Course Offerings and Schedule
This Master of Education course based graduate program offers a suite of courses with a land-based focus. This focus includes intensive land-based field schools where students take graduate level courses framed within an Indigenous paradigm and taught primarily by Indigenous faculty.
Delivery - Course-Based Route
The land-based courses support and accommodate students who are unable to commit to long periods of study away from home. Students are required to live on-site for the duration of field schools (approximately 2 weeks each) so that contact hours with faculty, Indigenous communities and the land are maximized. Land-based field schools are supplemented with on campus or online courses.
Students are required to take a total of ten 3 credit unit courses plus three non-credit courses.
Suggested Course Sequencing
Land-based focus
July 27-July 29 On campus University of Saskatchewan
EFDT 990 Graduate student seminar (required non-credit course)
July 29- August 8 Opaskwayak Cree Nation
EFDT 479 Land based education
EFDT 845 Cross-cultural Research Methodologies
Fall 2018 Online
EFDT 870 Interdisciplinary Seminar in Education
GSR 960 Introduction to Ethics and Academic Integrity (required on-line non-credit seminar)
GSR 961 Ethics and Integrity in Human Research (required on-line non-credit seminar)
January 2- January 11, 2019 Kanaka Maoli Territory, Kingdom of Hawaii
EFDT 854 International Study Tour
Summer 2019 Location TBD
EFDT 816 Community Development Practice
EFDT 810 Indigenous Research Methodologies
Fall 2019 Online
EFDT 844 Theory and practice of Anti-Racist Education
Winter 2020 Online
EFDT 884 Life history as Education
Summer 2020 Canoe Excursion
EFDT 898 Capstone Course in Indigenous land-based Education
EFDT 898 Queering land-based Education
Note: Course sequencing and fees are subject to change.
Student Costs
University set tuition costs apply. Off-campus field schools have additional course fees to cover site accommodation, meals, venue and activity costs.
These costs are:
- On campus and Opaskwayak Cree Nation (Summer 2018) - $1,651.00
- Hawaii International Study Tour (January 2 - 11, 2019) - $3664.00
- Location TBD (Summer 2019) - $1651.00-1851.00
- Canoe Excursion (Summer 2020) - $1,651-$1851.00