Graduate Studies
Educational Leadership, Post-Secondary M.Ed.
This program leads to the Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree and is intended for current or prospective leaders engaged in the post-secondary system.
- Grounded in research, theory, and practice
- Focuses on the study of leadership in various practical educational settings.
- Encourages students to view issues and problems they encounter in their workplace in deeper, more complex and educative ways.
- Relates scholarly and humanistic questions and concepts to professional knowledge of ethics, administrative processes, policy, and leadership.
Location: SFU Surrey
Start Term: Fall 2011
End Term: Summer 2013
Apply by: March 15, 2011
Tuition: $2,636.40/term
Contacts
Faculty Sponsor
Esther Dignos
Admissions & Course Registration
778-782-8120
The M.Ed. is awarded to students who demonstrate:
- The systematic acquisition and interpretation of a significant body of knowledge necessary for advanced professional practice.
- A detailed understanding of applicable methods for research and advanced academic enquiry.
- The ability to conceptualize, design and implement a research program for the generation of new knowledge that will satisfy the highest standards of academic and professional review.
This program extends over six terms, beginning in Fall 2011 and concluding in Summer 2013. The Master of Education degree in Educational Leadership is awarded following the completion of a series of six courses and a culminating Comprehensive Examination.
Students complete:
| EDUC 806-5 |
Selected Problems in Higher Education |
This course is determined in context with the program.
| EDUC 904-5 |
Fieldwork III |
The Faculty Sponsor will provide further information regarding the Fieldwork course.
| EDUC 813-5 |
Organizational Theory and Analyses |
This course critically examines organizations in which educational leaders work from different theoretical perspectives and in light of research evidence. It also critiques several past and current reform initiatives, and explores specific topics in-depth. A central and pervasive question of the course concerns organizational purposes, especially with respect to learning, and how these purposes are served by organizational structures and processes.
| EDUC 817-5 |
Policy Processes |
This course examines three interrelated aspects of policy studies as a critical function of the educational leadership role: conceptual and theoretical foundations concerning policy, policy actors, and policy processes; current research in the field; and topical issues and problems. It also considers social, economic and political contexts (e.g. technologization, corporatization, pluralism) and how they affect education.
| EDUC 818-5 |
Leadership Studies |
This course examines three interrelated aspects of educational leadership studies of conceptual and theoretical foundations, with a particular emphasis on ethics of leadership; current research in the field, including feminist and cultural critiques; and topical issues and problems of leadership practice. Considerations of leadership character and role, power and authority in organizational relationships, and organizational goal achievement are central to the course.
| EDUC 864-5 |
Research Designs in Education |
Designing and interpreting research about education. Introduction to survey techniques, correlational designs, classic experimental and evaluation designs for investigating causal relations, case study methods, interpretive approaches to research. Students with credit for EDUC 814 may not take this course for further credit.
| EDUC 883-5 |
M.Ed. Comprehensive Examination |
The examination is graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.
Faculty Sponsor
Faculty Sponsor
Contact Dr. Nilson for academic inquiries regarding this program.
Admission Information
Program Prerequisites:
Applicants must meet SFU master's admission requirements.
- A bachelor's degree with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0/4.33 (B), or a grade point average of at least 3.33/4.33 (B+) based on the last 60 credits of undergraduate courses from a recognized university, or the equivalent. In exceptional cases, where the applicant has followed an alternate educational path that the applicant has extensive experience in an educational or professional setting.
- Submitted evidence that the applicant is capable of undertaking advanced work in the area of interest. This is usually judged from letters of reference from qualified referees and an academic writing sample.
- Several years of exemplary and varied educational and professional experience, preferably in the area of interest. Of particular value will be evidence that the candidate manifests an interest in the study of the human mind in its cultural and historical contexts.
Students whose native language is not English may be required to satisfy the University and the graduate program committee as to their capability in English (i.e. TOEFL / IELTS scores). Academic equivalency by country.
Program Format:
The Master of of Education (MEd) program is designed for practicing educators in the post-secondary system. This two-year degree in Educational Leadership, offers the opportunity to obtain a high quality Masters degree in your local community through a schedule geared to the working professional.
- Focused on improvement of practice through the study of educational theory, philosophy and practice.
- The program is co-designed so as to flexibly accommodate the demanding lifestyles and schedules of today's educational professionals.
- Cohort-based with seven 5-unit courses over six terms.
- Classes meet every second weekend on Friday evening and Saturdays at the program location.
Program Fees:
Tuition $2,636.40/term
Other Fees
Recreation/Athletics $34.15
Student Activity $63.25
Student Services $40.99
Graduation(first 3 terms) $12.00
Universal Transit Pass $140.00
Extended Health/Dental – for information please go to www.ihaveaplan.ca. If students have existing extended health and dental coverage, an opt out process is required if no further coverage is wanted.
On leave information (per term students)
On leave fees (special fees)
Fees are subject to change annually. Please refer to the SFU Calendar for further information.
http://students.sfu.ca/calendar/student-info/grad-tuition-fees.html
Admissions Contacts:
For admissions/course registration, contact Esther Dignos (edignos@sfu.ca; 778-782-8120). If Esther is unavailable, contact other staff in the Surrey Graduate Programs office.
Information about financial support is available from the Dean of Graduate Studies Office.
Additional information can be found on our Frequently Asked Questions page as well as in the Student Calendar.
