Location | Email Address | Program Website |
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113 Winters College | GradProgram@edu.yorku.ca | yorku.ca/edu/students/language-and-literacy-education/ |
The Graduate Diploma in Language & Literacy Education invites students with an interest in language and literacy to explore what it means to develop citizens whose personal, economic, and intellectual lives are enhanced by advancing their skills in language and literacy.
Course thematics include:
- oral language in classrooms
- language and literacy in contexts
- second language and multilingual education
- language and literacy as practices
- language and literacy for specific groups of learners (e.g., young children, special populations)
- modalities and literacy
- children’s literature
- the processes of and teaching of reading and writing.
The graduate diploma is offered in two ways:
Concurrent (Option A): The requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Language & Literacy Education 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 Language & Literacy Education 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/.