Students in the Bachelor of Education program are required to complete a specific number of credit units in at least two teaching areas that are aligned with Saskatchewan K-12 curriculum areas. Teaching Areas must be chosen from a defined set of subjects and courses. Your Teaching Areas will determine your course selection.

Teaching Areas can be found in the Course and Program Catalogue . Each program has a Teaching Area 1 List and a Teaching Area 2 List. View the Teaching Areas information at: 

• Early/Middle Years
• Secondary

To confirm your Teaching Areas are accurately reported, please consult your DegreeWorks profile in PAWS. 

To request a change in Teaching Areas, please email advising.education@usask.ca.

• Not all classes are offered every year, check the current list of Education Electives for the Upcoming Term (below).
• Some courses have pre-requisites
• For most courses, enrolment is limited to Education students.
• Some courses are available in Spring and Summer Session.
• Some courses are available by independent study.

The Class Search also has the most recent edition of classes available for each term.
For course descriptions, check the Course and Program Catalogue.

Term 1 Education Electives    *Be sure to check that you have the required prerequisites.

Title	CRN	Mode/Day/Time	Notes
ECUR 291 – Introduction to Teaching of English as Second Language	80609	WEB (asynchronous)	Pre-requisite:  Eng 110.6 or 6 credit units from Eng 111, 112, 113, 114, and 115.
ECUR 373 – Childrens Literature in the Primary Grades	89950	WEB (synchronous mtg Tues 5 – 8 pm)	Pre or co-requisites:  Students pursuing the B.Ed. Direct Entry program must complete EFDT 101.3, ECUR 163.3/164.3 or 165.3; EFDT 265.3 or ECUR 265.3, and EPSE 202.3
ECUR 415 – Current Issues in English as an Additional Language	86698	WEB	Pre or co-requisites:  Students pursuing the B.Ed. Direct Entry program must complete EFDT 101.3, ECUR 163.3/164.3 or 165.3; EFDT 265.3 or ECUR 265.3, and EPSE 202.3
ETAD 404 – Designing E-learning Environments for Education	88191	WEB(asynchronous)	Pre-requisites:  Students pursuing the B.Ed. Direct Entry program must complete EFDT 101.3, ECUR 163.3/164.3 or 165.3; EFDT 265.3 or ECUR 265.3, and EPSE 202.3

Term 2 Education Electives   *Be sure to check that you have the required prerequisites.

Title	CRN	Mode/Day/Time	Notes
ECUR 291 – Introduction to Teaching of English as Second Language	20761	WEB	Pre-requisite:  ENG 110.6 or 6 credit units from Eng 111, 112, 113, 114, and 115.
ECUR 349 – Methods in Middle Years and Secondary Drama	30567	On campus Tuesday  6 – 9 pm	Methods for Secondary Drama teaching area (TA);  Elective for other TA’s Pre or co-requisites:  Students pursuing the B.Ed. Direct Entry program must complete EFDT 101.3, ECUR 163.3/164.3 or 165.3; EFDT 265.3 or ECUR 265.3, and EPSE 202.3
ECUR 362 – Introduction to Principles and Practices of Second Language Teaching	29824	WEB (asynchronous)	Methods course for TA Modern Languages; Elective for other TA’s Note:  If English is your first language then at least 12 c.u. in a modern language other than English is required. Pre or co-requisites:  Students pursuing the B.Ed. Direct Entry program must complete EFDT 101.3, ECUR 163.3/164.3 or 165.3; EFDT 265.3 or ECUR 265.3, and EPSE 202.3
ECUR 415 – Current Issues in English as an Additional Language	25656	WEB (synchronous) Wednesday 7 – 10 pm	Pre or co-requisites:  Students pursuing the B.Ed. Direct Entry program must complete EFDT 101.3, ECUR 163.3/164.3 or 165.3; EFDT 265.3 or ECUR 265.3, and EPSE 202.3
EFDT 450 – Aboriginal Epistemology and Pedagogy	26515	On campus Thursday 6 – 9	Pre or co-requisites:  Students pursuing the B.Ed. Direct Entry program must complete EFDT 101.3, ECUR 163.3/164.3 or 165.3; EFDT 265.3 or ECUR 265.3, and EPSE 202.3
EFDT 486 – Queering our Schools and Communities	24014	Jan 27 & 28 Feb 10 & 11 Mar 10 & 11 Mar 31 & Apr 1 (Friday evening and all-day Saturday)	Pre or co-requisites:  Students pursuing the B.Ed. Direct Entry program must complete EFDT 101.3, ECUR 163.3/164.3 or 165.3; EFDT 265.3 or ECUR 265.3, and EPSE 202.3
EPSE 417 – Introduction to Counselling Psychology	27046	WEB	Pre or co-requisites:  EPSE 258, 302, 337, 390 or EDUC 202, or department approval Pre or co-requisites:  Students pursuing the B.Ed. Direct Entry program must complete EFDT 101.3, ECUR 163.3/164.3 or 165.3; EFDT 265.3 or ECUR 265.3, and EPSE 202.3  Note:  Students may not receive credit for both this course and PSY 257 in a B.Ed. program
ETAD 476 – Video Production for Education	23772	WEB	Pre or co-requisites:  Students pursuing the B.Ed. Direct Entry program must complete EFDT 101.3, ECUR 163.3/164.3 or 165.3; EFDT 265.3 or ECUR 265.3, and EPSE 202.3 Note: Students with credit for ECMM 402 may not take this course for credit.

2022 Spring/Summer Education Electives

*Be sure to check that you have the required prerequisites.

Title	CRN	Mode	Days	Times	Notes
ECUR 163 – Mathematical Content Knowledge for Teaching School Mathematics	41971	On-campus; Room EDUC 2014	May 16 – 30	Mon-Thurs 6 – 9:20 pm	· Early/Middle Years route students need to take one of ECUR 163 or 164.  If you have already completed ECUR 164, then you could take ECUR 163 as the one education elective needed. · Secondary route students could take ECUR 163 as an education elective.
ECUR 391 – Theory of Second Additional Language Learning and Methods of Skills Development	41942	WEB	May 9 – June 22		Pre-requisite:  ECUR 291
ECUR 393 – Advanced Methods in Teaching English as Second Language	61198	WEB	July 4 – Aug 16		Pre-requisite:  ECUR 391
ECUR 450 – Elementary Health Methods	61147	On-campus; Room EDUC 2010	July 4 – 22	Mon – Thurs 9 am  – 12:20 pm	· Early/Middle Years route students need to take one elementary methods elective.  ECUR 450 could also be used towards the one education elective needed. · Secondary route students could take ECUR 450 as an education elective.
EFDT 265 – Foundations for First Nations Metis and Inuit Teaching and Learning	41957	On-campus; Room EDUC 2014	June 2 – 22	Mon-Thurs 6 – 9:20 pm	Early/Middle/Secondary route students are required to take one of ECUR 265 or EFDT 265 for their program requirements.  If you have already completed ECUR 265, you could take EFDT 265 as an education elective.
EFDT 422 – Pedagogy of Intersecting Anti-Racist Education	61207	On-campus; Room EDUC 2009	July 4 – 22	Mon-Thurs 9 am – 12:20 pm	Pre-requisite:  Completion of the B.Ed. Extended Practicum; and EFDT 301; or permission of the instructor. Fill out the online pre-requisite waiver override form to request permission to take this course.
EPSE 414 – Exceptional Learners Classroom Implications	40429	WEB	May 9 – June 22		Pre- or Co-requisite:  EPSE 390
EPSE 441 – Introductory Statistics in Education	61209	WEB	July 4 – Aug 16		Pre-requisite:  EPSE 302 or EPSE 390; Note:  Students with credit for Comm 104, Plsc 214, Psy 233, Stat 242, 244, 245 or 246 cannot take this course for credit.
ETAD 404 – Designing E-learning Environments for Education	61205	WEB	July 4 – 22		Pre-requisite:  Students pursuing the B.Ed. Direct Entry Program must complete EFDT 101.3, ECUR 163.3 or 164.3 or 165.3, EPSE 202.3, and ECUR 265.3 or EFDT 265.3

 

Inquiry Project and Community Learning Field Experience 2022-2023 options:

TERM 1

EFDT 411 (01) – Instructor:  Karla Jessen Williamson
Tuesday 6:00 – 9:05 pm
Topic:  Spoken Words: Indigenous Oral Traditions and Knowledge

As a teacher candidate you are expected to develop an independent or interdependent inquiry on spoken words of Indigenous peoples and figure out how your learning of these is connected to your on-campus and field study experiences.  Your learning will be facilitated in developing understanding of approaches to questions you wish to address in regards to Indigenous oral traditions and knowledge.  You are encouraged to engage in deeper inquiry to develop positive attitudes towards oral traditions and story telling that come from Indigenous community.  Your inquiry involves how you would go about creating partnerships in education and develop skills related to Aboriginal community engagement and community-based learning.

TERM 2

EADM 411 (02)
Tuesday 1:00 – 3:50 pm
Instructor and Topic:  TBA

ECUR 411 (02) – Instructor:  Jenn Bergen
Wednesday 5:00 – 7:50 pm
Topic:  Community Engagement & Pedagogical Praxis

This course will engage teacher candidates in developing critical inquiry projects in partnership with community-based groups and organizations. Critical inquiry projects will focus on contributing to diverse solutions to a pressing social or educational issue, will be driven by community needs, and will integrate educational theory, academic research, and practical pedagogical experiences. In addition, teacher candidates will develop an understanding of the diverse range of interventions taking place regarding social justice issues in their community.

ECUR 411 (04) – Instructor:  Tracy Walker
Thursday 10:00 – 12:50 am
Topic:  Experiential Learning & Open Inquiry through the Scientific Process

This course is an experiential learning opportunity focused on inquiry within a science context. In this course you will pursue two concurrent inquiries. As professionals, you will reflect on pedagogical approaches to integrating learning through inquiry in your classroom practice, whatever your teaching areas are. As learners, you will design and conduct your own scientific experiment, possibly using equipment at Canada's only synchrotron, the Canadian Light Source. You will build theoretical knowledge and practical abilities through investigation and integration of learning theory, curricula, teaching approaches and strategies, assessment, information communication technologies and other topics, as they connect to inquiry-based teaching and learning and the scientific process, while considering your identity, practice, role and responsibilities as a teacher.  Your learning will be most meaningful if you take this course after you have completed your extended practicum.

EFDT 411 (02) – Instructor:  Dr. Lynn Lemisko
Thursday 1:00 – 3:50 pm
Topic:  Educating for Democracy:  How did we get here?  Where to from here?

It is important to consider how teaching and learning across the curriculum has shaped citizen understanding of democracy and nationhood.  To answer questions about ‘where to from here’, we need to understand past and present perspectives about education for democracy or ‘citizenship education,’ in order to ensure sound approaches for the future.  In particular, this course offers teacher candidates the opportunity to inquire into issues connected to educating for democracy using a historical approach to knowledge construction.  Seminars with engage teacher candidates in the use of historical document analysis methodologies, including the examination, interpretation and critique of both primary and secondary source material so that they can develop and conduct an independent or interdependent inquiry project to explore issues connected to educating for democracy across the curriculum using a historical lens.  Teacher candidates will complete an inquiry project examining citizenship education across the curriculum using a historical lens.  Teacher candidates will complete the inquiry project independently or in small groups.

EFDT 411 (86) – Instructor: Karla Jessen Williamson
Monday 1:00 – 3:50 pm
Topic:  Education for Reconciliation

In this course, teacher candidates learn about the meaning and purpose of reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and Canadian society and how the role of education can play a positive role.  Teacher candidates will cross-reference and integrate the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with curricular material in order to gain experience interpreting and shaping responsive education processes and outcomes.  Critical analysis of curricular and policy documents provide opportunities to engage teacher candidates with the existing legacy of residential school survivors and intergenerational effects of the residential school era.  The analysis process provides the foundation for inquiry-based learning, including pedagogical planning that involves relationality in adapting curriculum with particular emphasis on inclusion of content on Aboriginal concepts of social and ecological justice.  Through a series of guided activities, teacher candidates will practice the application of holistic approaches to learning and assessment based on Aboriginal peoples’ determination to sustain pedagogies, spirituality, knowledges, and language in educational contexts.

Reserved for ITEP students.  Permission would be required from ITEP to register in this course.  https://students.usask.ca/academics/registration/permission.php

EPSE 411 (02) – Instructor:  TBA
Friday 9:00 – 11:20 am
Topic:  Cyberbullying in Education
This course is designed to facilitate self-directed learning opportunities for students as they explore topics related to cyberbullying in education. Inquiry learning will be used by students to carry out individual and/or small group projects. Inquiries will be topics that students are most curious about that intersect with the topic of cyberbullying in education. 

• Admissions Committee Request Form
• Cameron Tkachuk Memorial Professional Development Fund Application Form
• Class Permit/Override*_{(e.g., late registration, audit registration, class restriction override, prerequisite and corequisite waiver)}
• Deferred Examination Request Form
• Permission to take 19-21 credit units
• Permission Request Form - Transfer Credit
• Student and Academic Affairs Committee Mandate and Membership
• Student Affairs and Academic Standards Committee Request/Referral Form
• Supplementary Exam Request Form
• Other Frequently Used Forms

_{*The Class Permit/Override form does not apply to:}

• _{Education Learning Communities (EDLC) Email ed_learningcommunities@usask.ca directly for permission.}
• _{Field Experiences (EDST and EXPR) Email education.fieldoffice@usask.ca directly for permission.}

Program requirements to complete the various Bachelor of Education program routes are available in the Education Student Resources channel in PAWS , the Course and Program Catalogue, and/or by consulting your DegreeWorks profile in PAWS.

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Undergraduate Programs Office
College of Education
(306) 966-7654
advising.education@usask.ca

Scholarships and bursaries are available to returning students continuing in an undergraduate program and new, first-time students entering an undergraduate program. In addition to the U of S awards listed on these pages, many external agencies offer scholarships and awards to students across Saskatchewan and Canada. These awards are not adminstered by the university.

• U of S Scholarship and Bursaries

With in-person events cancelled this year, we're virtually celebrating our students' academic achievements and the donor support that makes many of these awards possible.

• 2020-21 College of Education Award Recipients

With in-person events cancelled this year, we're virtually celebrating our students' academic achievements and the donor support that makes many of these awards possible.

• 2021-22 College of Education Award Recipients

We returned to an in-person event this year to celebrate the students' academic achievements and the donor support that makes these awards possible.

• 2022-23 College of Education Academic Award Recipients

There are three possible scenarios when applying for your Teacher Certificate:

1. Previous Degree and 48 Credit Units of Education Coursework (including Extended Practicum)

Apply to Graduate

Spring Convocation – The deadline to apply for Spring Convocation is March 31.
The College of Education will send official University of Saskatchewan transcripts to the Saskatchewan Professional Teachers Regulatory Board once your degree appears on your transcripts in June.  We do not send transcripts from other post-secondary institutions so please arrange to send those transcripts directly to the Saskatchewan Professional Teachers Regulatory Board.

Fall Convocation – The deadline to apply for Fall Convocation is August 31.
The College of Education will send official University of Saskatchewan transcripts to the Saskatchewan Professional Teachers Regulatory Board once your degree appears on your transcripts in October.  We do not send transcripts from other post-secondary institutions so please arrange to send those transcripts directly to the Saskatchewan Professional Teachers Regulatory Board. 

Remember to complete the Application to Graduate.

• Graduation Information

IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM SASKATCHEWAN PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS REGULATORY BOARD (SPTRB)

• Application Process and Tips
• Application form for Saskatchewan Teacher Certification

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