Curriculum studies
Description
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.
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 registrar.uvic.ca/grad.
Graduate Area Advisor
Program information may be obtained from the Graduate Area Advisor, Dr. James Nahachewsky :
Telephone: 250-721-7780
E-mail: jnahache@uvic.ca
Fax: 250-721-7598
Office: MacLaurin A554
Contact information
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
Admission requirements
Applications available from Graduate Admissions and Records.
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Program Structure
Master of Education (MEd)
The masters programs consist of 15.0 units. For the Master of Education (MEd) degree, 10.5 units are coursework on the discourses of education and educational inquiry, and 3 units are project related. Using 4.5 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)
- EDCI 532 Emerging Trends and Topics in Curriculum Studies (1.5)
- EDCI 533 Theory and Practice in Curriculum Design and Change (1.5)
- EDCI 580 Qualitative Research Methods (1.5)
- EDCI 597 Comprehensive Exam (1.5)
- EDCI 598 Project (3.0)
ELECTIVES (4.5 units)
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Total: 15.0 units
Master of Arts (MA)
The masters programs consist of 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)
- EDCI 532 Emerging Trends and Topics in Curriculum Studies (1.5)
- EDCI 533 Theory and Practice in Curriculum Design and Change (1.5)
- EDCI 580 Qualitative Research Methods (1.5)
- EDCI 599 Thesis (4.5)
ELECTIVES (4.5 units)
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Total: 15 units
Ph.D.
Core Courses (7.5)
- EDCI 600 Contemporary Discourses in Educational Studies (1.5)
- EDCI 601 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Seminar (1.5)
- EDCI 681 Advanced Research Methodologies (1.5)
- EDCI 693 Candidacy Examination (3.0)
EDCI 699 PhD Dissertation (30)
Required (1.5):
- EDCI 603 Doctoral Seminar in Curriculum Studies (1.5)
Electives (6.0) from the following and others approved by supervisory committee:
- EDCI 520 Seminar in Philosophy of Education (1.5)
- EDCI 580 Qualitative Research Methods (1.5)
- EDCI 581 Research Methodologies in Educational Studies (1.5)
- EDCI 582 Writing as Research (1.5)
- EDCI 632 Critique of Emerging Trends and Topics in Curriculum Studies (1.5)
- EDCI 633 Critical Discourses in Curriculum Design and Change (1.5)