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Postsecondary Education: Community, Culture & Policy

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Graduate Diplomas
February 15, 2025

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Students with an interest in the study of universities, colleges, adult and community-based education will deepen their knowledge of and research expertise in these areas. Course themes include the history and philosophy of postsecondary education; the student experience; adult and community education; the internationalization of higher education and much more.

Options

  • Concurrent (Option A): The requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Postsecondary Education: Community, Culture and Policy are completed concurrently with a Master’s or Doctoral degree.
  • Direct-entry (Option B): The Graduate Diploma inPostsecondary Education: Community, Culture and Policy can be completed as a stand-alone non-degree diploma.

Eligibility:
In order to be eligible to take the Diploma concurrently with a degree, candidates must first be admitted to the Graduate Program in Education.

In order to be eligible for the Direct Entry (stand-alone diploma), candidates must be admissible to the Graduate Program in Education.

More Information:

Diploma Structure

Course only MEd

Degree + Diploma = 27 Credits*, including:

  • Diploma core course (3.0)
  • 3 courses from approved course list (9.0)
  • Elective credits (15.0)

PMEd with MRP

Degree + Diploma = 21 credits* + MRP including:

  • Diploma core course (3.0)
  • 2 courses from approved course list (6.0)
  • Elective credits (12.0)
  • MRP must address diploma topic

MEd with Thesis

Degree + Diploma = 15 Credits* + thesis including:

  • Diploma core course (3.0)
  • 2 courses from approved course list (6.0)
  • Elective credits (6.0 credits)
  • Thesis must address diploma topic

PhD with Dissertation

Degree + Diploma = 24 credits* + dissertation including:

  • Diploma core course (3.0)
  • 2 courses from approved course list (6.0)
  • Elective credits (15.0)**
  • Dissertation must address diploma topic

*Includes 1 extra course (3.0) beyond MEd or PhD degree requirements
**Includes Doctoral Seminar (EDUC 5100

Direct Entry (Stand-Alone Diploma)

Diploma = 12 Credits including:

  • Diploma core course (3.0)
  • 3 courses (9.0) from approved course list
  • Must be completed on a part-time basis

Courses

Courses may be offered in an online, blended or face-to-face format. Course format may vary in each academic year. The nature of blended courses is at the discretion of each faculty member who is teaching.

* Note: For methodology courses and courses not focused exclusively on higher education, students are required to focus their assignments and final papers on higher education issues to get credit applied to the PSE diploma. For any questions, please contact the PSE Diploma Coordinator.

View the Graduate Diploma Checklist for course information.

Note for graduate diplomas taken concurrently with degrees (Type 2): Following Senate guidelines, courses taken in fulfilment of degree requirements may count towards the graduate diploma, but some part of the graduate diploma requirements shall be additional to degree requirements. All the requirements for the degree as well as for the graduate diploma must be fulfilled before the graduate diploma is awarded. Normally, the graduate diploma will be awarded at the convocation at which the degree is awarded.

Note: Courses that are counted toward one Graduate Diploma cannot be double-counted towards an additional, separate Graduate Diploma. Students can take a maximum of two graduate diplomas concurrently with a degree program.

Note: Students completing this a Graduate Diploma in a direct-entry, stand-alone model (Option B) are not eligible for student funding. For more information, contact the Graduate Program in Education gradprogram@edu.yorku.ca

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