About the Adult Education Program
The graduate program in Adult and Continuing Education at K-State, located in the Department of Educational Leadership, has a long history of providing the only post- baccalaureate degree in adult and continuing education among the Kansas Regent's institutions. For more than twenty-five years, K-State's program has been the place to which many citizens of Kansas have turned for advanced preparation related to providing quality education programs for adults. The Adult and Continuing Education degree program is geared toward working professionals whose careers involve working with adults in educational and training situations.
Our graduate program and faculty have a long history of working with and supporting state and local adult education programs and initiatives, such as adult basic education and literacy programs. This online masters degree emphasizes the professional needs of all adult educators in their roles as leaders, teachers, managers, and program developers.
To complete the program, students must complete 33 credit hours and a cumulative portfolio due the semester during which they are completing their final coursework. Of these 33 credit hours, 18 are required and 15 are electives. The 15 elective hours may be earned through a complimentary online certificate program, where students are allowed to specialize in a subject matter. K-State has a unique opportunity for those who are interested in career specialization. Please visit the K-State Division of Continuing Education Certificate Programs page to see the options available.
→ Contact the Co-Online Program Leaders, Dr. Jeff Zacharakis and Dr. Royce Ann Collins, at adonline@k-state.edu
if you have questions about the program.
→ Contact the K-State IT Help Desk for questions related to technology (K-State Online, eID issues, iSIS).
→ Contact the Division of Continuing Education's Student Services for questions about course facilitation.
→ Contact Disability Support Services for questions about course accommodations.
Department of Educational Leadership
The College of Education is dedicated to preparing educators to be knowledgeable, ethical,
caring decision-makers through excellence in the:
• delivery of exemplary instruction to students at the undergraduate and graduate levels;
• production, interpretation, and dissemination of sound and useful research and scholarship;
• provision of leadership, collaboration, and service within the profession; and
• promotion, understanding, and celebration of diversity.
The K-State Department of Educational Leadership offers a variety of programs and emphases under a broad leadership umbrella, with programs in both Adult and Continuing Education and Educational Leadership.
The department offers a full program in adult and continuing education, culminating in the following degrees:
→ Master of Science (M.S.)
→ Program Booklet [pdf]
→ Student Learning Objectives for M.S. [pdf]
→ M.S. Alignment Matrix Worksheet [pdf]
→ 2011 Program Assessment Report [pdf]
→ Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
→ Program Booklet [pdf]
→ Student Learning Objectives for Ed.D. [pdf]
→ Ed.D. Alignment Matrix Worksheet [pdf]
→ Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
→ Program Booklet [pdf]
→ Student Learning Objectives for Ph.D. [pdf]
→ Ph.D. Alignment Matrix Worksheet [pdf]