Intermediate/Senior Division Program
The Intermediate/Senior division prepares the candidate to teach from Grade 7 to 12 with specific preparation in two teaching subjects. Candidates must have at least five full undergraduate courses (30 credits) in the first teaching subject selected and at least three full undergraduate courses (18 credits) in the second teaching subject.
Foundations:
- EDUC 4306 Education and Schooling (Intermediate/Senior)
- EDUC 4307 Educational Psychology and Special Education (Intermediate/Senior)
Curriculum:
- EDUC 4315 Curriculum Methods (Intermediate/Senior)
- EDUC 4325 Curriculum Development and Evaluation (Intermediate/Senior)
Two subject pairings of the following electives are required for students registering in the Intermediate/Senior Division.
Intermediate Electives + Senior Electives
- EDUC 4436 French (Second Language) + EDUC 4437 French (Second Language)
- EDUC 4466 Mathematics + EDUC 4467 Mathematics
- EDUC 4516 Music-Instrumental + EDUC 4517 Music-Instrumental
- EDUC 4416 Computer Science + EDUC 4417 Computer Science
- EDUC 4456 History + EDUC 4457 History
- EDUC 4486 Science I + EDUC 4537 Science-Chemistry
- EDUC 4486 Science I + EDUC 4506 Science-Physics
- EDUC 4486 Science I + EDUC 4487 Science-Biology
- EDUC 4406 English (First Language) + EDUC 4407 English (First Language)
- EDUC 4446 Geography + EDUC 4447 Geography
- EDUC 4476 Health & Physical Education + EDUC 4477 Health & Physical Education
- EDUC 4426 Business Studies: Accounting + EDUC 4427 Business Studies: Accounting
- EDUC 4316 Business Studies: Information Management + EDUC 4317 Business Studies: Information Management
- EDUC 4486 Religious Studies + EDUC 4487 Religious Studies
- EDUC 4496 Visual Arts + EDUC 4497 Visual Arts
Practicum:
Option Courses
The Faculty of Education offers to interested students the following option courses. These courses can taken concurrently with the one-year program and are in addition to it. Please note that not all courses are offered each year.
- EDUC 4683 Mental Health Issues in School Populations
- EDUC 4706 Kindergarten: Curriculum Theory and Practice
- EDUC 4707 Music Education through Technology
- EDUC 4806 ESL Across the Curriculum
- EDUC 4807 International Teaching
- EDUC 4816 Application of Multimedia Technology in Education
- EDUC 4826 Exclusion to Inclusion: Imagination and Creativity in the 21st Century Classroom
- EDUC 4836 Teaching in French Immersion
- EDUC 4916 Outdoor and Experiential Education
- EDUC 4986 Education of Native Canadians
Students may also choose to take the following option:
- EDUC 1526E Religious Education in the Roman Catholic Separate Schools
Students intending to teach in the Separate School Boards should be aware that preference in hiring will be given to students with a pre-service Religious Education course.
Electives
Each student in the Intermediate/Senior Division must choose two pairs of teaching electives from the following teaching subjects listed in Schedule A (Ontario Regulation 184/97). The teaching electives chosen must be paired (example: if EDUC 4496 Visual Arts (Intermediate) is chosen, then it must be paired with EDUC 4497 Visual Arts (Senior) as the first elective; if EDUC 4466 Mathematics (Intermediate) is chosen then it must be paired with EDUC 4467 Mathematics (Senior) as the second elective.)
One of the two teaching electives must be supported by a minimum of 30 credits (five full undergraduate courses) and the other teachable by a minimum of 18 credits (three full undergraduate courses) in their respective disciplines.
- EDUC 4316 Business Studies: Information Management (Intermediate)
- EDUC 4317 Business Studies: Information Management (Senior)
- EDUC 4406 English (First Language) (Intermediate)
- EDUC 4407 English (First Language) (Senior)
- EDUC 4416 Computer Science (Intermediate)
- EDUC 4417 Computer Science (Senior)
- EDUC 4426 Business Studies: Accounting (Intermediate)
- EDUC 4427 Business Studies: Accounting (Senior)
- EDUC 4436 French (Second Language) (Intermediate)
- EDUC 4437 French (Second Language) (Senior)
- EDUC 4446 Geography (Intermediate)
- EDUC 4447 Geography (Senior)
- EDUC 4456 History (Intermediate)
- EDUC 4457 History (Senior)
- EDUC 4466 Mathematics (Intermediate)
- EDUC 4467 Mathematics (Senior)
- EDUC 4476 Health and Physical Education (Intermediate)
- EDUC 4477 Health and Physical Education (Senior)
- EDUC 4486 Science I (Intermediate)
- EDUC 4487 Science - Biology (Senior)
- EDUC 4496 Visual Arts (Intermediate)
- EDUC 4497 Visual Arts (Senior)
- EDUC 4506 Science - Physics (Senior)
- EDUC 4516 Music - Instrumental (Intermediate)
- EDUC 4517 Music - Instrumental (Senior)
- EDUC 4537 Science - Chemistry (Senior)
- EDUC 4586 Religious Studies (Intermediate)
Note:
Students who wish to take a combination of two sciences (eg EDUC 4487 Science-Biology (Senior) and EDUC 4537 Science-Chemistry (Senior) will be paired with EDUC 4486 Science I and EDUC 4596 Science II.
Please note that this teaching subject prepares teachers of Religious Education in Roman Catholic schools. Roman Catholic Boards of Education require that student teachers be of the Catholic faith.
The Faculty of Education offers a one-year consecutive program leading to a Bachelor of Education degree. This program meets the requirements of the Ontario College of Teachers for teacher certification.
