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The Faculty of Education
at the University of Victoria offers a Master of Arts and a Master
of Education in Curriculum Studies. The Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies has Curriculum Studies as a research area.
These programs foster critical analysis of educational thought
and practice (for example, the thinking and practice of planning,
implementation, evaluation, learning and teaching) to discern
unintended as well as intended effects. This analysis is focused
not only at the system level, but also and more importantly,
at the level of each person's daily professional practice, where
the political and the personal are inevitably intertwined. Underlying
this analysis is the ethical question of how to act responsibly
and appropriately.
The programs are
intended for educators from all venues (for example, schools,
colleges, hospitals, government, business, industry, private
practice, and the family) working at all levels of responsibility
(for example, policy development, administration, evaluation,
planning, teaching, advising, coaching, counselling or parenting).
Curriculum Studies programs are generalist programs which offer
a site in which educators can take up questions of practice
that arise in their particular settings. The programs are designed
to support educators to become more thoughtful and informed
practitioners.
Program Structure
The masters programs
consist of 15 units. For the Master of Education (MEd) degree, 12 units are coursework on the discourses of education and educational inquiry, and 3 units
are project related. Using 6.0 units of elective work, participants
are encouraged to tailor their programs to suit their particular
interests and to focus their project or thesis inquiry on a
topic of personal interest. The courses are:
EDCI 531 - Critical
Discourses in Curriculum Studies (1.5 units)
EDCI 532 - Emerging Trends and Topics in Curriculum Studies
(1.5 units)
EDCI 533 - Theory and Practice in Curriculum Design and Change
(1.5 units)
EDCI 580 - Interpretive Inquiry (1.5 units)
EDCI 597 - Comprehensive Exam (0 units)
EDCI 598 - Project (3 units)
ELECTIVES
(6.0 units)
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Total:
15 units
For the Master of Arts (MA) degree, 10.5 units are coursework on the discourses of education and educational inquiry, and 4.5 units are thesis. The courses are:
EDCI 531 - Critical Discourses in Curriculum Studies (1.5 units)
EDCI 532 - Emerging Trends and Topics in Curriculum Studies (1.5 units)
EDCI 533 - Theory and Practice in Curriculum Design and Change (1.5 units)
EDCI 580 - Interpretive Inquiry (1.5 units)
EDCI 599 - Thesis (4.5 units)
ELECTIVES (4.5 units)
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Total: 15 units
Doctoral programs
are available under the Educational
Studies program.
A masters program
can be completed part-time in the summers and/or late afternoons
during the academic year; or it can be completed through full-time
study. For information on fees, please visit http://registrar.uvic.ca/grad.
Graduate Advisor
Information may be obtained from the Graduate Area Advisor, Dr.
Jason Price :
Telephone: (250) 721-7830
E-mail: jasonp@uvic.ca
Fax: (250) 721-7598
Office: MacLaurin A456
Applications
available from Graduate
Admissions and Records
Tanya Threlfall, Graduate Programs Secretary
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Faculty of Education, University of Victoria
Box 3010, Stn. CSC, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3N4
Telephone: (250) 721-7882
Fax: (250) 721-7598
Email: edcigrad@uvic.ca
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Page Updated: September 2008
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