Faculty of Education
Perspectives in Schooling
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
This course brings a multidisciplinary, critical lens to the idea and the institution of schooling. It will explore multiple perspectives on past and present schooling and encourage students to reimagine schooling for the future. It will address the conflicts (or creative tensions) inherent in public education.
Orientation to Teaching
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Other hours per term: 0-0-60
An introductory Education course with a field experience component to assist students in making a decision concerning admission into the Faculty of Education and to assist the Faculty in determining the appropriateness of the student's admission. Students are assigned to school classrooms for 60 hours of practicum.
Prerequisite(s):Eight courses (a minimum of 24.0 credit hours) AND
A GPA of 2.50, calculated on all University of Lethbridge and transferable courses
Grading:Pass/Fail
Note:Students must pass Education 2500 with a favourable recommendation to be eligible for admission to the Faculty of Education. Offered: Fall, Winter, Summer Session I.
APPLIED STUDIES Work Experience Evaluation
Credit hours: 3.00
Development of a specific learning proposal defining the learning objectives to be achieved and a written/oral evaluation of the work experience in an educational setting. Formal written submission is required to demonstrate ability to apply theory to the work experience.
Corequisite(s):Education 2500
Grading:Pass/Fail
Professional Semester I Practicum
Credit hours: 3.00
Other hours per term: 0-0-125
Students are assigned to schools for approximately 125 hours in a generic practicum to develop and practice skills and knowledge related to on-campus components.
Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Faculty of Education
Grading:Pass/Fail
Curriculum and Instruction
Credit hours: 2.00
Other hours per term: 24-0-0
Interpreting and mapping of pedagogical content knowledge and integrated teaching strategies, with particular focus on meeting learner needs through establishing learner outcomes, lesson and rudimentary unit planning and classroom management.
Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Faculty of Education
Educational Psychology
Credit hours: 2.00
Other hours per term: 24-0-0
Principles of educational psychology applied to classroom applications; includes child development, principles of learning, classroom management and motivation.
Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Faculty of Education
Language in Education
Credit hours: 2.00
Other hours per term: 24-0-0
Understanding the role of language and the language arts in education generally and in instruction across the curriculum (K-12) specifically.
Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Faculty of Education
Assessment and Learning
Credit hours: 2.00
Other hours per term: 24-0-0
Introduction to the alignment between classroom assessment, curriculum, and learning with a focus on formative assessment. Concepts of validity, reliability, and fairness in assessment are introduced.
Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Faculty of Education
Teaching Seminar
Credit hours: 2.00
Other hours per term: 0-24-0
Understanding the personal and professional nature of teaching; learner and classroom contexts; teaching strategies and teacher development.
Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Faculty of Education
Grading:Pass/Fail
Numeracy in Education
Credit hours: 2.00
Other hours per term: 24-0-0
Understanding the role of numeracy in education generally and in instruction across the curriculum (K-12) specifically. This involves both the acquisition and application of mathematical knowledge and skills related to numeracy, as well as a focus on integrated teaching strategies to engage learners with quantitative and spatial information across subject areas.
Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Faculty of Education
Communications Technology and Education
Credit hours: 2.00
Other hours per term: 24-0-0
An introduction to knowledge, skills, attitudes, and critical perspectives, for effectively integrating communications technology into teaching and learning.
Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Faculty of Education
Grading:Pass/Fail
Indigenous Education
Credit hours: 2.00
Other hours per term: 24-0-0
Exploring and developing an understanding the federal and provincial contexts, including implications, applications, and relationships of legislation, policy, pedagogies, practices, and resources, for classrooms, learners, and educators.
Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Faculty of Education
Professional Semester I Placeholder
Credit hours: 15.00
This Placeholder course enables students completing a Professional Semester I to maintain continuing student status. Once students have accepted their Offer of Admission to the Faculty of Education, they are automatically registered in the Placeholder. On the first day of the term, students will be provided with the information necessary to enrol in the appropriate courses. For student loan/scholarship enrolment verification purposes, 15.0 credit hours are attached to this Placeholder.
Professional Semester II Practicum
Credit hours: 4.50
Other hours per term: 0-0-150
Student teachers are assigned to schools for approximately 150 hours of teaching experience in a subject-related practicum.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Grading:Pass/Fail
Principles of Curriculum and Instruction for Majors
Credit hours: 3.00
Other hours per term: 36-0-0
The relationship of content and teaching strategies in specific subject majors. For Modern Languages majors, the language of instruction is English.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
The Educational Psychology of Exceptional Learners
Credit hours: 3.00
Other hours per term: 36-0-0
An introduction to the characteristics and potentialities of children with exceptional learning needs, including principles and strategies used to meet the needs of students with learning and/or behavioural needs within mixed-ability classrooms.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Social Context of Schooling
Credit hours: 3.00
Other hours per term: 36-0-0
Social and cultural influences and issues affecting learning, teaching and the process of schooling.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Evaluation and Reporting
Credit hours: 1.50
Other hours per term: 18-0-0
Evaluation and reporting of student learning, emphasizing data gathering, summarizing, and interpreting data to improve teaching and learning with a focus on validity, reliability and fairness of summative assessment.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Professional Semester II Placeholder
Credit hours: 15.00
This Placeholder course enables students completing a Professional Semester II to maintain continuing student status. Students who are eligible to register in the upcoming Professional semester are required to enrol in the Placeholder course during registration. Once the Faculty of Education has completed course assignments, students are required to register themselves in the designated course(s). For student loan/scholarship enrolment verification purposes, 15.0 credit hours are attached to this Placeholder.
Applied Principles of Curriculum and Instruction for Non-Majors (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Relationship of objectives, content, teaching strategies and evaluation in a subject area.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Note:Students may not complete this course in their major area of study.
Issues in Curriculum and Instruction (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
An in-depth study of curriculum and instructional strategies in a specific area of a school-based subject. With permission of the Assistant Dean, Student Program Services, some of these courses may replace the required Curriculum and Instruction course for non-majors.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I (Additional prerequisites may be specified, including any recommended background, for individual offerings)
Elementary Music Classroom
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Materials, methods and strategies used in teaching music in elementary schools.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Recommended Background:
Basic musicianship skills or theory
Secondary Music Classroom
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Materials, methods and strategies used in teaching music in secondary schools.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Recommended Background:
A knowledge of rudimental music theory
Advanced Level Curriculum and Instruction (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
An expansion of the content and teaching strategies introduced in Education 3601. Emphasis on the theoretical and research bases of specific subject areas.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester II (in the same subject area)
Teacher as Researcher
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and strategies that will help them think about how they can read, design, and implement research for their classroom, their school and school district, and their professional practice and growth.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Equivalent:Education 4850 (Teacher as Researcher) (prior to 2024/2025)
Curriculum Development Seminar (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Examination, design and development of curriculum in a specific area.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester II (Additional prerequisites may be specified, including any recommended background, for individual offerings)
Curriculum and Administration Seminar (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Development and administration of curriculum at the kindergarten/elementary, middle/junior high, senior high school and adult education levels.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Issues in Educational Media (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Current issues in educational media dependent on student interests and needs and instructor availability. Examples include: Presentation Media – Application of instructional design principles to the preparation of mediated communications. Guidelines for planning and treatment of messages in any media format. Planning and Production of Learning Centres – Examination of learning centres as a means for individualizing instruction. Production of a learning centre which illustrates the qualities of effective centre design.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
English Language Arts in the Elementary School
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Foundational theory and classroom practices of language arts instruction in the elementary school.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
English Language Arts in the Secondary School
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Foundational theory and classroom practices of language arts instruction in the secondary school.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Language Arts Instruction for Students with Learning Difficulties
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Other hours per term: 0-0-20
Assessment and instruction of children who experience difficulty in learning to read and write; participants will design and deliver instruction under supervision in instructional settings.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Recommended Background:
One 4000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Language Arts
Children's and Young Adult Literature in the Classroom
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The characteristics, qualities and pedagogical uses of literature for children and young adults.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Issues in Language Arts (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Issues in Language Arts Education, selected according to student interest and available instructor expertise. Examples include: Holistic Approaches to Teaching Language Arts; Language Arts and Special Needs Students; Language Arts and Non-Academic Students; Popular Culture as Literature.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Communication Development: Oral Language
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The nature and development of oracy and implications for care giving and instructional programs in spoken language.
Prerequisite(s):Third-year standing (a minimum of 60.0 credit hours)
Note:Education 4270 will not be counted toward the B.Ed. degree if it is taken prior to admission to the Bachelor of Education program.
Teaching Writing in the Schools
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Teaching and practice of writing in the schools.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Teaching English as a Second Language
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Foundations, approaches, methods, techniques, programs and issues pertaining to instructing and evaluating English as a second language.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Comparative Studies of Education in Developed and Third World Nations
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Societies and educational systems of developed Western, developed Socialist and Third World nations.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
World Issues and Problems in Education
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Major factors affecting educational accessibility, achievement, practices, policies, planning and structures from an international perspective.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Education and Society from a Sociological Perspective
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Theories in the sociology of education; relationships between schools and other social institutions; economic, political and socialization functions of schooling; influences upon learning, achievement, evaluation, the curriculum and educational practice; issues of mobility stratification and differential treatment in the classroom.
Prerequisite(s):Third-year standing (a minimum of 60.0 credit hours)
Lib Ed Req:Social Science
Note:Education 4320 will not be counted toward the B.Ed. degree if it is taken prior to admission to the Bachelor of Education program.
Social Issues in Education
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
An examination of such factors as the economy, the state, social class, gender, ethnicity, subcultural membership, ideology and the home environment in relation to schooling.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Foundations of Multicultural Education in Canada
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
An historical and sociological analysis of Canada's policy of Multiculturalism and multicultural education; multicultural policies and practices in Canadian schools.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Studies in the History of Western Education
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The influence of race, religion, social class and gender in shaping dominant educational ideas and practices in the Western tradition from ancient times.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
History of Canadian Education
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
History of educational thought and development in Canada.
Prerequisite(s):Third-year standing (a minimum of 60.0 credit hours)
Lib Ed Req:Social Science
Note:Education 4361 will not be counted toward the B.Ed. degree if it is taken prior to admission to the Bachelor of Education program.
Concepts of Childhood in the History of Education
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Changing perceptions of the nature of childhood within the family, the community and society from antiquity to today; attendant educational theories and practices.
Prerequisite(s):Third-year standing (a minimum of 60.0 credit hours)
Lib Ed Req:Social Science
Note:Education 4362 will not be counted toward the B.Ed. degree if it is taken prior to admission to the Bachelor of Education program.
Developing a Philosophy of Education
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
A critical examination of some basic beliefs about what are the sensible, right and good things to do in promoting human learning, using the tools of philosophical reflection.
Prerequisite(s):Third-year standing (a minimum of 60.0 credit hours)
Lib Ed Req:Social Science
Note:Education 4380 will not be counted toward the B.Ed. degree if it is taken prior to admission to the Bachelor of Education program.
Ethics of Teaching
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Ethical problems arising in the context of teaching; a case study approach.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Seminar in Educational Foundations (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Interdisciplinary study of specific topics relevant to educational foundations, dependent on student interest, need and available faculty.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Specialized Practicum (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Other hours per term: 0-0-100
Optional, intensive experience in a specialized area of interest. Approximately 100 hours of school experience arranged individually for each student.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester II
Grading:Pass/Fail
Elementary Education Internship
Credit hours: 15.00
Contact hours per week: 0-0-35
An integrated five-course equivalent term consisting of two components: a half-time teaching internship in an elementary (K-6) school placement; and engagement in professional study under the direction of a faculty mentor, including reflective practice, exploration and discussion of selected topics and professional portfolio development. Students are assigned to schools full time.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester II
Grading:Pass/Fail
Secondary Education Internship
Credit hours: 15.00
Contact hours per week: 0-0-35
An integrated five-course equivalent term consisting of two components: a half-time teaching internship in a secondary (Gr. 7-12) school placement; and engagement in professional study under the direction of a faculty mentor, including reflective practice, exploration and discussion of selected topics and professional portfolio development. Students are assigned to schools full time.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester II
Grading:Pass/Fail
Indigenous Education Internship
Credit hours: 15.00
Contact hours per week: 0-0-35
Students are assigned to an elementary (winter) or secondary (fall) school placement in an Indigenous Education Setting.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester II
Grading:Pass/Fail
Note:All students who are declared Indigenous Education majors must complete their Professional Semester III in this course.
International Education Internship
Credit hours: 15.00
Contact hours per week: 0-0-35
Students are assigned to an elementary or secondary school placement in an International setting.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester II AND
One of Education 4310, Education 4311, or Education 4783
Grading:Pass/Fail
Early Childhood Education Internship
Credit hours: 15.00
Contact hours per week: 0-0-35
Students will complete an internship in an elementary (K-3) school placement.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester II AND
One of Education 4735 or Education 4738
Grading:Pass/Fail
Niitsitapi Internship
Credit hours: 15.00
Contact hours per week: 0-0-35
Students will complete an internship in an elementary (K-6) or secondary (7-12) school.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester II AND
Admission to the Faculty of Education in the Niitsitapi program
Grading:Pass/Fail
Career and Technology Studies (CTS) - Trades Internship
Credit hours: 15.00
Contact hours per week: 0-0-35
Students will complete an internship in a school placement with emphasis on the teaching of the CTS strands (Trades).
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester II AND
Completion of Education 3700 (CTS Trades), in a strand related to the practicum placement
Grading:Pass/Fail
Inclusive Education Internship
Credit hours: 15.00
Contact hours per week: 0-0-35
Students will complete an internship in an elementary (K-6) school placement with an emphasis on inclusive education practices. Students will be eligible to receive an endorsement on their official transcript upon completion of a specialization.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester II AND
Completion of the four course options for students electing to complete a specialization in Inclusive Education
Grading:Pass/Fail
Note:All students who elect to complete a specialization in Inclusive Education must complete their Professional Semester III in this course.
Technology in Education Internship
Credit hours: 15.00
Contact hours per week: 0-0-35
Students will complete an internship in a school placement with emphasis on the use of technology in instruction. An endorsement will be placed on the official transcript upon completion of a specialization.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester II AND
Completion of the four course options for students electing to complete a specialization in Technology in Education
Grading:Pass/Fail
Note:All students who elect to complete a specialization in Technology in Education must complete their Professional Semester III in this course.
Professional Semester III Placeholder
Credit hours: 15.00
This Placeholder course enables students completing a Professional Semester III to maintain continuing student status. Students who are eligible to register in the upcoming Professional Semester are required to enrol in the Placeholder course during registration. Once the Faculty of Education has completed course assignments, students are required to register themselves in the designated course(s). For student loan/scholarship enrolment verification purposes, 15.0 credit hours are attached to this Placeholder.
Individualizing Instruction in the Regular Classroom
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Assessment and program planning for students with mild learning handicaps and for gifted students within the regular classroom. Principles, conditions and instructional practices relating to the educational progress of such students.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Assessment for Individualized Educational Programming
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-3
Evaluation of the educational abilities, deficits and achievement of atypical students in regular classrooms and segregated settings. Screening, formal and informal measures of achievement, skills, aptitude, performance, attitudes and behaviour. Includes a laboratory component. Relation of assessment to individual planning and instruction.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Issues in Special Education (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Current issues in Special Education.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Indigenous Culture and Psychological Perspectives in Human Development
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Cultural and psychological perspectives in Indigenous Education. Relationship to contemporary psychological thought and therapies.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Social Issues in Indigenous Education
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Social issues affecting the education of Indigenous students, including the home and educational environment.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Issues in Indigenous Education (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Current issues in Indigenous Education.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Literacy and Learning in Early Childhood Education
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Intensive theoretical and practical orientation to teaching and assessing literacy abilities in reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and representing with young children. Discusses changing views of reading, emergent literacy, language acquisition, schema and constructivist theory, phonemic awareness, comprehension and literature for literacy instruction.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Family and Community Resources in Early Childhood Education
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The environment in which children develop during their critical years. Role of the family and community resources in relationship to the school.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Psychological Foundations of Early Childhood Education for Teachers
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
A teacher-oriented study of child development from birth to puberty, significance of child development in the preschool and early-school years. Importance of directed teaching intervention strategies in language, motor skills and social behaviour for preschool and early-school students.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Curriculum and Instruction in Early Childhood Education
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Concepts of early childhood development relating to the curriculum content and methods of instructing young children.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Issues in Early Childhood Education (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Current issues in Early Childhood Education.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Communication Technologies in the Curriculum
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Strategies for effective use of communication technologies in the classroom. Identification and development of educational resources and activities for integrating communication technologies in the curriculum.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Substantially Similar:
Education 5763 (prior to 2022/2023)
Problem Solving with Communication Technologies
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Teaching of problem-solving techniques and strategies with emphasis on communication technology-based approaches.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Substantially Similar:
Education 5762 (prior to 2022/2023)
The Internet and Education
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
An introduction to the services available on the Internet that are of particular interest to teachers and others interested in issues affecting education today.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Substantially Similar:
Education 5764 (prior to 2022/2023)
New Media and Learning
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
A study of the educational value of New Media. Students will develop knowledge and skills to effectively integrate and discuss the role of New Media in learning. Topics include New Media applications, the value of New Media for learning, the development of curriculum-based projects, and principles of design and layout.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Substantially Similar:
Education 5765 (prior to 2022/2023)
Web-Based Learning
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The design and development of websites for the enhancement of personal learning. Students will create a number of websites that correspond to various topics of personal interest, and which incorporate a variety of psychological learning principles such as semantic mapping, notebook creation and journal writing.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Substantially Similar:
Education 5766 (prior to 2022/2023)
Web-Based Teaching
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The design and development of websites for instructional purposes. Students critically review web-based instructional sites, and create a website that corresponds to an instructional unit and which incorporates a variety of instructional design principles.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Substantially Similar:
Education 5767 (prior to 2022/2023)
Educational Issues in Communication Technologies (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Educational issues in communication technologies dependent on student interest, needs, and availability of faculty resources.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Substantially Similar:
Education 5769
Culturally Different Students
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Exploring issues dealing with culturally different students in the education system of the majority culture.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Special Topics
Credit hours: 1.50 or 3.00
Contact hours per week: 1.5-0-0 or
3-0-0
Content reflects the unique interests of students and instructors.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I (Additional prerequisites may be specified, including any recommended background, for individual offerings)
Professional Development Topics
Credit hours: 1.50
Other hours per term: 20-0-0
This Professional Development course is a series of one-half term credit offerings (20 hours of instruction) designed to address current topics in Education and meet the specific needs of educators.
Prerequisite(s):One of Professional Semester II or admissibility to the Diploma in Education program
Grading:Pass/Fail or letter grading, depending on the section offering-refer to the current Timetable for section offerings
Note:Certification as a teacher is the normal prerequisite for admission to these courses. A maximum of two half-credit Professional Development courses (3.0 credit hours) may be credited toward the B.Ed. degree and a maximum of four such courses (6.0 credit hours) toward the M.Ed. degree. Registration fees are assessed on a full-cost recovery basis. Registration is through the Office of the Associate Dean, Faculty of Education.
Development Topics for the Diploma in Education (Series)
Credit hours: 1.50
Other hours per term: 20-0-0
This Professional Development course is a series of one-half term credit offerings (20 hours of instruction) designed to meet the specific needs of students in the Diploma in Education program.
Prerequisite(s):One of Professional Semester II or admissibility to the Diploma in Education program
Grading:Pass/Fail or letter grading, depending on the section offering-refer to the current Timetable for section offerings
Note:Certification as a teacher is the normal prerequisite for admission to this course. A maximum of two half-credit Professional Development courses (3.0 credit hours) may be credited toward the B.Ed. degree and a maximum of four such courses (6.0 credit hours) toward the M.Ed. degree. Registration is through the Bridge or Student Enrolment and Registrar Services.
Applied Studies
Credit hours: 3.00
Using a suitable employment or volunteer experience as a basis, the student completes a project which relates the experience to the study of education. Students should initially contact the Applied Studies Coordinator for specific information.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I
Independent Study
Credit hours: 3.00
The student undertakes to study independently a topic not covered under regular electives or special topics courses. The student works under the supervision of a faculty member to develop a proposal and the details of the study. Students should contact Student Program Services in the Faculty of Education for more information.
Prerequisite(s):Professional Semester I