Department of Education Masters Degree in Instructional Design & Tech. Core Courses Around the Department You'll need to take these as part of your program. Students often transfer in credit for these courses, if they have already taken equivalent graduate courses at another institution. | CATALOG | TITLE | CONTENT | | EDPD 6303 | EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH | How to draw conclusions from numeric and verbal data | | EDPD 6304 | MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION | How to teach and learn from members of other cultures | | EDAD 6308 | SERVICE LEARNING | Learn by working on an educational community project | Instructional Design and Technology Courses All IDT Students also take nine design or technology courses, such as these: | CATALOG | TITLE | CONTENT | | EDT 6305 | COMPUTER PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS | Skills beyond the basics in spreadsheet, database, word processing, and presentation software (MS Office) | | EDT 6310 | TECHNOLOGY-ASSISTED INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN | Models for great teaching and how to use them with technology. This is also where you learn computer animation with Adobe Flash. | | EDT 6350 | DIGITAL GRAPHICS | Web graphics and animation with Adobe Fireworks (an awesome software application!) | | EDT 6355 | COMPUTER VIDEOGRAPHY | Learn the right way to shoot and edit video with Adobe Premiere Elements | | EDT 6380 | DESIGNING EFFECTIVE INTERNET SITES | Building Web sites with Adobe Dreamweaver. Teaching/Learning sites are stressed, but all sites are really Teaching/Learning sites! | | EDT 6382 | ADVANCED WEB DESIGN | Build on what you learned in EDT 6380 to build truly professional skills in Web Design. Great Web Designers are always in demand. | Dr. Rose is always willing to work with students to match your midterm and final projects to your interests. This assures that you will working on projects that are meaningful to you! |