Program Overview
Check out the online management master’s in workplace instructional design
Lead your organization’s learning initiatives when you earn an online Master of Arts in Management with a concentration in Workplace Instructional Design from Avila University. Prepare to design, implement, and manage industry-specific educational programs that develop both professional and personal development. Facilitate dynamic learning experiences optimized for your organization’s goals, challenges, and culture.
Complete this online M.A. Management – Workplace Instructional Design in as few as 12 months with our 100% online coursework and accelerate 8-week courses. Plus, receive individualized attention from our highly engaged faculty who are dedicated to your academic success.
Workplace instructional design careers:
- E-Learning Manager
- Training Manager
- Instructional Designer
- E-Learning Manager
- Training Manager
- Instructional Designer
$18,000
Total Tuition
As few as 12 months
Duration
30
Credit Hours
Tuition
Acquire a high-value graduate degree with our competitively priced tuition
The M.A. Management – Workplace Instructional Design online program tuition is the same affordable, pay-by-the-course rate for all U.S. residents. Fees are included in the total tuition, and financial aid may be available. Choosing Avila University means choosing a top 10 affordable online master's program, according to Forbes (2024).
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| M.A. Management – Workplace Instructional Design | $600 | $1,800 | $18,000 |
Tuition breakdown:
$18,000
Total Tuition
$600
Per Credit Hour
Calendar
Choose from multiple, convenient start dates
Ideal for working professionals, the M.A. Management – Workplace Instructional Design online program features 8-week courses and multiple start dates each year so you can begin at the time that works best for you. View the full calendar for all upcoming starts and corresponding deadlines.
| Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Class End Date | Term Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 1 2025 | 1/6/25 | 1/2/25 | 1/2/25 | 1/3/25 | 1/6/25 | 3/2/25 | 8 weeks |
| Spring 2 2025 | 3/3/25 | 2/26/25 | 2/26/25 | 2/28/25 | 3/3/25 | 5/4/25 | 8 weeks |
Now enrolling:
1/2/25
Apply Date
1/6/25
Class Starts
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Admissions
Review the admission requirements for the online master’s management – workplace instructional design
We’ve simplified the admission process to help you get started quickly and easily. You can find all requirements for admission to the Avila online M.A. Management – Workplace Instructional Design below.
Admission Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree
- 2.75 GPA
- No GMAT or GRE required
In order to be eligible to receive an M.A. Management degree from Avila University, you must have the following:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- GPA requirements for unconditional admission: 2.75 cumulative grade point average at the completion of the undergraduate degree
- GPA requirements for conditional admission: 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the completion of the undergraduate degree
- Official transcripts from all institutions previously attended
Submit all official transcripts to:
Email: [email protected]
Mail: Avila University
11901 Wornall Road
Kansas City, MO 64145
Courses
See what you’ll learn in the online master's degree in instructional design program
In order to earn the M.A. Management – Workplace Instructional Design online, you will complete 10 courses for a total of 30 credit hours. There are no leveling courses or prerequisites required.
MG 622: Organizational Behavior and Development
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The study of the structure, individual and group behavior, and development of organizations.
MG 630: Financial Decision Making for Managers
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed as a survey and overview of fundamental and intermediate statistical and financial concepts and techniques. The emphasis is primarily on the thought processes behind different types of analyses and secondarily on the mechanical execution of such analyses. The primary topics covered will blend key concepts from three disciplines: statistics, finance, and decision science.
MG 650: Strategic Communication
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on the interpersonal communication and leadership skills needed for effective organizational development. The course emphasizes conflict management, presentation skills, and informal writing, as well as important leadership skills ranging from giving and receiving feedback to performance appraisals. The course is designed as a “train the trainers” course, enabling learners to later pass on skills to consulting clients, co-workers, and employees.
OD 640: Organizational Development and Planned Change
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An experiential approach to the study of change for the internal or external OD professional or organizational manager. Topics regarding consulting and motivating for high-performing systems include interpersonal interventions, team development, and continuous improvement processes.
Learning Outcomes:
- Articulate the impact of Organizational Development from both a historical perspective and future-oriented application
- Apply concepts, theories, models of the behavioral sciences that facilitate organizational change
- Understand the importance of data gathering and diagnosis in developing effective interventions
- Promote effective and ethical problem solving and decision-making for interventions from a systems perspective
- Recognize and understand the difference between individual, team, and organizational interventions
- Advance generative dialog and collaborative skills Gain skills that can be applied as functioning OD practitioners
OD 662: Strategic Human Resources
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
One of the most important skills leaders and practitioners can have is the ability to influence others to achieve work and organizational objectives. Many organizations welcome diversity as an asset, but lack strategic thinking for managing diversity, inclusion and belonging effectively. This program provides participants with a strategic planning model and an understanding of the critical role diversity councils play in organization success. There is a blend of facilitation skills and activities that will enable organizations to appoint effective diversity councils, develop a mission statement, a vision for the organization, objectives, strategies, and employee action plans.
MG 688: Leadership and Influence Process
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This is a course about leadership theory specifically in the context of management and organizations. In this course, you will survey the broad spectrum of leadership theories and the research that led toward the theoretical conclusions. You will learn to appreciate the strength of the theories but understand the limitations so that as practitioners you can apply your own set of principles based on what we do know about leadership
MG 695: Applied Research Project
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is the capstone of the M.A. in Management program. It requires the completion of a faculty-approved project that demonstrates professional competence. The project is informed by and contributes to the appropriate discipline literature. It is comparable to a project a student would complete as an internal or external professional. The purpose of the Applied Research Project is the application and demonstration of skill and proficiency as a direct result of student learning accomplished throughout the Master’s program and in their work experience and integrating that with a knowledge base that provides evidence of the ability to research and give meaning to theory and assumptions
ID 600: Introduction to Instructional Design & Technology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course sets the stage for lifelong learning based on capabilities within the field of Instructional Design. As reflective practitioners, students will create and use ePortfolios throughout the program to demonstrate ID capabilities. This course explores IDT practices that are flexible and adaptable making it a dynamic capability that adds value to a business. The course topics will include concepts used in project management, knowledge management and change management and how they are used in the ID setting. This portion of the class explores the people side of instructional design.
Course objectives:
- Learners will have knowledge of instructional modalities
- Learners will identify the elements of effective learning and behavioral outcomes
- Learners will have knowledge of rapid prototyping in the context of instructional design
- Learners will develop an understanding how project management, change management and knowledge management play a role in instructional design
ID 611: Trends in Instructional Design & Technology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Students will study learning theory and instructional design theory and assess the impact of technology on learning and instruction. This course provides a historical view of the Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) field to draw parallels between constantly changing issues and demands on its practitioners. Students will learn how to adjust instructional methods for specific instructional situations. Students will be challenged to adapt methods and technologies in innovative ways to respond to market demands. Prerequisite: ID 600
Course objectives:
- Learners will have knowledge of instructional modalities
- Learners will identify the elements of effective learning and behavioral outcomes
- Learners will have knowledge of rapid prototyping in the context of instructional design
- Learners will develop an understanding how project management, change management and knowledge management play a role in instructional design
ID 621: Applied Instructional Design
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Participants test their consulting skills and their conceptualizations of IDT principles in problem-solving based scenarios. The course emphasizes instructional design theory to match methods and techniques to the situation for learning solutions that provide speed-to-value at minimal costs for clients. Technology is demonstrated as an enabler to achieve these results. Prerequisites: ID 600 and ID 611.
Course objectives:
- Use effective questioning techniques to identify training outcomes
- Select and use analysis techniques for determining instructional content
- Identify and describe target population and environmental characteristics
- Conduct a needs assessment in order to recommend appropriate design solutions and strategies
- Analyze and utilize a variety of design models for ID
- Assessment: Develop a Needs Assessment
