M.Ed. Overview
Master of Education Program Overview
Enhance your teaching career or prepare to pursue an academic career.
Queen's University offers:
- full-time and part-time studies
- sense of community
- small classes
- research mentorships with graduate faculty
- attractive graduate student offices
- competitive funding for full-time students
Course work and research emphasize the application of knowledge to teaching and learning, and the development of students as professional leaders with a strong scholarly knowledge base.
Graduates of the M.Ed. program:
- pursue careers in a wide variety of professional settings
- return to teaching or positions of increased responsibility in school boards
- pursue doctoral studies intending a career in research or university teaching
- teach overseas
- teach in community colleges, museums, or correctional services
- take leadership positions in health sciences or government
M.Ed. Fields of Study
Applicants choose one field of study:
- Cognitive Studies — Examines the psychological foundations of human learning and development. The domain encompasses both the mental processes of the individual learner and the situated contexts of learning. It focuses on processes by which people learn to think, reason, solve problems, and make meanings.
- Cultural and Policy Studies — Examines, from a critical perspective, the implications of the social, cultural, philosophical, historical and political contexts for education, in its broadest sense, and for institutional policies and practices.
- Curriculum Studies — Includes the exploration of all aspects of curriculum, including the intended curriculum, the enacted curriculum, the learned curriculum, and the relationships among these constituents of curriculum.
Two degree patterns are available: six half-courses plus a thesis, or eight half-courses plus a project.
The minimum time for completion of the degree is 12 months of full-time study or 24 months of part-time study. Normally, full-time students complete the degree in 18 to 24 months. The degree requirements must be completed within five years of initial registration.
M.Ed. Admission — Faculty of Education, Queen's University
School of Graduate Studies and Research
For further details see the Education section of the School of Graduate Studies and Research calendar.