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With the option to pursue teaching, Western Oregon offers this online MA in Interpreting Studies.  As a 100% distance-learning program, you can attain your advanced degree and acquire the skills and knowledge to teach either spoken or signed languages.  The field of interpretation and translation is ever-growing as global societies and economies intertwine, so you can join an in-demand professional field with the skills and knowledge you gain in this degree.  Samples of classes include:

• Interpreter Education Curriculum Development
• Assessment for Interpreter Educators
• Ethics and Professional Practice

You can examine the causes and consequences of youth crime with the Graduate Certificate in Advanced Juvenile Justice Studies from Western Oregon University. The online criminal justice program covers such topics as:

• Criminal law
• Juvenile issues
• Youth, crime, and society
• Contemporary issues in criminal justice

Through the online criminal justice graduate certificate program, you also study trauma-informed care, restorative justice, and alternatives to incarceration. Your online studies promote the use of behavioral counselors and a move away from traditional correctional officers as a more peaceful way to handle youthful offenders.

You can explore complex social justice challenges with the Graduate Certificate in Social Justice from Western Oregon University. The online criminal justice program covers such topics as:

• Social problems
• Convict criminology
• Race and social justice
• Social movement and community organization

Through the online criminal justice graduate certificate program, you analyze interdisciplinary approaches to social issues such as protests, white supremacy, and police brutality. Your online studies emphasize taking action to better society.

You can become the next generation of public service leaders with the Master of Arts in Criminal Justice from Western Oregon University. The online criminal justice master’s degree program examines such topics as:

• Law
• Policing
• Corrections
• Public safety

Through the online criminal justice master’s degree program, you prepare for management roles or teaching at the community college level. Your online studies also prepare you for a doctoral program.

You can positively impact social services with the Master of Science in Justice Studies from Western Oregon University. The online criminal justice degree explores such topics as:

• Human rights
• Race and justice
• Convict criminology
• Sociology of deviant behavior

Through the online criminal justice master’s degree program, you train to create a more just world. Your online studies focus on injustice and interdisciplinary solutions.

The online Instructional Design Certificate program from Western Oregon University is geared toward individuals who work, or plan to work, in adult learning environments, corporate training, informal education, K12 school systems, or any field where teaching and learning are integral to the mission. Graduates of the program possess the ability to:

• ​Design instruction for online and face-to-face learning
• ​Design instruction for diverse learning styles
• ​Create effective educational materials in multiple types of media
• Address diverse needs of learners regarding accessibility and usability
• ​Communicate well and clearly with learners as well as with educators and clients face-to-face, on the phone, and via email
• ​Recognize and create effective visual designs
• ​Provide support for instructional uses of technology through tutorials, instructional presentations, and one-on-one mentoring

You can learn to master technology to transform the world of education with the Master of Science in Education / Educational Technology from WOU. This online instructional design master’s program teaches you emerging technologies and how to apply them in the classroom.

The online technology master’s program opens doors for teachers, trainers, and other professionals seeking to put technology to use. Graduates gain such outcomes as:

• Applying technological tools, both software and hardware, to support learning
• Developing critical thinking
• Adapting and utilizing diverse media types across various platforms to enhance learning

You can prepare to work with students with exceptionalities with the Master of Science in Education / Special Education from WOU. This online gifted and special education master’s program offers a collaborative, student-centered focus on learning to work across community and K-12 settings. 

Through the online special education graduate program, you can earn initial certification as well as an endorsement. Graduates leave with such abilities as:

• Teaching a wide range of disabilities, from cognitive to emotional to physical
• Understanding current research on disability and behavior management
• Providing enriching learning experiences