Courses cover designing and administering adult education programs, characteristics of adult learners, training, and teaching adult learners, as well as uses of various technologies to support instruction. Opportunities for internships and practicums occur in the University of Denver's University College with its 2,500 graduate learners can be explored at other adult-oriented institutions of higher learning in the surrounding area. This 90 quarter credit hour graduate program is comprised of several parts. There are general foundation and research course requirements in the College of Education as well as higher education core courses, electives, and cognates. Course work plans are developed to correspond to the student's interests and career goals.
Students complete qualifying and comprehensive exams as steps toward dissertation research.
Completion of the dissertation and its oral defense leads to the conferral of the Ph.D. at graduation.