One-session Honour Specialist Course
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(1) Where the dean of a college or faculty of education in Ontario reports to the Registrar that a candidate for an Honour Specialist qualification in a subject or subjects listed in Schedule E, (a) holds or is deemed to hold a certificate of qualification or an interim certificate of qualification and the candidate’s certificate of qualification has an entry showing qualifications in the primary division, the junior division, the intermediate division in general studies or the senior division in general studies; and (b) holds, (i) from an Ontario post-secondary educational institution, a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Bachelor of Science degree or a baccalaureate degree in an applied area of study, (A) that requires four years of post-secondary study, or the equivalent thereof, to a total of at least 120 post-secondary credits, and (B) in which the candidate has obtained at least second class or equivalent standing in the subject or subjects in which the candidate seeks an Honour Specialist qualification, including, in the case of two subjects, at least 84 post-secondary credits therein and not fewer than 36 post-secondary credits in each subject or, in the case of one subject, at least 54 post-secondary credits therein, or (ii) qualifications the College considers equivalent to the qualifications referred to in subclause (i); (c) submits evidence of at least two school years of successful teaching experience, including at least one school year of experience in Ontario in the subject or one or both of the subjects in which the Honours Specialist qualification is sought, certified by the appropriate supervisory officer and, if some of the experience was outside Ontario, by the appropriate supervisory official; and (d) has successfully completed subsequent to the experience referred to in clause (c) the accredited program for the Honour Specialist qualification in the subject or subjects referred to in sub-subclause (b) (i) (B), the Registrar may have entered upon the candidate’s certificate of qualification the Honour Specialist qualification in such subject or subjects referred to in sub-subclause (b) (i) (B). O. Reg. 184/97, s. 40 (1); O. Reg. 188/04, s. 21 (1-5); O. Reg. 130/05, s. 17 (1); O. Reg. 269/06, s. 17 (1). (2) A post-secondary credit that has been used to meet the requirements for an Honour Specialist qualification established by clause (1) (b) shall not be used to meet the requirements for another Honour Specialist qualification. O. Reg. 184/97, s. 40 (2); O. Reg. 188/04, s. 21 (6). (3) For the purpose of clause (1) (b), a post-secondary credit in Anthropology, Psychology or Sociology shall be deemed to be a post-secondary credit in Social Sciences. O. Reg. 184/97, s. 40 (3); O. Reg. 188/04, s. 21 (7); O. Reg. 342/07, s. 5 (1). (4) Where the dean of a college or faculty of education in Ontario reports to the Registrar that a candidate for the Honour Technological Education Specialist Qualification, (a) holds or is deemed to hold a certificate of qualification or an interim certificate of qualification; (b) has entries on his or her certificate of qualification indicating qualifications in at least, (i) three of the subjects listed in Schedule B including at least one for both Grades 9 and 10 and for Grades 11 and 12, (ii) four of the subjects listed in Schedule B for Grades 9 and 10 and an entry indicating the Specialist qualification in one of the subjects in Schedule D listed in subclause 34 (c) (iii), or (iii) two of the subjects in Schedule B for Grades 9 and 10 and the same two subjects for Grades 11 and 12; (c) submits evidence of at least two years of successful teaching experience, including at least one year of experience in Ontario in technological education, certified by the appropriate supervisory officer and, if some of the experience was outside Ontario, by the appropriate supervisory official; (d) holds a Secondary School Honour Graduation Diploma or an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or has successfully completed the equivalent of one year’s full-time study in a program in respect of which a Secondary School Graduation Diploma or its equivalent was required for admission; and (e) has successfully completed subsequent to the experience referred to in clause (c) the accredited program for the Honour Technological Education Specialist qualification, the Registrar may have entered upon the candidate’s certificate of qualification the Honour Technological Education Specialist qualification. O. Reg. 184/97, s. 40 (4); O. Reg. 188/04, s. 21 (8); O. Reg. 130/05, s. 17 (2); O. Reg. 269/06, s. 17 (2); O. Reg. 342/07, s. 5 (2, 3); O. Reg. 30/08, s. 6; O. Reg. 135/08, ss. 1, 6. (5) The entry on a candidate’s certificate of qualification indicating that he or she has completed successfully the first session of a three-session course leading to the Specialist qualification in Design and Technology or Computer Studies — Computer Technology is deemed to be equivalent to one entry for Grades 9 and 10 for the purposes of clause (4) (b). O. Reg. 184/97, s. 40 (5); O. Reg. 342/07, s. 5 (4).