Graduate Studies in Education, Bulletin,
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Minimum Admission
and Degree Requirements
a) In most departments it is
possible to pursue an MA degree on a part-time basis. A minimum of one or two
academic years of full-time study is required for some programs of study.
Consult departmental information for full details, pages 39 - 180.
b) Full-time master's
students, once they are past the “minimum period of registration” or have begun
their last required course (whichever comes first), must continue to register
on a full-time basis and pay the full-time fee until all degree requirements
have been completed.
If full-time
master's students wish to change to part-time status, the change must be
requested for the Fall/Winter Session before they begin their final session of the
‘minimum period of registration’ or before they begin their last required
course, whichever
comes first. If the last required course is taken in the Summer Session, a
change to part-time status must have been made for the previous Winter Session.
Students will be required to maintain continuous registration and to pay
part-time fees until all degree requirements have been completed. A change of
status in the Summer Session does not affect a student’s status in the
following Fall/Winter Session.
c) Master's students
proceeding to their degree on a part-time basis register in those sessions in
which they are completing course requirements for the degree. Once they have
begun their last required course, they must register annually and pay the
part-time fee until all other degree requirements have been completed.
d) All requirements for the
degree must be satisfactorily completed by the following timelines:
•
Students
who began their degree prior to September 2011 must satisfactorily
complete all requirements within five years of first enrollment if they were
admitted to a six or eight half-course program, or within six years of first
enrollment if they were admitted to a ten or twelve half-course program.
•
Students
who began in September 2011 or later must satisfactorily complete all requirements
within six years of first enrollment for part-time students, or within three
years of first enrollment for full-time students.
Master
of Teaching (MT)
The
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Department offers a two-year Master of
Teaching degree in Elementary and Secondary Education. Upon successful
completion of the degree requirements, students will be awarded a Master of
Teaching degree and a recommendation to the Ontario College of Teachers for an
Ontario Teachers' Certificate of Qualification which qualifies them to teach in
either the primary and junior divisions, the junior and intermediate divisions,
or the intermediate and senior divisions of Ontario schools. (See pages 93 - 97
for further information.)
Admission
Requirements
An
appropriate bachelor's degree with high academic standing (equivalent to at
least mid-B
or better in
final year) from a recognized university.
At
OISE’s discretion it may be necessary to submit course descriptions of all academically-oriented
courses not clearly defined on the transcript, in order to establish
equivalency to an appropriate degree.
An
applicant whose bachelor's degree been pursued on a part-time basis is evaluated
on approximately five of the most recent and most senior level academic full
courses or their equivalent. The number of courses may vary depending on the
pattern of study.
Depending
on the makeup of the degree, and the student's intended program of study at the
master's level, some additional academic work may be required either within the
degree program or prior to admission.
Applicants
normally must:
a)
Describe
in their Statement of Intent three significant teaching and/or teaching-related
experiences, especially with groups of children. With reference to these
experiences, applicants should identify insights gained about teaching and
learning, and explain how, based on these insights, they might contribute to
the education of students in today's schools.
b)
Include
in their Résumé a list of all experiences working with children, their
duration, and whether they were on a paid or volunteer basis.
c)
Be
interviewed by a panel of faculty, teachers and students.
Given the
limited number of spaces in this degree program, not all eligible applicants
can be interviewed or admitted.
NOTES:
1.
Applicants
to the Master of Teaching (MT) program are advised that a photocopy of a
Canadian birth certificate (or in the case of a person who was not
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