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Applicants are required to submit the following materials:

• Application fee ($30)
• Official GRE scores
• Official transcripts
• Three letters of recommendation
• Statement of qualifications and resume (This statement is an important part of the application portfolio. Applicants should use the title “Statement of Qualifications, Goals, and Career Objectives” with name and degree you are seeking in the upper right corner. The statement should address the following: reasons this graduate program was chosen, how the applicant plans to relate the specialty area to his or her education and experience, expected career benefits from this program, and any other matters that should be taken into consideration. Maximum of two pages double-spaced.)
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WLPI Cruise and Learn
June 23 - 28, 2008
Topic: Coaching and Mentoring in the Workplace

Shape your own future...

The ultimate education experience
A community of learning leaders teaming up with industry experts to make the most of your seat at the executive table

The Jack and Patti Phillips Workplace Learning and Performance Institute (WLPI) at The University of Southern Mississippi serves as a research and outreach center for best practices in workplace learning and performance.

The Workforce Training and Development (WTD) master’s program emphasizes both the research and theory framework of workforce learning and performance as well as its practical applications.

The emphasis of the program is to define and design training and non-instructional interventions that can improve performance at the worker, the work process, and the organizational level. Human performance improvement in organizations requires more than an understanding of training design and delivery. The WTD master's program provides students with the tools they need to better understand factors that affect job performance such as job expectations, task design, incentive systems, feedback systems, performance strategies and tools, job aids, and resources. Students learn to think strategically and design interventions that will positively impact workplace learning and performance.