADED 5399A receives a grade of "PR" for progress. Following the successful completion of ADED 5399A, the student enrolls in ADED 5399B. Students must re-enroll in thesis every semester until the thesis and comprehensive exam options are successfully completed.
Internship:
One of the requirements for a major in Adult Education is a supervised internship. We suggest that you keep an ideas folder as you go through your coursework to record internship possibilities. See an ADED advisor for more information about the internship. Any student who plans to begin an internship must gain approval from the graduate advisor before registering.
ADED Minor:
The Minor in Adult Education consists of nine hours taken in conjunction with an approved Texas State University graduate major. It is offered for individuals in other graduate programs whose current or anticipated professional roles include working with adult learners. Please contact the current MA in Adult Education Program Coordinator, Jovita Ross-Gordon, for advisement.
Required Courses:
- ADED 5321 Adult Learning and Development
- ADED or ED Electives in minor (by advisement)
Concentrations
Adult ESL (English as a Second Language)
The Adult ESL concentration of the MA in Adult Education program will produce reflective practitioners who have the skills and knowledge to teach, develop, and manage ESL programs for adults in a variety of settings in the community. Providing our Adult Education students with this concentration is our way to respond to an increasing need for adult ESL instructors in the Nation and our State.
| ADED 5337/7337 ADED 5338 ADED 5339 ADED 5340 ADED 7342 General Electives OR Thesis
*42 hour degree if thesis option | Adult Literacy Applied Linguistics for ESL Teachers of Adults Adult Literacy ESL Assessment and Evaluation Adult Second Language Acquisition Adult English as a Second Language Methods and Materials | 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 |
Continuing and Community Education
The Continuing and Community Education concentration of the MA in Adult Education program focuses on individual learning in a variety of settings that offer opportunities for adult to further their education and engage in lifelong learning. These settings include noncredit (e.g. professional certificates) and credit-bearing programs (e.g. accelerated degree programs) offered at colleges and universities (for nontraditional-aged students), public schools (community education programs), professional and voluntary organizations, libraries and museums, the military, faith-based organizations, community-based organizations and agencies, and for profit learning centers.
| ADED 5382 ADED 5345/7345 ADED or ED General Electives | Foundations of Adult Education Current Issues in Adult, Continuing and Professional Education Electives in major Or Thesis | 3 3 6 6 |
Workplace Learning
The Workplace Learning concentration of the MA in Adult Education program focuses on the connections between work and learning. The concentration prepares students for positions in employee development and organizational learning in settings such as corporate, non-profit, health, high tech, education, manufacturing, military, and state government.
| ED 7322 ADED 7343 ED 7364 ADED or ED
General Electives | Human Resource and Professional Development Organizational Learning and Development Team Development Electives in major or Thesis (ADED 5399 From ADED, ED, or other programs (by advisement) | 3 3 3 6 3 |
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