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2024 fall and 2025 winter program maps

What is a program map?

Program maps provide you with the required course names and course codes to ensure you are enrolled in the correct courses for your program.

If your program start date is 2024 fall, please see below for your program maps for 2024 fall and 2025 winter semesters.

What is an elective?

Electives are courses you can choose. If you have an elective option, the Faculty of Education provides an approved list after your program map.

Find your program

  • Bachelor of Education, Consecutive Program, Primary/Junior

    The following courses are required as part of your Bachelor of Education course completion:

    Fall 2024

    Semester 1 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title
    Fall  EDUC 1300U Foundations I: Planning and Preparation + Field Experience
    Fall  EDUC 1301U Learning and Development
    Fall  EDUC 1302U P/J Digital Literacies (Language Development and Digital Technology)

    Fall 

    EDUC 1330U P/J Mathematical Methods I
    Fall  EDUC 1315U The Arts Primary/Junior
    Fall  EDUC 1370U P/J Science & Technology Methods I

    Winter 2025

    Semester 2 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title
    Winter  EDUC 1305U Foundations II: Curriculum Theory & Practice + Field Experience
    Winter  EDUC 1306U P/J Digital Literacies/Social Studies II (Language Arts & Social Studies)
    Winter  EDUC 1340U P/J Mathematical Methods II
    Winter  EDUC 1308U P/J Mathematical Thinking and Doing
    Winter  EDUC 1314U P/J Health & Physical Education
    Winter  EDUC 1380U P/J Science & Technology Methods II

    Your academic advising office will be sending an email to first-year newly admitted students with additional information.

    Upper-year students

    Please follow the program map for your program that is specified in the current undergraduate calendar or for further clarification, please contact your Academic Advisor.

  • Bachelor of Education, Consecutive Program, Intermediate/Senior

    The following courses are required as part of your Bachelor of Education course completion:

    Fall 2024

    Semester 1 - 15 credit hours Course Course title
    Fall  CURS Curriculum Studies I
    Fall  CURS Curriculum Studies I
    Fall  EDUC 1300U Foundations I: Planning & Preparation + Field Experience
    Fall  EDUC 1301U Learning and Development
    Fall  EDUC 1309U I/S Digital Literacies and Information and Communication Technology

    Winter 2025

    Semester 2 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title
    Winter  CURS Curriculum Studies II
    Winter  CURS Curriculum Studies II
    Winter  EDUC 1305U Foundations II: Curriculum Theory & Practice + Field Experience
    Winter  EDUC 1310U I/S Mathematical Thinking and Doing
    Winter  EDUC 1311U I/S Coding and Communications

     *Curriculum Studies
    Students will complete two curriculum studies courses in semester two and three. Students must take one course per term in each of the teachable subject areas under which they were admitted.

    CURS 4100U and CURS 4101U I/S Biology
    CURS 4110U and CURS 4111U I/S English
    CURS 4140U and CURS 4141U I/S Mathematics
    CURS 4180U and CURS 4181U I/S General Science
    CURS 4301U and CURS 4302U I/S Chemistry/Physics
    CURS 4501U and CURS 4502U I/S History
    CURS 4503U and CURS 4504U I/S Health and Physical Education

    Your academic advising office will be sending an email to first-year newly admitted students with additional information.

    Upper-year students

    Please follow the program map for your program that is specified in the current undergraduate calendar or for further clarification, please contact your Academic Advisor.

  • Designing Adult Learning for the Digital Age (Diploma)

    If you are registering as a part-time or full-time student in this program, please contact the Academic Advisor for assistance with choosing your courses for registration.

  • Facilitating Adult Learning with Technology (Diploma)

    The following courses are required as part of your Facilitating Adult Learning with Technology (Diploma) course completion:

    Fall 2024

    Semester 1 - 9 credit hours Course Course title
    Fall  EDST 1000U Foundations of Learning
    Fall  EDST 2110U Assessment and Evaluation
    Fall  EDST 2140U Creating Digital Tools

    Winter 2025

    Semester 2 - 9 credit hours Course Course title
    Winter EDST 2150U Teaching to Facilitate Learning
    Winter  EDST 3000U Instructional Design
    Winter EDST  Educational Studies elective * (pick from list below)

    *Educational Studies electives are any courses offered by the Faculty of Education with an EDST subject code that are not listed above. Choose from the following courses for the winter term: 

    • EDST 2160U - Online Learning 
    • EDST 2170U - Designing Inclusive Learning Environments
    • EDST 2200U - Literature and Pedagogy
    • EDST 2410U - Foundations of Adult Learning
    • EDST 3170U - Developing Numeracy
    • EDST 3460U - Working with Clients and Partners
  • Educational Studies - All Specializations - Advanced Entry

    The courses listed below are recommended for your first year of study in the Advanced Entry Bachelor of Arts Educational Studies program with no specialization, Digital Technologies Specialization (DGTC), Early Childhood Studies Specialization (ECST), Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Specialization (EDI), Adult Learning with Technology Specialization (ALWT) and Special Education Specialization (SPED):

    All courses are required for program completion.

    Fall 2024

    Semester 1 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title
    Fall  EDST 1000U Foundations of Learning
    Fall  EDST 1130U Writing & Information Literacy in the Digital Age
    Fall  EDST 1230U Design Thinking & Visual Design for Educational Context
    Fall  EDST 2110U Assessment and Evaluation
    Fall 

    EDST 2500U

    OR

    EDST 2700U

    Foundations of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Education

     

    Foundations of Special Education

    Winter 2025

    Semester 2 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title
    Winter  EDST 1100U Problem and Inquiry Based Learning
    Winter  EDST 2140U Creating Digital Tools
    Winter  EDST 2150U Teaching to Facilitate Learning
    Winter  EDST  Educational Studies elective*
    Winter  EDST Educational Studies elective*
    • Students interested in the Special Education Specialization can register for EDST 2700U in the fall term and EDST 2500U for the winter term.

    • Students who want to declare a specialization can complete the Change of Specialization form.

    • * Educational Studies electives are any courses offered by the Faculty of Education with an EDST subject code that are not a Core course. Choose from the following courses for the winter term. Courses that can be counted toward a specialization are indicated with the specialization acronym. 

    Winter Term

    Course Title

    EDST 2160U

    Online Learning (DGTC)

    EDST 2170U

    Designing Inclusive Learning Environments (ECST & EDI)

    EDST 2200U

    Literature and Pedagogy

    EDST 2410U

    Foundations of Adult Learning (ALWT)

    EDST 3170U

    Developing Numeracy (ECST)

    EDST 3460U

    Working with Clients and Partners (ALWT)

    EDST 3710U

    Understanding the Diversity of Educational Needs (SPED)

    EDST 4150U

    Holistic Learning in Early Childhood (ECST)

    EDST 4530U

    Social Justice Issues (EDI)

    EDST 4700U

    Technology & Assistive Tools for Special Education  (SPED)

    Upper-year students

    Please follow the program map for your program that is specified in the current undergraduate calendar or for further clarification, please consult your Academic Advisor.
  • Educational Studies - First Year - All Specializations

    The following courses are recommended for your first year of study in the Bachelor of Arts Educational Studies program with no specialization, Digital Technologies Specialization, Early Childhood Studies Specialization, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Specialization and Adult Learning with Technology Specialization:

    Fall 2024

    Semester 1- 15 credit hours Course Course Title
    Fall  EDST 1000U Foundations of Learning
    Fall  EDST 1100U Problem and Inquiry-Based Learning
    Fall  EDST 1130U Writing & Information Literacy in the Digital Age
    Fall  Elective*
    Fall  Elective*

    Winter 2025

    Semester 2 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title
    Winter  EDST 1230U Design Thinking & Visual Design for Educational Contexts
    Winter  Elective* EDST 3999U - ST: Academic Success is recommended
    Winter  Elective*
    Winter  Elective*
    Winter  Elective*
    • If courses are full, please contact the firstyear.fed@ontariotechu.ca 
    • * Electives may be chosen at the 1000 level from any program area. Popular Social Science and Humanities electives may be found under subject codes: ALSU, COMM, CRMN, INDG, LBAT, LGLS, POSC, PSYC, SOCI, SSCI, and SUST.

    *** If you are in the Intermediate/Senior Concurrent Program, please email firstyear.fed@ontariotechu.ca for recommended teachable subject electives***

     


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For further information, please visit the Faculty of Education website or contact your Academic Advisor.