MEd Instructional Design Course of Study

MEd in Instructional Design, Courses of Study/Assessments

WGU offers degrees, not classes. As a competency-based online university, progress through your degree program is determined by demonstrating your competence through carefully designed assessments and completion of a professional portfolio, capstone, or both. As a student in this program, you will complete the assessments (courses) listed below in order to graduate. These assessments are required. Each assessment has a course of study, which contains a study guide and recommended learning resources for you to use while completing said assessment. Your assigned mentor will help guide you through this process.

For ease of understanding, WGU has assigned competency units to each of its assessments as indicated below. A competency unit is equivalent to a semester credit hour of learning. WGU terms are six months in length. During a typical term, students will be expected to complete at least 8 to 9 competency units. Grades are assigned on a Pass/Not Pass basis; a “Pass” at WGU is equivalent to a letter grade of “B" or better.

Speak to an Enrollment Counselor for more information about these assessments and their courses of study. View the PDF program guide. (Download Adobe Reader to view this file.)

Course Course of Study/Assessments Competency Units
IDC1 Foundations of Instructional Design 2
JUT2 Literature Reviews for Educational Research 2
JNT2 Instructional Design Analysis 2
JOT2 Issues in Instructional Design 2
JPT2 Instructional Design Production 2
RFC1 Foundations of Research 2
JVT2 Research Proposal 2
JTT2 Issues in Educational Research 2
MEC1 Foundations of Measurement and Evaluation 2
JRT2 Evaluation Methodology and Instrumentation 2
JST2 Evaluation Process and Recommendation 2
JQT2 Issues in Measurement and Evaluation 2
JLT2 MED, Instructional Design Capstone Written Project 3
JMT2 MED, Instructional Design Capstone Oral Defense 3