Grand American University
Grand AmericanUniversity
Pre-registration information site. Grand American University LLC is not currently enrolling students and does not accept applications or payments.
Planned provision
Every programme below is a planned programme. None is open for enrolment, none has a confirmed start date, and the University is not accepting applications or payments. Master's and doctoral programmes additionally depend on a written determination by the Utah Division of Consumer Protection on degree-credit requirements for unaccredited schools, which the University has not yet obtained. Tuition and all charges will be published in the Pre-Enrolment Disclosure Pack before any enrolment agreement is offered. No programme of the University prepares students for, or leads to, any professional licence, teaching licence or certification.
01 Subject family
organisations, decisions, markets and responsible leadership, from a general-education foundation to doctoral research on management questions.
A 120-credit programme designed for school leavers and working adults who want supervisory, analytical and entrepreneurial capability in small and medium organisations.
A 36-credit programme designed for graduates with some work experience, studying online alongside employment, who want to evaluate evidence, integrate financial, economic and market analysis into strategy, and lead people and change responsibly.
A research doctorate of 60 credits beyond the master's degree: doctoral coursework in theory and research methods, a qualifying examination, and supervised dissertation research examined by internal and external examiners.
A 120-credit programme designed for school leavers and working adults who want supervisory, analytical and entrepreneurial capability in small and medium organisations. A general-education foundation leads into the functional core of business — management, accounting, economics, marketing, finance, operations, law, people, analytics and strategy — applied through tasks on public or provided information and completed by a capstone applied research project. The programme is designed to develop accurate functional knowledge, quantitative and digital competence, ethical and legal judgement, professional communication and the ability to design and complete a small applied inquiry. It includes no internship or placement and requires no access to an employer.
Status: designed; not yet approved under the University's internal programme-approval procedure and not yet opened under its readiness process; not offered; not open for enrolment. Opening depends on the University's registration certificate and its published opening conditions.
A 36-credit programme designed for graduates with some work experience, studying online alongside employment, who want to evaluate evidence, integrate financial, economic and market analysis into strategy, and lead people and change responsibly. Two research-methods courses prepare an independent research project on a management question, examined as a thesis. Projects use public or provided information. The programme confers no professional licence or membership.
Status: designed; not yet approved under the University's internal programme-approval procedure and not yet opened under its readiness process; not offered; not open for enrolment. In addition to registration, opening depends on the Division's written determination on degree-credit requirements for unaccredited schools (not yet obtained).
A research doctorate of 60 credits beyond the master's degree: doctoral coursework in theory and research methods, a qualifying examination, and supervised dissertation research examined by internal and external examiners. It is designed to develop researchers who can build and test theory about organisations and management with rigorous quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods, and communicate findings to academic and professional audiences. The research focus is organisations as they can be studied through public records and published data; research with participants is possible only within the University's ethics rules once its Institutional Review Board is constituted. The doctorate confers no professional licence, membership or employment entitlement.
Status: designed; not yet approved under the University's internal programme-approval procedure and not yet opened under its readiness process; not offered; not open for enrolment. Opening depends on registration, the Division's degree-credit determination, adoption of the doctoral regulations, constitution of the Research Degrees Committee and evidenced supervisory capacity.
02 Subject family
how people learn, how curriculum and assessment are designed, how education systems are governed and made fairer, studied academically and without a route to teacher licensure.
A 120-credit academic study of education, designed for school leavers and working adults who want a rigorous understanding of how people learn and develop, how curriculum, assessment and technology shape learning, and how education systems are governed, financed and made fairer.
A 36-credit programme designed for graduates working in or around education — schools, colleges, training, educational technology, policy and community organisations — who want advanced, research-informed capability.
A research doctorate of 60 credits beyond the master's degree, designed to develop researchers in education — learning, curriculum and assessment, policy, leadership, and adult, higher and digital education.
A 120-credit academic study of education, designed for school leavers and working adults who want a rigorous understanding of how people learn and develop, how curriculum, assessment and technology shape learning, and how education systems are governed, financed and made fairer. The general-education foundation leads into a core in learning sciences, curriculum and assessment design, policy, equity and research, completed by a small non-participant inquiry. It is not a teacher-preparation programme and does not lead to any teaching licence or certification.
Status: designed; not yet approved under the University's internal programme-approval procedure and not yet opened under its readiness process; not offered; not open for enrolment. Opening depends on the University's registration certificate and its published opening conditions.
A 36-credit programme designed for graduates working in or around education — schools, colleges, training, educational technology, policy and community organisations — who want advanced, research-informed capability. It combines theory, curriculum and assessment design, policy analysis and leadership with a required specialisation in equity, inclusion and education law, two research-methods courses and a thesis. It is an academic study of education and is not designed or approved for teacher certification, licensure or endorsement in any state.
Status: designed; not yet approved under the University's internal programme-approval procedure and not yet opened under its readiness process; not offered; not open for enrolment. In addition to registration, opening depends on the Division's written determination on degree-credit requirements for unaccredited schools (not yet obtained).
A research doctorate of 60 credits beyond the master's degree, designed to develop researchers in education — learning, curriculum and assessment, policy, leadership, and adult, higher and digital education — who can make an original contribution using public education data, documents and evidence syntheses, and, once ethics approval is available, adult participant research within the permitted scope. Coursework and a qualifying examination precede supervised dissertation research examined by internal and external examiners. It is a research degree only: it requires no school or classroom access and gives no route to any licence or certification.
Status: designed; not yet approved under the University's internal programme-approval procedure and not yet opened under its readiness process; not offered; not open for enrolment. Opening depends on registration, the Division's degree-credit determination, adoption of the doctoral regulations, constitution of the Research Degrees Committee and evidenced supervisory capacity.
03 Subject family
institutions, law, policy analysis, budgeting and accountability in public and nonprofit organisations, studied academically and conferring no official status.
A 120-credit academic study of how public and nonprofit organisations work — institutions and law, policy analysis, budgeting and finance, management, performance, ethics and accountability — at federal, state, local and international levels.
A 36-credit programme designed for graduates working in or with public, nonprofit and regulated organisations who want advanced, research-informed capability.
A research doctorate of 60 credits beyond the master's degree, designed to develop researchers who can explain and evaluate public institutions, policies, budgets and accountability using administrative data, legislative and regulatory records and comparative evidence.
A 120-credit academic study of how public and nonprofit organisations work — institutions and law, policy analysis, budgeting and finance, management, performance, ethics and accountability — at federal, state, local and international levels. The general-education foundation leads into a public-affairs core, applied tasks on public documents and data, and a capstone inquiry. The programme confers no professional accreditation, civil-service status or eligibility for any public office.
Status: designed; not yet approved under the University's internal programme-approval procedure and not yet opened under its readiness process; not offered; not open for enrolment. Opening depends on the University's registration certificate, its published opening conditions and a competent faculty lead for the family.
A 36-credit programme designed for graduates working in or with public, nonprofit and regulated organisations who want advanced, research-informed capability. It combines theory, policy analysis, public economics and budgeting, leadership and integrity with a required specialisation in governance, accountability and public law, two research-methods courses and a thesis. It is an academic study of public administration and governance and confers no official status.
Status: designed; not yet approved under the University's internal programme-approval procedure and not yet opened under its readiness process; not offered; not open for enrolment. In addition to registration, opening depends on the Division's written determination on degree-credit requirements for unaccredited schools (not yet obtained).
A research doctorate of 60 credits beyond the master's degree, designed to develop researchers who can explain and evaluate public institutions, policies, budgets and accountability using administrative data, legislative and regulatory records and comparative evidence, and, once ethics approval is available, adult participant research within the permitted scope. Coursework and a qualifying examination precede supervised dissertation research examined by internal and external examiners. It is a research degree only and confers no professional accreditation, civil-service status, eligibility for any office or employment entitlement.
Status: designed; not yet approved under the University's internal programme-approval procedure and not yet opened under its readiness process; not offered; not open for enrolment. Opening depends on registration, the Division's degree-credit determination, adoption of the doctoral regulations, constitution of the Research Degrees Committee and evidenced supervisory capacity.
Common statement
Grand American University LLC is not accredited by any accrediting agency recognised by the United States Department of Education or by any other accrediting body. Its degree programmes are not accredited. Credits and degrees earned at the University may not transfer to, or be recognised by, other institutions, employers, professional bodies or licensing authorities. It is the student's responsibility to check acceptance with any institution or employer before enrolling.
'Approval' on this page means the University's own programme-approval procedure, not any approval by the State of Utah or the Division of Consumer Protection; Utah registration, when obtained, is not an approval or endorsement. Under the University's procedure, programme designs are reviewed before approval and may change before any programme opens. No programme description on this page is an offer. Questions about any programme may be sent to info@grandamericanuniversity.com; the University does not accept applications.