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Graduate Diploma in Language & Literacy Education at York University

York University, Canada

Programme overview

The Graduate Diploma in Language and Literacy Education explores how advancing language and literacy skills enhances personal, economic and intellectual lives. It is offered concurrently with the MEd and PhD or as a stand-alone part-time diploma.

Faculty: Faculty of Education  |  Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

Themes include oral language in classrooms, language and literacy in contexts, second language and multilingual education, literacy practices, literacy for specific learner groups, modalities, children's literature, and the processes and teaching of reading and writing.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Concurrent option: applicants must be accepted to the MEd or PhD in the Faculty of Education's Graduate Program in Education: Language, Culture and Teaching; no separate diploma application is needed. Direct-entry stand-alone option: part-time only, with the same application requirements as the part-time Master of Education (MEd).

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.

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