Master of Arts in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education Concentration Online

Help adult learners achieve their educational and professional goals. Our curriculum explores proven methods for adult education and provides opportunities for you to build relevant practical experience.

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Start class: 1/13/25
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Program Overview

Positively impact your community with this Master of Arts in adult education online program

The online Master of Arts in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education Concentration program offers an accelerated pathway to advanced career opportunities. Course work is offered 100% online and taught by expert faculty with decades of experience contributing research to the field of adult education.

Deepen your knowledge of adult learners, instructional design for continuing education, and adult cognitive and psychosocial development. The curriculum for this Master of Arts in adult education program includes an internship component that empowers you with hands-on practice and prepares you for leading roles in fields ranging from community-based education to corporate training.

As a student of this Master of Arts in adult education online program, you will learn how to:

  • Assess educational and related needs
  • Design, implement, manage, and evaluate educational programs
  • Structure collaborative and participatory educational programs
  • Understand and apply relevant theories in practical settings
  • Design and conduct practical research to enhance educational program effectiveness
  • Model excellence in learning, leadership, and community networking
As a student of this Master of Arts in adult education online program, you will learn how to:
  • Assess educational and related needs
  • Design, implement, manage, and evaluate educational programs
  • Structure collaborative and participatory educational programs
  • Understand and apply relevant theories in practical settings
  • Design and conduct practical research to enhance educational program effectiveness
  • Model excellence in learning, leadership, and community networking

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Total Tuition $14,970*
Duration As few as 14 months
Credit Hours 30
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Tuition

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Tuition for the M.A. in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education online program is affordable and paid by the course, so you can achieve your academic goals while remaining within your budget.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
M.A. in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education $499 $1,497 $14,970*

*Tuition and fees are subject to change by legislative or Board of Regents action; changes become effective on the date of enactment. For more information, please visit https://onestop.txst.edu/cost-payments/cost-attendance.html.

Tuition breakdown

Total Tuition $14,970*
Per Credit Hour $499

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Calendar

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The Texas State M.A. in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education is delivered in a convenient online learning format that offers maximum flexibility for working adults like you. Choose the start date that fits your goals.

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TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Spring 1 20251/13/2512/30/241/6/251/13/251/13/253/3/258 weeks
Spring 2 20253/4/252/18/252/25/253/4/253/4/255/7/258 weeks

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Admissions

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Apply to the online M.A. in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education program quickly and easily with our streamlined admission process. Review the admission requirements below and take the next step toward your professional goals.

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To be eligible to earn your M.A. in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education online from Texas State University, you must have the following:

  • Completed online application
  • Nonrefundable application fee of $55
  • Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university
  • Copy of official transcripts from all institutions where course credit was granted
  • Minimum 2.75 GPA overall or 2.75 GPA in your last 60 hours of undergraduate course work (plus any completed graduate courses)
  • Writing sample limited to 300 words
  • A statement of purpose that addresses your reasons for choosing the program, your area of study, your relevant experiences, your career goals, and the attributes that will make you successful in the program
  • Approved English proficiency exam score:
    • Applicants are required to submit an approved English proficiency exam score that meets the minimum program requirements below unless they have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or the equivalent from a country on our exempt countries list.
      • Official TOEFL iBT scores required with a 78 overall
      • Official PTE scores required with a 52 overall
      • Official IELTS (academic) scores required with a 6.5 overall and minimum individual module scores of 6.0
      • Official Duolingo Scores required with a 110 overall
      • Official TOEFL Essentials scores required with an 8.5 overall

You have the opportunity to upload copies of your official transcripts during the application process (not print-outs, grade reports, advising transcripts or transcripts stamped "unofficial"). You can accomplish this by ordering or requesting your official transcripts from your university registrar, opening the documents, and scanning them into one PDF file. Please follow the instructions below when uploading your documents:

  • Redact your social security number every time it appears, but do not make additional alterations
  • Include front pages and back pages as well as the transcript legend
  • Combine multiple pages and/or multiple transcripts into one PDF
  • Arrange all pages in the correct order
  • Remove any encryption/password protections

Electronic transcripts can be sent to Texas State University graduate admissions at [email protected].

Official transcripts can be mailed to:

Texas State University
Graduate Admissions
429 N. Guadalupe St.
San Marcos, TX 78666-4684

Admission Requirements

  • Minimum 2.75 GPA
  • No GRE required
  • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university

Courses

Browse the course work for this online Master of Arts in adult education program

To graduate from the M.A. in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education online degree program, you must complete a total of 30 credit hours, including 18 credit hours of core courses and 12 credit hours of concentration courses.

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Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This seminar will cover a range of topics of interest of professionals working with adult learners in a variety of settings, including characteristics and motivations of adult learners; theories of adult learning and intelligence; modes of adult cognitive and psychosocial development.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This seminar addresses methods and techniques for effective instruction of adults across a variety of settings and content. The emphasis is on concepts, theories, and principles relevant to the selection, use, and evaluation of instructional strategies. Participants will have an opportunity to practice strategies that expand their teaching repertoire.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This seminar course introduces skills and concepts needed to plan, evaluate, and manage adult education programs within various settings. This course addresses principles and procedures, utilization of assessment, goal setting, and other effective strategies for developing learning opportunities and programs responsive to human, professional, and community needs
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An examination of purpose, principles, and methods of current research in adult education. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research design will be investigated as used in applied research including action research, evaluation research, and needs assessment.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A seminar style course focusing on current issues in continuing and professional education including research and professional practice. Specific emphasis will vary depending on changes in contemporary issues
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The 150-clock hour internship is required of all Adult Education majors. The experience involves instruction and/or administration in an adult education setting and includes orientation to the roles, responsibilities, and functions of professionals in adult education.

Students must take the following courses:

Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide an overview of the field of adult education in its various forms and settings. Topics include (1) historical origins of adult education as a field of study and practice, (2) philosophical perspectives, (3) organization and delivery of adult education, and (4) emerging developments and issues in the profession.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Educators in community organizations and higher education will develop a theoretical and practical understanding of the role of learning, teaching, and leading within a community development framework. They will develop an awareness of self as change agent and community builder, as well as the importance of tapping into community assets
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the primary role of human resources development in the organization to help people and organizations effectively manage change. It focuses on strategies for implementing training and organizational development efforts that positively impact the performance of the individual and the work group.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course addresses a range of topics, including the effects of change, methods of organizational change, and factors influencing organizational development success. Students learn the roles of internal and external organizational development consultants, tools and processes for helping organizational members identify problems, gather and analyze information, and implement solutions.

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