About the B.A.(Education) Program and Internship
The B.A.(Education) – Major in Education in Global Contexts in the Faculty of Education is a three-year undergraduate program that explores teaching and learning beyond the classroom and enables students to explore the growing landscape of diversification in education emerging in a variety of career sectors.
Students learn fundamentals in sociology, psychology, Indigenous perspectives, leadership studies, history, philosophy, and public policy before being placed in a non-profit, business, or government workplace settings to fulfill a mandatory 150-hour internship between May to late August or—starting in 2025—January to late April.
Students are available to work in the following sectors:
- Non-profit
- Government
- Non-Governmental Organizations
- Social Enterprise
- Business
Students further their interdisciplinary scholarship by completing Minors, including:
- Educational Psychology
- International Development
- Management
Core courses in the B.A.(Education) Major include:
- Global Education & Social Justice
- Effective Communication
- Indigenous Education
- Media, Learning, and Digital Youth Cultures
- Professional & Research Seminar
- Program Design & Evaluation
- Internship
- Critical Research Inquiry (taken the Fall semester after the internship)
- Internship Capstone (taken the Winter semester after the internship)