Master of Education - Adult Education and Human Resources Development (Thesis Option)

The Master of Education in Adult Education and Human Resource Development degree program (MEd AHRD) is intended to prepare individuals for specialized educational roles in organizations involved in training & development, and/or adult training institutions. Students will be able to select courses in both or either the Adult Education or the Human Resource Development streams, within one combined program. Some specialized areas of theory and practice within the field of human resource development include:

• Organizational development, performance and change • Career development and management • Workplace learning • Lifelong Learning • Adult basic education • Distance Education • Professional and Employment development and education • Strategic & scenario planning • Diversity leadership & training • Crisis management • Succession planning • Organizational learning and learning organization • Socially conscious human resource development • National and International human resource development

Students may complete this degree in one of three program routes:

• Thesis

• Project • Course