3.1.6 Werklund School of Education - Honours Admission
Continuing Werklund School of Education Bachelor of Education students pursuing any pathway may apply for the Honours program.
Applicants must submit a Change of Program request. A supplementary application package will be sent to Change of Program applicants by Undergraduate Programs in Education. For details, including deadlines for submitting the Change of Program and supplementary package, see: werklund.ucalgary.ca/undergraduate-programs/current-students/honours-program. Admission into the program will be for the subsequent Spring Term.
Prior to application, students should review when Honours coursework takes place, as is detailed in Program Requirements.
Students should also be aware that due to the composition of their degree requirements, completing the Honours Program may require that they take more than the minimum-mandated units required of their pathway.
Students in the Four-Year or Concurrent programs may want to consider utilizing open options, or elective requirements, to fulfill the 9 units mandated for completion of the Honours program as detailed in Program Requirements. Students who complete all electives by their eligible term of application, or Concurrent students whose co-degrees may not contain enough open option coursework, will have up to 9 units of elective coursework made extra to degree upon graduation. Students who choose to postpone elective requirements, and are unsuccessful in gaining admission to the Honours program, must complete any remaining courses in the Spring and Summer Terms prior to entering their 500-level Education (EDUC) courses.
After-Degree students should be aware that their degree contains no elective requirements, and as such, participation in the Honours program will go over the 60 units ordinarily required of their degree.
Admission Requirements
Applicants to the BEd (Honours) program must meet the following criteria:
Be in the process of completing, or have completed, all 400-level Education (EDUC) coursework
Have completed all other mandated coursework, aside from the 500-level Education (EDUC) courses or open options in the Four-Year and Concurrent pathways, as is detailed in Application, above
Present a minimum 3.30 GPA based on up to the 30 most recently completed units up to the Fall Term preceding desired intake into the Honours Program
If admitted, have maintained a 3.30 GPA in the Winter Term immediately preceding the Honours Program intake term
Present a minimum grade of "B", or 3.00 GPA, in all 400-level Education (EDUC) coursework
In addition to meeting the minimum grade point averages, applications are evaluated on the basis of the documents submitted in the supplementary application package
Meeting the minimum requirements is not a guarantee for admission. The faculty reserves the right to limit the number of students admitted into the BEd (Honours) program. Students on academic probation are not eligible for the BEd (Honours program).