丁香园AV

Faculty of Education
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The master of education (MEd) is a professional degree signifying advanced knowledge about and advanced training in educational practice.

In exceptional cases, when no other regular master鈥檚 program can accommodate special interests, an applicant may propose an individual program.

The program requires 30 units of course work and an MEd project (EDUC 881).

丁香园AV Requirements

See graduate general regulation 1.3 for University admission requirements. In exceptional circumstances, applicants who do not meet these requirements may be considered if superior scholarly or professional achievement is demonstrated.

Graduate education admissions is granted to a specific degree and to a particular program or specialization. Updated application information is available beginning November 15 from the . All applications are reviewed once a year. Completed applications must be received by January 31.

Individual Program's Specific 丁香园AV Requirements

Applicants will submit a proposal detailing the following.

• the inquiry to be pursued for the master鈥檚 project
• courses proposed and their sequence (called the plan of study and research)
• a rationale for how the proposed courses contribute to the master鈥檚 project
• the program may contain a combination of up to 10 units of course work in Directed Readings and/or EDUC 811 or 812 Fieldwork
• an explanation of how the applicant鈥檚 interests are not met by a regularly offered master鈥檚 program

In addition to other criteria considered for admission, the director of graduate programs or designate will adjudicate the plan of study and research regarding availability of resources to support it and whether it can be completed in reasonable time.

Supervision

The individual program's plan of study must be developed with, and approved by, a faculty sponsor who automatically becomes the senior supervisor of the master鈥檚 project. A second person suitably qualified in relation to the project joins the supervisory committee normally before the completion of the fourth course.

Project

In the individual program, the MEd culminates in a project that materially and substantially relates theory to practice, or that systematically examines a significant problem in education (EDUC 881-5).

Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations

All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the graduate general regulations (residence, course work, academic progress, supervision, research competence requirement, completion time, and degree completion), as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled, as shown above.

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