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Course Requirements

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Diploma Completion Time Frame

If enrolled in the Diploma program, you have 5 years to complete all 30 required course credits. This 5-year time period is counted from the date of the first course started. For example, Winter 07, Term 1 is when you started your first course. Your completion date would be Winter 12, Term 1.

Registration Eligibility

You may take as many courses as you wish within a given term. If you skip a term, you need to notify TEO Admissions to have your registration eligibility re-activated when ready to start again.

Core Courses

If you are enrolled in the Diploma program, certain courses are Core Courses that are mandatory to fulfilling the Diploma. Each Diploma will list options for electives; in some cases, these are Approved Electives.

Elective Courses

Electives that are optional must be conceptually consistent with the topic of the Diploma specialization. Please contact a Program Coordinator in the Teacher Education Office before registering in elective courses. You are responsible for ensuring that the elective courses you choose are acceptable for your specialization.

Course Information

For course descriptions, course schedules and registration, please visit the UBC Student Services site. To accommodate working teachers, on-campus diploma courses are offered 4:30-7:30 in Winter Term 1 (Sept-Dec) and Term 2 (Jan-Apr), and Summer Term 1 (May) and in Summer (Term 2) in modules. Register for Winter Terms 1 & 2 in August before course seats fill up.

Distance Education Courses

Many courses for the Diploma and Certificate programs are offered through distance education modules. Information can be accessed through the External Programs & Learning Technologies Department.

Transfer Credit or Advanced Standing

Acceptable courses may be transferred into the Diploma in Education program when they meet these conditions:

• Courses are conceptually consistent with the topic area of your specialization. Please consult a Program Coordinator to establish their acceptability.
• A total of 18 UBC credits, or 12 non-UBC credits, if acceptable, may be advanced or transferred to the Diploma program.
• When courses have been taken prior to starting the Diploma, the 5-year time frame for the diploma will begin with the date of the first transferred course. If courses have been taken beyond 5 years prior to admission to the diploma, they will not be acceptable for transfer.
• You seek prior approval to take acceptable courses at another university, in which case a Letter of Permission (LOP) will be written by a Program Coordinator to the university where you will take the courses.
• Upon successful completion of courses taken outside UBC, you need to forward your official transcript to the Program Coordinator in TEO. Official transcripts may be sent directly to: TEO Program Coordinator, Faculty of Education, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
• When the Program Coordinator receives your official transcript, the credits will be transferred to your Diploma program and will be listed on your UBC transcript.

Program Costs

Tuition fees for the Diploma in Education may found on the UBC Student Services site: Tuition Fees for DEDU – Diploma in Education

Financial Assistance and Awards

Information regarding student finances and awards may be obtained from UBC’s Calendar.