Master of Arts (M.A.) Second Language Education (Thesis): Gender and Women's Studies (45 credits)

Program Requirements

Thesis Courses (24 credits)

• EDSL 666 Thesis Research 1 (6 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Education in Second Languages : Submission of a thesis proposal.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall, Winter

• EDSL 667 Thesis Research 2 (6 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Education in Second Languages : Presentation of thesis proposal.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall, Winter

• EDSL 668 Thesis Research 3 (6 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Education in Second Languages : Master's thesis.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall, Winter

• EDSL 669 Thesis Research 4 (6 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Education in Second Languages : Master's thesis.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall, Winter

Required Courses (15 credits)

• EDEM 690 Research Methods: Theory and Practice (3 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Overview of the epistemological foundations of a range of research methods, including but not limited to quantitative, philosophical, qualitative, arts-based, and mixed methods. Students will learn techniques to conduct research and to develop a research proposal.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall, Winter

  • **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.

• EDPE 575 Statistics for Practitioners (3 credits)

  Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Faculty of Education)

  Overview

  Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Understanding and interpreting basic statistical procedures used in basic and applied research, including graphs, measures of central tendency and variability, hypothesis testing, and correlations, t-tests, and basic ANOVA designs.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Prerequisite EDPE 602

• EDSL 623 Second Language Learning (3 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Education in Second Languages : Seminar in second language acquisition theory and research and their relevance to teaching a second language.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall

• EDSL 627 Instructed Second Language Acquisition Research (3 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Education in Second Languages : Seminar in second language classroom-centred research focusing on instructional procedures and practices in relationship to learning outcomes.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

• WMST 601 Feminist Theories and Methods (3 credits)

  Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Women's Studies : Examination of feminist theories and research methods from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Complementary Courses (6 credits)

3 credits selected from the following courses:

• EDEC 630 Ethnographic Approaches to Research (3 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Curriculum and Instruction : Ethnography as a qualitative research approach that allows researchers to conduct in-depth studies of complex social and cultural practices. Hands-on experience in ethnographic field work and practice ethnographic research methods are offered. Focus on history and application of a range of ethnographic approaches including traditional, critical, visual, activist, institutional, and collaborative ethnography.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EDSL 630.

• EDEM 609 Critical Perspectives in Educational Theory and Research (3 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Critical exploration of contemporary issues in educational theory and research, in terms of current scholarship in the field, current educational contexts, and various research paradigms. Educational issues as expressions of social, ethical, political, economic, epistemological and cultural reconfigurations. Students will learn to be critical consumers of educational theories and research.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall, Winter

  • **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.

• EDSL 617 Special Topics in Second Language Education (3 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Education in Second Languages : In-depth study of current topics in Second Language Education. (Content varies from year to year.)

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

• EDSL 620 Social Justice Issues in Second Language Education (3 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Education in Second Languages : An examination of social identity, non-dominant languages, and power relations among speakers, and their impact on the nature of second/additional language teaching, learning and use, from the perspective of critical applied linguistics. Topics range from the micro level of the individual to the macro level of language planning and policy-making.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

• EDSL 624 Educational Sociolinguistics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Education in Second Languages : Seminar in the social, cultural and political dimensions of English second language learning and teaching.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall

• EDSL 631 Second Language Curriculum (3 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Education in Second Languages : Research, theory and practice in curriculum development and teaching in second language education within contemporary frameworks.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

• EDSL 632 Second Language Literacy Development (3 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Education in Second Languages : Theory and research related to the teaching and learning of second language literacy. The orientation is on reading and writing as a socio-cognitive activity.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall

• EDSL 640 Language Awareness: Theory and Practice (3 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Education in Second Languages : Explores the concept of language awareness-learners’ and teachers’ explicit knowledge about and conscious perception of language in relation to its learning, teaching, and use. Will further outline possibilities for promoting learners’ language awareness in the L2 classroom.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EDSL 617 when topic was "Language Awareness: Theory and Practice".

• EDSL 651 Content-Based L2 Learning (3 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Education in Second Languages : Theoretical research underpinnings of learning a second language through content-based approaches and analysis of empirical studies undertaken in a wide range of immersion and other content-based L2 classrooms.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Winter

3 credits chosen from the following, must be either:

• WMST 602 Feminist Research Symposium (3 credits)

  Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Women's Studies : Discussion and development of participants' research in gender and women's studies.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Prerequisite: WMST 601.

  • Restriction: Must be enrolled in the Option in Gender and Women's Studies.

or one 3 credit course, at the 500, 600, or 700 level, on gender/women's issues (may be in the Department or outside).