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ATTENTION:
Wade Parkhouse, Chair, Senate
Graduate Studies Commltee
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Heesoon 8ai, Director of Graduate Programs, Faculty of Education
I RE Proposal to Change MEd Degree Reguirements
I DATE January 25, 2010
A proposal to change the MEd Degree Requirements (attached) was approved
by the Graduate Programs
Committee on October 29,2009 and the Faculty of
Education meeting on December 14, 2009. Please add this document to the
SGSC agenda for the February 8,2010 meeting.
Many thanks!
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Director
of Graduate Programs
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THINKING OF THE WORLD
Proposal to Change MEd Degree Unit Requirements
Current Faculty of Education MEd Degree Requirements
Faculty
of
Education
Simon
Fraser
University
paper
FE09- 49
The MEd is a professional degree signifying advanced knowledge about and
FROM:
advanced training in educational practice. Minimal requirements for MEd course
work/comprehensive exam programs are the completion
of31 units in required
and elective courses, plus a final comprehensive examination (five units).
The
content of EDUC 883 MEd Comprehensive Exanllnation varies by program.
TO:
Proposed Faculty of Education MEd Degree Requirements
The MEd is a professional degree signifying advanced knowledge about and
advanced training in educational practice. Minimal requirements for MEd course
work/comprehensive exam programs are the completion
of minimum 30 units in
required and elective courses, plus a final comprehensive examination (five units).
The content of EDUC 883 MEd Comprehensive Examination varies by program.
Rationale
The change proposed here are for both curricular-pedagogical and financial
reasons.
The change relieves the two-course bottleneck in the first summer that has
in the past created all SOlts of scheduling, teaching and learning problems; as weIl, it
is also cost-saving for our Faculty. The decision as to how many units a program
uses is up to the faculty team that designs and operates each particular MEd
program.
The decision has to be ratified by the Director and GPC and should
come
to the Faculty meeting for information.