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Postsecondary Education: Community, Culture & Policy

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The Graduate Diploma in Postsecondary Education: Community, Culture and Policy invites students with an interest in the study of universities, colleges, adult and community-based education to deepen their knowledge of and research expertise in these areas.
Course themes include:

  • the history and philosophy of postsecondary education;
  • student transitions from schooling to college, university and the world of employment;
  • access, equity and the education of new Canadians;
  • the student experience;
  • disabilities and postsecondary education;
  • adult and community education;
  • gender and postsecondary education;
  • the political, economic and legal dimensions of university and college life;
  • professionalization; the scholarship and practice of teaching and learning;
  • the scholarship and practice of teaching and learning; and,
  • the internationalization of higher education.

The graduate diploma is offered in two ways:

Concurrent (Option A): The requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Post-Secondary Education: Community, Culture & Policy 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 Post-Secondary Education: Community, Culture & Policy 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 5412 3.0: Changing Currents in Postsecondary Education/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 5412 3.0: Changing Currents in Postsecondary Education/Core course
  • two half-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 5412 3.0: Changing Currents in Postsecondary Education/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 5412 3.0: Changing Currents in Postsecondary Education/Core course
  • two three-credit courses from the approved course list (below)
  • plus 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 Postsecondary Education: Community, Culture and Policy as approved by the Graduate Diploma Coordinator of Postsecondary Education: Community, Culture and Policy and their supervisor.

Approved course list:

Education 5205 3.0: Policy Research in Education
Education 5230 3.0: Textual Analysis in Education
Education 5409 3.0: Policy Issues in Postsecondary Education
Education 5410 3.0: History of Higher Education in Canada
Education 5416 3.0: Globalisation and Comparative Higher Education
Education 5417 3.0: Internationalization of Higher Education
Education 5436 3.0: Transitions, Access, and the Education of New Canadians
Education 5449 3.0: Adult and Community Education
Education 5451 3.0: Women in Higher Education
Education 5455 3.0: Students Experiences and Outcomes in Colleges and Universities
Education 5461 3.0: Sociology of Professional Education
Education 5715 3.0: Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education
Education 5860 3.0: Issues in Digital Technology in Education
Education 5930 3.0: Engaged Scholarship: Using Knowledge Mobilization to Bridge the Gap Between Academia, Policy and Practice

With the permission of their advisor/supervisor, students may substitute up to one three-credit course relevant to Postsecondary Education: Community, Culture and Policy 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 5412 3.0: Changing Currents in Postsecondary Education/Core course
  • three three-credit courses from the approved course list (below)

Approved course list:

Education 5205 3.0: Policy Research in Education
Education 5230 3.0: Textual Analysis in Education
Education 5409 3.0: Policy Issues in Postsecondary Education
Education 5410 3.0: History of Higher Education in Canada
Education 5416 3.0: Globalisation and Comparative Higher Education
Education 5417 3.0: Internationalization of Higher Education
Education 5436 3.0: Transitions, Access, and the Education of New Canadians
Education 5449 3.0: Adult and Community Education
Education 5451 3.0: Women in Higher Education
Education 5455 3.0: Students Experiences and Outcomes in Colleges and Universities
Education 5461 3.0: Sociology of Professional Education
Education 5715 3.0: Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education
Education 5860 3.0: Issues in Digital Technology in Education
Education 5930 3.0: Engaged Scholarship: Using Knowledge Mobilization to Bridge the Gap Between Academia, Policy and Practice

With the permission of their advisor/supervisor, students may substitute up to one three-credit course relevant to Postsecondary Education: Community, Culture and Policy 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.