Program Tips from Advisors

Catalog Requirements

IDT Handbook

Some recommendations (as of 10/2020) regarding courses:

1.       Always enroll in core courses first (offered in fall or spring terms only): 

• EME660 should be taken first as it is designed to prepare learners for graduate-level work.

• EME601 (offered in spring and fall) should also be taken as a first-class course to familiarize you with the process and basic instructional design and technology skills.

• EME602 & EME603 (only offered during Fall semesters). EME603 is recommended towards the end of your program as it is a research course. 

• EME610 & EME620 (only offered in the Spring semesters)

2.       If you have already completed these core courses, consider an elective course.

3.     Take EME650, the internship course, near the end of your program so you have the prior training prepared for an internship. If you see a fit along the way, speak with your advisor.

4.   Take EME661 near the end, as this gives you time to build your portfolio with all the artifacts you created throughout your program! 

Note: 

• • Sometimes core courses are scheduled on the same night as an elective but rotate class meetings on a hybrid schedule. Email Dr. Ensmann to request an override if Workday does not permit you to register for both (AND you're not overloading your schedule). Include your plan to complete all courses in that email. 

  • Each 4-credit class should take you 10-15 hours per week. So, don't just enroll in several courses because you can. Please plan and consider the time you need to be successful in each of the classes.

Below is a copy of the ID&T course checklist. Complete all core courses and additional electives as you go through the program. To graduate, you must have a total of 36 credit hours. 

Please reach out to your academic advisor for more information.

IDT Course Checklist

Copy of UTClasses-Make a copy and use to keep track of your classes! Compliments of Stacey Singletary! 

Sample POS (Program of Study) offered by a peer

International students, please meet with the International Advisor for any further international requirements.

From the Graduate Office:

There is a section in the catalog under Graduate and Continuing Studies that defines graduation retention standards and the repeating of courses. See sections below directly from the UT catalog.

Repeating Courses

Upon approval of the director of the respective graduate program, a student may repeat (once) a maximum of two courses in which he or she received a grade below a “B.” The original grade received will not be removed from the student’s academic record and is tabulated in the student’s GPA. Grade forgiveness does not apply for graduate studies.

Graduate Retention Standards

All Department of Education graduate students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA in both their required courses and a cumulative 3.0 GPA to graduate. Students who fall below a 3.0 GPA are placed on probation and will have an 8-credit probationary period in which to raise their grades to a 3.0 GPA. Students failing to do so will be dismissed. M.S. and M.Ed. students are eligible for this opportunity only once throughout their academic program. If a student’s GPA falls below 3.0 for a second time, she or he will be dismissed. M.S. and M.Ed. students who fail to earn a “B” or higher in the first 12 credits of graduate work will be dismissed. No grade below a “C” will be accepted toward a graduate degree.