A diploma requires a minimum of 30 senior credits of core and elective courses. All courses can be completed in one year of full-time study or part-time over 5 years. Teachers who work full-time, will find many classes are scheduled between 4:30p.m. - 7:30p.m. during the fall, winter and summer sessions and by distance education. There is no limit to the number of distance education courses taken to fulfill the specified requirements.

How to calculate the five-year time limit

Only courses completed within a five-year time span may carry credits towards a diploma. Please note the complexity of determining when the clock starts ticking. It may begin before you actually enroll in the Diploma in Education.

This means that if you are given permission to include a course or courses taken prior to entry into the Diploma in Education, the five-year time limitation starts from the date of commencement of the earliest course. For example, if you enrolled in the Diploma in 2000 and took your first course in July of that year, you would have until June 30, 2005 to complete the Diploma. However, if you enrolled in the Diploma in 2000 and have two earlier courses which can be included in the Diploma, one taken in winter 1999 and the other in the summer of 1998, your completion date is winter 2003.