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Students must have completed at least one semester at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, including 6 units of EDUC coursework with a minimum of 2.0 on the CGPA, UDGPA, EDUC GPA posted on the transcript.

To complete the internal transfer, make an appointment to see the undergraduate advisor.

Education course outlines can be found here.

If you believe you have the prerequisites, or equivalent courses from another institution or from your first degree, contact the undergraduate advisor with the relevant transcripts on hand to check whether you are eligible for a waiver.

When in doubt, contact the undergraduate advisor to review. You must present relevant transcripts with the equivalent course for a waiver to be granted.

The 60 units pertain to all current ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV academic units shown on your student transcript - not just EDUC units. Your transcript should indicate your current units.

• All new students start at 0 units.
• If you have 60 or more units including those in progress, then you are eligible to register for EDUC courses that require the prerequisite of 60 units.
• Returning students who hold an ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV degree and have been accepted into a post degree program (e.g., 2nd degree, Post-Baccaulaureate Diploma, or Professional Development Program) should meet the 60 unit prerequisite.
• Students who hold degrees (including returning ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV degree students) who are not in an approved program, will not meet the 60 unit prerequisite. If you are one of these students, contact your program departmental advisor before your registration date.

allows you to add yourself to the wait list, provided there is space. Once a spot has opened up, students will be automatically enrolled overnight through .

You may only waitlist for a maximum of 8 units (2 courses). If you have a course or exam time conflict with another course you are registered in, the waiting list will skip over you and add the next student who does not have a time conflict. 

Waiting lists expire 5 school days into the semester. If you were not automatically added to the class before this happens, you are not registered in the class and should look for other options.

These codes represent various course sections.

• OL01 = online asynchronous section
• D100 = daytime section
• E100 = evening section
• F100 = course/section taught in French

Courses with tutorial or lab sections will include additional numbers associated with the main section. For example, D108 indicates that it is the 8th tutorial section of the daytime course.

For complete course code details, refer to the go¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Course Timetable.

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV operates on a tri-semester system whereby courses are held regularly for 13 weeks during each each semester:

• Spring (January-April)
• Summer (May-August)
• Fall (September-December)

Incorporated in the regular Summer Semester are two sessions:

• Intersession (May-June)
  
• Summer Session (July-August)

During these two sessions, courses usually run two or more times per week, meeting the total number of hours required. Many education courses are offered throughout the summer; therefore, be sure that you have correctly added the required course section and session.

The Faculty of Education's Undergraduate Programs does not have a breakdown of percentages to letter grades. For example, there is no formal policy that indicates that 95% and above equals an A+, 90-94% an A, and so forth.

However, guidelines are provided to help instructors determine grading practices that are appropriate to their own particular type of course or subject area. At the beginning of a course, the instructor should inform students about the nature of all assignments, criteria for marking all assignments, the weight assigned to each assignment, penalties for late assignments, opportunities to resubmit assignments for marking and, university policy regarding plagiarism and academic dishonesty.

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Teaching Policy

Your first step is to discuss your concerns with the course instructor. If you cannot come to an acceptable understanding with your instructor you can then appeal in writing to the Director of Undergraduate Programs. You must submit all original marked assignments along with your written appeal. The Director will determine how to proceed with your appeal. If you are still not satisfied then your final option is to appeal to ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV's Senate Appeals Board, Office of the Registrar.

Grade Reconsideration Form

Before requesting a grade appeal, be aware that your course work could receive a lower mark after reevaluation.

At ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, students must complete the Professional Development Program (PDP) to become a certified elementary or secondary school teacher in BC. The PDP is a full-time, 16-month, post-degree program. 

Attend an information session or contact the PDP admissions team for more information. 

PPS ¶¡ÏãÔ°AVs

PPS ADMISSIONS,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION

Education Building 8630
¶¡ÏãÔ°AV
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6

Phone: 778-782-3559
Fax: 778-782-5323
Email:
pps_admissions@sfu.ca

Becoming a certified teacher in B.C. requires completion of a teacher education program, including ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV's Professional Development Program (PDP), Professional Linking Program (PLP) or Alaska Highway Consortium on Teacher Education (AHCOTE). ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV to these programs varies based on interest teaching at the elementary or secondary school level.

Students completing the BGS in Education and preparing to apply to the PDP at the elementary level should consider enrolling in these courses.