Our Graduate Certificate in Learning Design and Learning Sciences—offered fully online—prepares students for the exciting new field of the learning sciences. The program bridges theory and practice by investigating the nature and optimization of learning across diverse environments, including corporate contexts, museums, and digital spaces. Students in this program will engage with learning theories, design thinking, learning design research methods, and learning experience design.

This 15-hour certificate supports those who are interested in careers as learning experience designers, digital learning architects, EdTech entrepreneurs, or museum learning specialists. Across the courses, students build skills in human-centered learning experience design, design-based research, practical use of learning theories, and the thoughtful integration of emerging technologies to improve learning in real-world contexts.