Frequently Asked Questions

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Find answers to your questions about our Graduate Certificates, Master of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Master of Education in Health Professions Education and PhD in Education, offered through the Jane and Ron Graham Centre for SoTL.

The M.SoTL, M.Ed. in HPE, PhD in Education, and Graduate Certificate programs all begin each year in September.

Master's and Graduate Certificate in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) - You do not need to have a background in Education to complete a graduate program in SoTL. Your background can come from any discipline. You do need to have a four-year bachelor's degree and teaching experience or equivalent experience in a non-formal or training environment.  Refer to the admission requirements for more details.

Health Professions Education - You should have a background in a health professions field to apply for the Health Professions Education programs. Refer to the admission requirements for more details.

PhD - You need a master's degree in any discipline to apply to the PhD in Education (SoTL) Focus.  Refer to admission requirements for more details.

If you did not complete at least three years of full-time study at a fully english speaking institution then you will be required to provide a language test.  Refer to the English language proficiency requirements for more details.  Once you have applied and provided all the required supplementary documents we will be able to confirm if a language proficiency test is required.

Master of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning- No. You can start in the MSoTL thesis program and within the first year you will work with the Director to identify a potential supervisor.

PhD - No. You can start in the PhD in Education (SoTL Focus) without a supervisor.  We will work with you in the first year to identify a potential supervisor.

In some cases students are not able to provide two academic references.  In this instance you can provide one academic reference and two professional references.  The academic reference needs to be someone who can speak to your potential abilities as a student (i.e. maybe you have presented at a conference and someone can speak to your presentation abilities).

All our graduate certificate programs are 100% online. 

The Master's in SoTL program can be completed 100% online, or a student can choose to take some on campus electives. 

The Masters in Education in Health Professions Education courses are 100% online.

The PhD in Education program can be completed 100% online, but a student can be on campus working with their supervisor on their dissertation.

You can complete either of our graduate certificates in one year (September-July) or you can take one course per term and complete it over four terms.

The masters program can be completed in two years full-time or three years part-time.

The Master of Education in Health Professions Education can be completed in two years full-time or three years part-time.

The PhD in Education (SoTL Focus) can be completed in four years, up to a maximum of six years.

Yes.  You can apply and start in the Graduate Certificate in the Schoalrship of Teaching and Learning, and after at least two courses you can request to transfer to the Master of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning program (must have an overall GPA of 70%).  This request will be reviewed by the Grad Chair to determine if you are eligible.

Yes.  We invite all graduate students to contact our office, sotl@usask.ca, to find out how they can register and complete a SoTL course as an elective in their current graduate program.

Graduate Certificate in SoTL-Students will complete 12cu for the graduate certificate program.

Master of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning-Students will complete 21cu of coursework plus completion of thesis. 

Health Professions Education-Students will complete 30cu of coursework.

PhD in Education-Students will complete 15cu of coursework plus copmletion of a dissertation.