Social Studies Education (Combined BA/BEd) at University of Lethbridge

Programme overview

Pairs a Bachelor of Education with a social science major (Anthropology, Canadian Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science or Sociology), building subject knowledge and teaching methods.

What you will study

Social science courses in the chosen major plus education courses on teaching practice and curriculum.

Career pathways

Teaching, historic site administrator, alumni relations coordinator, education researcher, librarian, archivist, historian.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Combined degree: must meet the chosen major's admission requirements, GPA 2.0 for transfers; direct entry after at least 14 graded university courses (42 credit hours) for transfer students, otherwise via Pre-Education. After Degree: approved undergraduate degree with GPA 2.0, Education 2500, teaching subject major GPA 2.0. Deadlines: application February 1, documents March 1.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Undergraduate application deadlines are listed for the fall term and the winter term; the general application deadline for the fall term at the Lethbridge Campus is June 30, and the winter term application deadline at the Lethbridge Campus is November 1 (Calgary Campus: August 1 for fall, December 1 for winter).

Applications for the fall term open September 15 and winter term applications open January 15. Deadlines: fall term general deadline June 30 (Lethbridge Campus) and August 1 (Calgary Campus); international students June 15; Bachelor of Education (Combined, After Degrees and Early Years Education) February 1; Bachelor of Nursing and After-Degree March 1; Bachelor of Therapeutic Recreation March 15; Bachelor of Health Sciences June 1; Bachelor of Music June 15. The undergraduate application fee is $140, waived for Canadian Indigenous students; applications are submitted through ApplyAlberta.

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