Curriculum and Instruction Open Concentration

Curriculum and Instruction Stream

The Curriculum and Instruction Stream is designed to support the professional and academic learning of practicing educators who are seeking advanced study in relation to all aspects of educational curriculum. The program aims to provide students with opportunities to explore the complexity of three main areas of curriculum: the planned curriculum, the enacted curriculum and the impact of this enacted curriculum upon learners (the curriculum as lived). The required core courses in the curriculum and instruction stream, curriculum theory, program development and principles of learning are designed to explore both the theoretical and practical elements of the planned, enacted and lived curriculum. 

First Summer:

534 Introduction to the Foundations of Education - 3 credits

505 Introduction to Educational Research - 3 credits 

Curriculum and Instruction Core classes to be taken prior to final research course:

527 Principles of Learning - 3 credits

532 Curriculum Theory - 3 credits

536 Program Development - 3 credits

Final Research Course (prior to July 2025):

507 Qualitative Research Methods in Education - 3 Credits (Thesis students) 
or        
508 Critical Research Literacy in Education - 3 Credits (Project students only after July 2025)

Electives: see course-based, project-based or thesis routes below.

COURSE-BASED, PROJECT OR THESIS

Master of Education degrees in Educational Administration and Policy, and Curriculum and Instruction are available through the following routes:

Project and Thesis students may be required to take one additional course: EDUC 593.

Electives are to be selected from the graduate courses offered in education. No substitution or transfer of credit will normally be allowed in core courses.