Master of Education in Language and Culture Studies (Faculté Saint-Jean)

Entrance Requirements

Faculté Saint-Jean’s minimum admission requirements are

• An undergraduate degree with an admission GPA of at least 3.0 on the 4-point scale from the University of Alberta, or an equivalent qualification and standing from a recognized institution. The admission GPA will be calculated on the last 60 units of graded coursework completed, or on the equivalent of the last two years of full-time graded coursework.
• Two letters of reference
• A letter of intent (two pages maximum) indicating the orientation and the research area to be pursued during the graduate studies- must be submitted in French
• A Curriculum Vitae
• Applicants must have French language proficiency, as demonstrated by:
  1. completion of a degree or its university-level equivalent from an institution recognized by the University of Alberta, and where the language of instruction is French. Proof that instruction for the degree was in French is required,
     OR
  2. satisfactory score on an approved French proficiency test (the list of language proficiency tests approved by the Faculté Saint-Jean is available at the Faculté SaintJean Graduate Studies Office)
• Applicants to the course-based MEd program are required to have a minimum of two years of experience as a professional in education or educational training.

N.B. It is important to note that reading competence in English may be necessary in the program

Program Requirements

The MEd may be taken as a course-based program or as a thesis-based program.

Students can choose to concentrate in one of three areas:

• School Administration and Leadership
• Inclusion, Diversity and Equality
• Numeracy, Literacy and Curriculum

Note: The School Administration and Leadership concentration can lead to a Graduate Embedded Certificate in School Administration Leadership). For more information, visit the section Graduate Embedded Certificate in School Administration Leadership (Faculté Saint-Jean)  .

Length of Program

In order to obtain an MEd degree, students in the thesis-based route must complete all the requirements within four years of the time they first register as candidates in the MEd program. Candidates in the course-based route must complete all the requirements within six years.

Graduate Courses

Graduate courses may be found in Course Listings , under the subject headings Maîtrise en sciences de l’éducation (M EDU) and Thesis (THES).