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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

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Proposal to Change MEd Degree Unit Requirements

Current Faculty of Education MEd Degree Requirements

Faculty

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Simon

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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.