Master of Education
Students must complete a total of 30 credits as follows:
Core Courses:
- EDUC 5157: Survey of Research Methods (3 credits)
- EDUC 5196: Understanding Education (3 credits)
Required:
(one of the following)
- EDUC 5186: Research Project & Seminar (Course Route) (3 credits)
- EDUC 5115: MRP (6 credits)
- EDUC 5454: Master's Thesis (12 credits)
Elective Requirements:
- Course Route: (seven 3-credit electives required)
- MRP Route: (six 3-credit electives required)
- Thesis Route: ( four 3-credit electives required)
Elective Offerings:
The following courses are grouped according to themes. These themes do not offer a concentration that will appear on your transcript. All of the courses below are subject to availability.
General Electives:
Research courses
- EDUC 5286: Narrative Inquiry in Teaching, Learning and Research
- EDUC 5547: Indigenous Research
- EDUC 5676: Qualitative Approaches to Educational Research
- EDUC 5747: Inquiry Through the Arts: Research Methodologies and Methods
Educational Leadership, Social Justice, and Equity
These courses foster leadership in education regarding the development of a 21st century society that promotes social justice and equity.
- EDUC 5156: History of Education in Canada
- EDUC 5166: Critical Pedagogy and Approaches to Democratic Education
- EDUC 5176: Education Law in Schools
- EDUC 5237: Educating for Environmental Sustainability
- EDUC 5266: Holistic Education
- EDUC 5336: Educational Leadership
- EDUC 5337: Conceptions of Student Risk & Resilience, and Educational Leadership
- EDUC 5366: Safe Schools
- EDUC 5417: Alternative Schooling
- EDUC 5447: Current Issues in the Teaching & Learning of Boys & Men
- EDUC 5456: Issues in Special Education
- EDUC 5476: Mentoring as Supportive Practice
- EDUC 5536: Issues in First Nations Education
- EDUC 5617: Readings in Special Education
- EDUC 5687: Comparative and International Education
- EDUC 6118: Inquiry-Based Growth & Development in Educational Sustainability
Curriculum Studies
These courses focus on the design, implementation, assessment, and revitalization of curriculum in diverse contexts for 21st century learners.
- EDUC 5116: Principles of Curriculum and Instruction
- EDUC 5146: Reflective Practice
- EDUC 5147: Teaching Evidence-Based Practice
- EDUC 5206: Exploring Experiential Learning in Health
- EDUC 5237: Educating for Environmental Sustainability
- EDUC 5247: Issues in Mathematics Education
- EDUC 5276: Educational Representations in Popular Culture
- EDUC 5296: New Literacies: Making Multiple Meanings
- EDUC 5426: Models and Theories of Reading Across the Lifespan
- EDUC 5436: Early Literacy
- EDUC 5466: Adults as Learners
- EDUC 5496: Meanings of Literacy: Theory into Practice
- EDUC 5586: Research Themes in Second Language Education
- EDUC 5646: Creativity and Learning
- EDUC 5736: Teaching & Learning Through the Arts
PhD:
- EDUC 6116: Critical Conversation in Educational Research
- EDUC 6117: Critical Conversation in Educational Theory
- EDUC 6126: Doctoral Seminar
PhD Elective:
- EDUC 6118: Inquiry-Based Growth & Development In Educational Sustainability
For a complete listing of graduate level Education courses, please consult the 5000 and 6000 level courses in the Academic Calendar.