On-Site Courses

 

Nipissing University reserves the right to amend course offerings and course formats, and to limit enrolment and cancel courses. All on-site courses are subject to limited enrolment and it is recommended that students register early. Registering on-line is the quickest way to register and is strongly encouraged.  Minimum enrolments may vary and are based on the costs of running the course including the cost of classroom rentals. Wait Lists will be established once the course has reached its full capacity.

A searchable list of updated offerings is available on WebAdvisor. Both new and continuing students are encouraged to register on-line through WebAdvisor.

Students who register on or before the early registration deadline are entitled to an early registration discount.

• Students who do not possess a Nipissing University degree and who register on or before the early registration deadline are entitled to a discounted fee of $895.
• Nipissing University graduates will be charged the discounted fee of $895.00 for all registrations received before the final registration deadline.

Absolutely no registrations will be accepted after the registration deadline.  We reserve the right to cancel courses with insufficient enrolment at the time of the registration deadline.  Full payment is required at the time of registration.  Deposits will not be accepted.  All outstanding documentation from previous sessions must be submitted before registrations will be accepted into subsequent courses. 

All of the following courses may be applied towards an Advanced Bachelors Degree in Education or an Advanced Bachelors Degree in Educational Leadership.

Please note that students are not permitted to miss more than 20% of the scheduled class hours. No grades are released until after the published end date of the course.

All courses may be applied towards an Advanced Bachelors Degree in Education or an Advanced Bachelors Degree in Educational Leadership.

On-site courses are offered in regions throughout Ontario including:  Brantford/Waterloo, York region, Simcoe County, Muskoka, North Bay, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Manitoulin Island, Sault Ste. Marie/Algoma, and Timmins.  An Area Coordinator coordinates course offerings in each area. Students are encouraged to contact an Area Coordinator for more information about courses in their area.

COURSE WITHDRAWALS

All Course Withdrawals will be subject to a non-refundable cancellation fee. 

Course withdrawals before the course begins	$100 non-refundable cancellation fee
Course withdrawals after the course begins	$200 non-refundable cancellation fee

The Withdrawal Date is considered to be the date the student withdraws using WebAdvisor or the date the withdrawal letter is received in the Office of the Registrar.  If a credit remains on a student's account after all fees are paid, a refund cheque will be issued.  Refund cheques are generally processed 4 to 6 weeks after a student has withdrawn and are mailed to the permanent home address.

Students may receive a tuition refund (less the applicable cancellation fee) depending on the date the withdrawal is received.   Students who withdraw after the dates specified on the tuition refund schedule   will not be eligible for a tuition refund. 

SPRING 2010

Registration begins on February 2, 2010.

Course Scheduling	March 22 - June 18, 2010
Early Registration Deadline	March 10, 2010
Minimum Enrolment Deadline	March 5, 2010
Registration Deadline	March 26, 2010
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Go to How Much Do I Pay? for the schedule of course fees.

REQUIRED PRACTICUM COMPONENT

Many of our Additional Qualification courses require candidates to complete a practicum, action investigation, or directed observation component.

• A practicum is an opportunity for you to integrate your learning and experience in a course and apply this to a real-life situation, observing and working with students.
• In action investigation, the teacher is the subject of his/her own research inquiry. The purpose is to evaluate and improve one’s own teaching practice.  Practitioners take control of their own work and understand it better through a process of self reflection based on classroom data. The data is the kind that is usually collected by teachers in the course of their normal teaching and assessment activities.
• Structured observation is a process of keeping anecdotal notes over a defined period of time. These observations provide formative assessment data to serve as a basis for program planning. 

Nipissing University recognizes that our candidates come from a variety of different situations (e.g., full-time classroom teachers, occasional teachers, teachers on leave, teachers in remote areas, etc.)  These situations are not barriers to completing the practicum component of a course.  Through communication with the course instructor, a strategy can be negotiated that will meet the course requirement.