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Graduate Certificate in Educational Research

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General Program Information

The Graduate Certificate (Interdisciplinary Studies) is the first credential in a three-stage, laddered pathway consisting of:

  1. Graduate Certificate

2. program

3. program

The Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Education are continuous programs with no scheduled breaks.


Students who complete the Graduate Certificate and the Graduate Diploma and who are subsequently accepted into the Master of Education program will be granted 24 units of laddering credit towards the Master’s degree. A direct entry into a 24-unit Graduate Diploma may be possible with the approval of Graduate Programs in Education.

Topics for the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma courses are designed in response to the professional community and therefore change year to year. For topics being offered and program delivery format for Graduate Certificates and Graduate Diplomas, please consult the Graduate Programs in Education website.


Students following the MEd Interdisciplinary laddered pathway must apply at each stage; first, to the Graduate Certificate, then to the Graduate Diploma and finally to the Master of Education, with no more than five years between each stage.


Online Graduate Programs

Graduate Programs in Education offers online graduate programs via the web and other multi-media components to local, regional, national, and international communities. Programs include the thesis-based Doctor of Education (EdD), course-based Master of Education (MEd), Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate. Topics within each of these are offered in direct response to the needs of working professionals in a variety of settings including administrators, program directors, and deans in colleges and institutes of technology.

Contact: gpe@ucalgary.ca or 403.220.5675 or toll free in Canada (877) 623-0292.


Location: Education Tower, Room 114

Program number: 403.220.5675

Toll free in Canada 877.623.0292

Fax: 403.282.3005

Email address: mailto:gpe@ucalgary.ca

Web page URL: http://werklund.ucalgary.ca/gpe/

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