Within the broad mandate of the University, York’s Faculty of Education offers innovative pre-service, professional development and graduate programs. The Faculty is distinguished by its commitment to exploring ways to address equity, social justice and environmental issues in all of its programs. The Faculty values collaboration and an interdisciplinary orientation to education within an academic framework of inquiry into the interrelatedness of language and culture, teaching and learning. These values are evidenced in our staffing model and in our programs. York’s pre-service, professional development and graduate programs are staffed by full-time tenure stream faculty, faculty seconded full-time from local school boards and faculty cross-appointed from other programs within the University.
A high school applicant or a university student in the process of completing their first or second year of university may be eligible for our three-year Concurrent Bachelor of Education degree, which can be pursued at the same time a student is also enrolled in an undergraduate degree at York University.
The Consecutive Bachelor of Education can be studied for one year on a full-time basis or three years on a part-time basis for anyone who already has a completed undergraduate degree.
An applicant to the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing post-baccalaureate diploma has successfully completed the Bachelor of Education degree and is interested in enhancing their initial teaching qualification.
Graduate programs in education are available to applicants with an undergraduate degree who are interested in research. Our graduate programs do not lead to teaching certification.
Students have the opportunity to study the philosophical and social foundations of education, professional rights and responsibilities, theories of communication and human development, planning, pedagogy, and curriculum development in a unique, interdisciplinary environment.