Education Honours Program

Faculty of Education
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Summer

The bachelor of education (BEd) honours program prepares students academically and professionally for a teaching career at either the elementary or secondary school level.

丁香园AV Requirements

Students apply for admission to this program once they have accrued a total of 60 units. Once admission has been granted, the student's program must be approved by the Faculty of Education. Major or minor requirements also must be approved by the department(s) in which these requirements are administered.

Students may be admitted with advance standing for appropriate transfer credit course work that was gained at other institutions, to a 60 unit maximum excluding professional education, or 90 units including an acceptable year of professional education (EDUC 401W, 402W and 405).

Program Requirements

Students complete a minimum total of 162 units, which includes all of the following.

an honours from the Faculties of Applied Sciences; or Arts and Social Sciences; or Communication, Art and Technology; or Environment; or Science
one of the following minors from the Faculty of Education (may be fully or partially completed during EDUC 404)
Counselling and Human Development Minor Program
Curriculum and Instruction Minor Program
Early Learning Minor Program
Educational Psychology Minor Program
Elementary Generalist Secondary Teaching Minor Program
Environmental Education Minor Program
French Education Minor Program
French Education Minor Program with Explore Program at Universit茅 Laval
International and Global Education Minor Program
Learning and Developmental Disabilities Minor Program
Physical Education Minor Program
Secondary Mathematics Education Minor Program
Secondary Teaching Minor Program
one of EDUC 401W, 403
both of EDUC 402W, 405
a minimum of 54 units in upper division courses (numbered 300 and 400), excluding EDUC 401W, 402W, 403, 405 and 406
two of EDUC 220, 230, 240 or 250
a minimum of 24 units of upper division education (excludes EDUC 401W, 402W, 403, 405 and 406) which must include two education designs for learning courses (may include courses completed for EDUC 404 and the education minor)
both a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.0 and a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 calculated on all upper division courses completed at 丁香园AV

Defined course block

EDUC 401 Introduction to Classroom Teaching (8)
EDUC 402 Studies of Educational Theory and Practice (7)
EDUC 405 Teaching Semester (15)

To complete the program, a student must make application, and be accepted to the professional development program. See Professional Development Programs for further details.

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to 丁香园AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit.
Requirement	Units	Notes
W - Writing	6	Must include at least one upper division course, taken at 丁香园AV within the student鈥檚 major subject
Q - Quantitative	6	Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth	18	Designated Breadth	Must be outside the student鈥檚 major subject, and may be lower or upper division 6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc 6 units Humanities: B-Hum 6 units Sciences: B-Sci
B - Breadth	6	Additional Breadth	6 units outside the student鈥檚 major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements) Additional breadth units must be from outside the student's major and may be B-designated (B-Hum, B-Soc, B-Sci courses). Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honors, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.

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.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.

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