Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies
The Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (GCES) provides you with opportunities to enhance your knowledge and skills in a disciplinary focus of your choice (four courses, 12 credits). It is a flexible, part-time, varied-delivery program that facilitates studying without taking a leave from your career. Each disciplinary focus is designed to help you stay current in the field and address emergent needs of each area. You will be engaged in authentic tasks and experiences directly linked to your focus area.
The program is offered using a cohort model to facilitate the development of a professional learning community. Courses may be in-person at the U of A, or online with both Zoom meetings and self-directed or group work components.
Notes:
- The GCES can ladder into various MEd programs. Information is provided on the home page for each stream.
- Some programs run every other year. See How to Apply for your area of interest.
Certificates in the GCES Program
- Contemporary Literacy Education K-9
- Elementary Music Teaching and Learning
- Indigenous Education
- Mathematics Education
- Mentoring and Leadership
- Prison Education
- School Librarianship
- Science Education
- Structured Literacy and Reading Science
- Teaching English Language Learners
- Teaching Students with Complex Communication Needs
- Technology in Education
Questions? Contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca.