• On-Campus Component
    No
  • Cost
    $961 (resident and nonresident)
  • Total Credits
    33
  • Credential
    Graduate Degree
  • Admission GPA
    2.8
  • Application Deadlines
    Summer: March 1 | Fall: July 1 | Spring: November 1
  • Campus
    Twin Cities
  • College
    College of Education and Human Development
  • Department
    Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development

The Master of Learning and Talent Development (MLTD) is an online, asynchronous graduate degree that will prepare you to lead training and development in organizations, assess when various development strategies are needed, and implement and evaluate solutions for organizational change.

The structure is flexible, allowing students to plan their coursework to best fit their other work and life commitments.

Courses

MLTD consists of 11 courses (33 credits):

  • Introduction to Human Resource Development
  • Strategic Human Resource Development
  • Evaluation in Human Resource Development
  • Organization Development
  • Training and Development
  • Instructional Design for E-Learning
  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
  • Leadership Training
  • Strategies for Teaching Adults
  • Consulting for Organizational Change
  • Introduction to Applied Research

What you will gain with the MLTD Degree

You will gain knowledge and skills that are valuable to work in talent development, training and development, and organization development fields, including how to:

  • Apply appropriate models and methods as part of human resource strategic planning.
  • Quickly assess and distill the necessary skills and knowledge needed in an organization and implement training and development strategies.
  • Design and deploy learning programs.
  • Provide people-based solutions to their organizations or clients.
  • Design and implement diversity, equity, and inclusion programs for an organization.
  • Assess, design, implement, and evaluate training, leadership, and organization development programs.

We offer regular virtual information sessions. Check for more detailed information about the program and register for an information session on the College of Education and Human Development's website.