Normally applicants for the B.Ed. program must have a senior year average of at least 70 . Consideration is also given to the applicant s performance throughout the entire undergraduate program. An applicant s teachables must include 18 credits in one specific subject or 18 credits in one of the subject fields. Candidates must have at least 12 credits in English in their first degree to be considered for admission to the program since the core of the elementary school curriculum is language arts. All candidates are required to have six credits in each of mathematics and science.
Developmental psychology is also a requirement for admission to the elementary program.
No more than 18 credits in sociology, anthropology and Mi kmaq studies can count as teachables. A minimum of 30 credits in the first degree must be in one acceptable subject for the first teachable. For the second teachable, students must have 18 credits in English, social studies, science, mathematics or diverse cultures, or 30 credits in physical education, French 7 or music 7 . 1 Secondary education applicants planning to teach English should have courses in Canadian, American, British, post-colonial, and Shakespearean literature. 2 Social studies applicants should have a concentration in history, human geography or political science, supplemented by courses from a range of social science disciplines.