Minimum Admission Requirements

• Applicants to the collaborative specialization must apply to and be admitted to both the collaborative specialization and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating graduate units.

• Applicants to the collaborative specialization must submit the following:

  • curriculum vitae (CV)

  • personal statement explaining how the plan of study and specific research interests relate to engineering education

  • letter of recommendation from a faculty member confirming their willingness to supervise and support the student’s research and outlining why the student would be well suited for the Engineering Education Collaborative Specialization.

Completion Requirements

Students must meet all respective degree requirements of the School of Graduate Studies, the participating home graduate unit, and the collaborative specialization. Collaborative specialization students must:

• Successfully complete a total of 1.0 full-course equivalent (FCE) as follows:

  • the core course TEP1204H Instructional Design in Engineering Education

  • an elective course in engineering education (0.5 FCE); see the elective course list.

• Participate continuously in a seminar series TEP1206Y Engineering Education Research Seminar — Doctoral Level beginning in Year 1; deliver a seminar on the research topic in Year 2; design and deliver one or more instructional workshops and make a final presentation on their research, both in the final year.

• Complete the thesis required by the home degree program with a focus on engineering education under the supervision of a collaborative specialization core faculty member.

• Complete the core course TEP1204H; students who have completed the course at the master’s level may substitute an elective course at the doctoral level from the elective list and with the approval of the collaborative specialization director.