Master of Education in Curriculum Studies

This program is designed to bring experienced teachers together to explore developments in curriculum theories in practice, supporting significant shifts in curriculum as conceptualized and operationalized through competency-based curriculum and assessment approaches.It offers 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.This program fosters critical analysis of educational discourse (for example, discourses 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.Education is at the heart of everything. It’s where students, researchers, educators, community leaders and counsellors come together. We are bound together by our belief that people can make lives better. Together, we are making an impact on people, places and the planet.Whether you want to be a teacher, a community leader, a counsellor, enter the health industry or work in sports and recreation, there's no better place to start than here. With a focus on dynamic learning and an extraordinary learning environment, we’ll give you the edge you need to succeed.Students in this program will: understand the breadth of educational research, critically engage with educational research, being able to read and engage with research studies, understand issues of ethical practice as it relates to educational researchunderstand diverse roles for professional curriculum leadership, apply theoretical understandings to professional practiceshape a final project that provides a focus and application to professional issues

Admission requirements for Master's programs are a recognized baccalaureate degree, minimum grade point average of "B" on the last 30 units (2 years) of undergraduate work, and some programs require two years successful relevant professional experiencePDF/TIF files of Unofficial transcripts.Sealed official Transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended (transcripts from the University of Victoria are not required) must be ordered and sent to Graduate Admission and Records after provisional letter of admission.Provide the names of two references (academic and/or employer) with email addresses. They will receive access codes to fill in the online assessment form.Hard copies of assessment forms or current letters of reference must be sent in sealed envelopes to Graduate Admission and Records. In this case let your references know that they don't need to complete the online assessment form.Resume/CVLetter of Intent