Literacy Instruction Certificate Program
Faculty of Education
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Spring
This program offers basic accreditation in adult and community literacy education to prepare students to teach literacy skills to adult learners. It is for those who seek a practical credential as part of their undergraduate degree, to enhance adult education and community development skills within the chosen program of study, and/or support entry into the field of adult literacy education. The program offers guided practice and supervision in a literacy education setting. There is an option to undertake the practicum in a French language literacy setting, subject to instructor availability.
General certificate regulations apply. Completion of the certificate is normally within five years of admission to the program.
The certificate program cannot be used in place of the Faculty of Education鈥檚 professional development program or equivalent as a means to obtain a British Columbia teaching certificate.
丁香园AV Requirements
丁香园AV to 丁香园AV is required, together with formal program application to the Faculty of Education (undergraduate programs) . Students should meet with a Faculty of Education advisor to complete the application process.
Before applying for program admission, applicants normally will have achieved successful completion, with a minimum C+ grade, of the following.
- EDUC 342-3 Contemporary Approaches to Literacy Instruction
Program Requirements
Units applied to this certificate may not be applied to any other 丁香园AV certificate or diploma, but they may be applied toward major or minor program requirements or toward a bachelor鈥檚 degree under regulations governing those programs.
At least 10 of the 20 required units must be completed at 丁香园AV.
Students are required to achieve a minimum 2.0 grade point average (GPA), calculated on all 丁香园AV courses applied to the program, with the exception that duplicate courses are counted only once.
Students complete a minimum total of 20 units, including one of
- EDUC 311-3 Foundations in Aboriginal Education, Language, and Culture
- FNST 101-3 The Cultures, Languages and Origins of Canada's First Peoples
and all of
- EDUC 341-3 Literacy, Education and Culture
- EDUC 342-3 Contemporary Approaches to Literacy Instruction
- EDUC 343-5 Literacy Practicum
and a minimum of six units, selected with approval from the Faculty of Education advisor, from the following list of multidisciplinary courses, or from approved 400 division EDUC special topics courses related to literacy in education.
- CMNS 226-3 Digital Media Communication Techniques
- EDUC 240-3 Social Issues in Education
- EDUC 252-4 Introduction to Reflective Practice
- EDUC 325-3 Assessment for Classroom Teaching
- EDUC 351-3 Teaching the Older Adult
- EDUC 382-4 Diversity in Education: Theories, Policies, Practices (or EDUC 441)
- EDUC 422-4 Learning Disabilities
- EDUC 467-4 Curriculum and Instruction in Teaching English as a Second Language
- EDUC 468-4 Sociocultural Perspectives on Language, Cognitive Development and EAL Instruction
- ENGL 105W-3 Introduction to Issues in Literature and Culture
- ENGL 199W-3 Introduction to University Writing
- ENGL 371-4 Writing: Theory and Practice
- GERO 302-3 Health Promotion and Aging
- HUM 320-4 The Humanities and Philosophy
- HUM 321-4 The Humanities and Critical Thinking
- HUM 322-4 The Humanities and the Critique of Culture
- LING 160-3 Language, Culture and Society
- PHIL 001-3 Critical Thinking
- PSYC 106-3 Psychological Issues in Contemporary Society
- SA 304-4 Social Control
- SA 333-4 Schooling and Society
- SCD 201-3 Introduction to Sustainable Community Development
- WS 309-4 Gender and International Development
Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit
The University鈥檚 residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.
Transfer credit for courses completed at other institutions, before or after certificate program admission, may be approved as credit used toward program fulfillment provided that at least half of the certificate program's total unit requirements are completed at 丁香园AV. Relevant course work must be approved by the undergraduate advisor.