Athabasca University

What you'll study

The curriculum emphasises practical competencies for distance learning and training. Core topics and skills include:

• curriculum and program development
• course development, delivery and learner support
• program evaluation and revision
• institutional and organizational design
• management and administration, including budgeting and finance

The program also offers focused streams you can follow: Leadership in Education, Instructional Design and Mobile Learning, each deepening areas such as leadership theory and project management, learning theory and technology-based design, or designing learning for mobile contexts.

Entry requirements

Admission requires a baccalaureate degree or equivalent education and experience. More detailed MEd admission requirements are provided by the university.

Career prospects

Graduates are prepared for roles developing, managing or evaluating distance-education and training programs across a range of settings, including schools, colleges and universities; business firms; government agencies; voluntary and professional associations; and hospitals and other health-care organizations.

Scholarships & funding angle

The program page lists program application and admission fees and course tuition fees; Athabasca University also notes fees such as course administration, materials and a graduate students association fee. Prospective students should review AU’s financial services and graduate funding pages for current scholarship, bursary and Indigenous tuition-adjustment information and for full fee schedules.