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Education in Urban Environments

Posted on 17 August 2022

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113 Winters CollegeGradProgram@edu.yorku.cayorku.ca/edu/students/education-in-urban-environments/

The Graduate Diploma in Education in Urban Environments is designed to provide opportunities for graduate level study of theories and research in urban education. Included in the diploma’s programming are enriched experiences for teachers to continue to develop their expertise to meet the ongoing challenges of education in a cosmopolitan city. Diversities include class, race, citizenship status, sexual orientation, religion and language, among others. Coursework within the programs may explore current theories and practices about urban spaces, issues in urban community education, and the development of group and individual identities within urban landscapes.

The diploma takes up urban education as an area of study and: provides students with the critical analytic skills needed for teaching and learning in urban environments; develops students’ expertise for teaching and learning in a cosmopolitan city marked by multiple aspects of diversity; and deepens students’ analytic abilities to theorize the experiences of living and teaching in urban environments.

The graduate diploma is offered in two ways:

Concurrent (Option A): The requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Education in Urban Environments are completed concurrently with a master’s or doctoral degree. This is referred to as a “type 2” diploma.

Direct-entry (Option B): The Graduate Diploma in Education in Urban Environments can be completed as a stand-alone non-degree diploma. This is referred to as a “type 3” diploma.

Admission Requirements

Both concurrent (type 2) and direct-entry (type 3) graduate diploma candidates must apply to and be accepted as students in the Graduate Program in Education: Language, Culture and Teaching. Admission requirements are the same as for the MEd and PhD programs.

For application deadlines, please consult the Graduate Admissions website:
http://futurestudents.yorku.ca/graduate/programs/

Diploma Requirements

One three-credit course must be taken in addition to those required for the completion of an MEd or PhD.

MEd course-only students must complete 27 credits in total:

  • Education 5440 3.0: Education in Urban Contexts/Core course
  • three three-credit courses from the approved course list (below)
  • plus 15 additional graduate credits selected by the student, as required for the degree program

MEd major research project students must complete 21 credits in total:

  • Education 5440 3.0: Education in Urban Contexts/Core course
  • two three-credit courses from the approved course list (below)
  • plus 12 additional graduate credits selected by the student, as required for the degree program

MEd thesis students must complete 15 credits in total:

  • Education 5440 3.0: Education in Urban Contexts/Core course
  • two three-credit courses from the approved course list (below)
  • plus six additional graduate credits selected by the student, as required for the degree program

PhD dissertation students must complete 24 credits in total:

  • Education 5440 3.0: Education in Urban Contexts/Core course
  • two three-credit courses from the approved course list (below)
  • plus 15 additional graduate credits selected by the student, as required for the degree program

Students must write their major research paper, thesis or dissertation on a topic in Education in Urban Environments as approved by the Coordinator of the Graduate Diploma in Education in Urban Environments and their supervisor.

Approved Course List:

Education 5025 3.0: Cosmopolitanisms: Re-imagining Multiculturalism and the Question of Belonging
Education 5225 3.0: (De)Colonizing Research Methodologies
Education 5250 3.0: Practitioner Research
Education 5310 3.0: Literacy and Social Context
Education 5311 3.0: Language in the Cosmopolis: Theory and Method
Education 5383 3.0: Multilingual Education
Education 5402 3.0: Gender, Race and Class Relations in the History of Canadian Schooling
Education 5420 3.0: Race, Culture and Schooling
Education 5421 3.0: Discourses of Race and Racist Discourses
Education 5435 3.0: Youth and Cultural Experience
Education 5436 3.0: Transitions, Access and the Education of New Canadians
Education 5449 3.0: Adult and Community Education
Education 5462 3.0: Current Policy Issues in Ontario Schooling
Education 5463 3.0: Comparative Perspectives on Global Migration and Education
Education 5480 3.0: Families and Schools
Education 5615 3.0: Education and Social Justice in Postmodernity
Education 5720 3.0: Disability in Society
Education 6205 3.0: Ethnography of Education

Suggested courses from other graduate programs:

Communication & Culture 6114 3.0: Communication, Culture and the City
English 6570 6.0: Texts and Textual Cities
Environmental Studies 6133 3.0: Plurality and Planning
Film 5240 3.0: City as Cinema: Film and City Space
Geography 5350 3.0: Geographic Perspectives on Immigration, Ethnicity and Race In Modern Cities
Theatre 6315 3.0: Performing Arts in the City

With the permission of their advisor/supervisor, students may substitute up to one three-credit course relevant to Education in Urban Environments offered in graduate programs at York or other universities.

For more information, contact the Graduate Program in Education, 282 Winters College, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto,
Ontario, M3J 1P3. gradprogram@edu.yorku.ca.

Students must complete 12 credits in total:

  • Education 5440 3.0: Education in Urban Contexts/Core course
  • three three-credit courses from the approved course list (below)

Approved Course List:

Education 5025 3.0: Cosmopolitanisms: Re-imagining Multiculturalism and the Question of Belonging
Education 5225 3.0: (De)Colonizing Research Methodologies
Education 5250 3.0: Practitioner Research
Education 5310 3.0: Literacy and Social Context
Education 5311 3.0: Language in the Cosmopolis: Theory and Method
Education 5383 3.0: Multilingual Education
Education 5402 3.0: Gender, Race and Class Relations in the History of Canadian Schooling
Education 5420 3.0: Race, Culture and Schooling
Education 5421 3.0: Discourses of Race and Racist Discourses
Education 5435 3.0: Youth and Cultural Experience
Education 5436 3.0: Transitions, Access and the Education of New Canadians
Education 5449 3.0: Adult and Community Education
Education 5462 3.0: Current Policy Issues in Ontario Schooling
Education 5463 3.0: Comparative Perspectives on Global Migration and Education
Education 5480 3.0: Families and Schools
Education 5615 3.0: Education and Social Justice in Postmodernity
Education 5720 3.0: Disability in Society
Education 6205 3.0: Ethnography of Education

Suggested courses from other graduate programs:

Communication & Culture 6114 3.0: Communication, Culture and the City
English 6570 6.0: Texts and Textual Cities
Environmental Studies 6133 3.0: Plurality and Planning
Film 5240 3.0: City as Cinema: Film and City Space
Geography 5350 3.0: Geographic Perspectives on Immigration, Ethnicity and Race In Modern Cities
Theatre 6315 3.0: Performing Arts in the City

With the permission of their advisor/supervisor, students may substitute up to one three-credit course relevant to Education in
Urban Environments offered in graduate programs at York or other universities.

For more information, contact the Graduate Program in Education, 282 Winters College, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto,
Ontario, M3J 1P3. gradprogram@edu.yorku.ca.