Degree Programs

The graduate curriculum in Instructional Technology at UVA provides its students with exposure to a wide range of emerging technologies, while ensuring the basic competencies required of all practitioners. Master's and doctoral graduates of the program have found career opportunities as instructional designers, interactive developers, information architects, training and technology coordinators, and change/process management specialists in business, industry, education, and government. Others go on to become university faculty members specializing in these areas.

Master's Degree

: Master of Education (M.Ed.)

Educational Specialist Degree

: Educational Specialist (Ed.S.)

Doctoral Degrees

: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
: Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)

: Doctoral Minors in Instructional Technology
: Doctoral Minors in IT for non-Ed. majors

*NOTE for ESL Students

International students and others whose native language is not English are required to contact the UVA Center for American English Language and Culture at the beginning of their first semester of study and have their language proficiency assessed. It is required that they enroll in the recommended courses, if any, resulting from this assessment. This requirement is independent of scores on GRE and TOEFL exams.