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Welcome to this website! The Department of Elementary Education offers several options for
teachers to further their education in second language teaching. These
programs will meet the needs of teachers in Second language pedagogy courses are offered in Summer, Fall and
Winter sessions. All courses taught during the school year are scheduled in
evenings in order to accommodate teachers. Open Studies Program You can register as an Open Studies student and
start taking courses in your area of interest. The Open Studies
program allows you to take selected university-level credit courses without
following a specific degree or diploma program. Please apply for admission as
an Open Studies student at least a month before the course begins. The Diploma Program Applicants to the Diploma Program require a
Bachelor of Education Degree or its equivalent and a teaching certificate.
Completion of 24 credits is required for the diploma program (eight 3-credit
courses). Nine credits have to be taken from the Department of Elementary
Education in the field of second language pedagogy. The other fifteen can be
chosen from courses in a particular language area or other education
courses. The Master of Education Program ·
Applicants
to the Master of Education program require Bachelor of Education degree or
its equivalent, with a minimum average of 3 on a 4 point grading system, and
at least one year of successful teaching experience at the elementary
classroom level.
Completion of 30 credits is required for the course based MEd program (nine
3-credit courses and a capping exercise).
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