About Us

The Department of Secondary Education offers an extensive array of courses and programs in both undergraduate and graduate studies.

The Undergraduate Secondary Route Teacher Education Program prepares students to be teacher specialists in each of the subject areas represented in the secondary schools of the Province of Alberta. The program may be pursued in a four-year Bachelor of Education degree or a two-year Bachelor of Education (After Degree) format. See Undergraduate Program.

We also offer a post-baccalaureate Diploma. See Diploma Program.

The Department offers both masters and doctoral programs. Graduate studies may be pursued with a subject area focus, as a teacher education inquiry, or with a curriculum/pedagogical studies orientation.  See Graduate Program.

The Department has a strong research focus in a variety of fields in curriculum studies and teacher education. Department members have a number of funded research projects. Research centres located within the Department include the Curriculum and Pedagogy International Network and the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education.