Western Education's MA | Field of Curriculum Studies

The MA in Education Studies in the field of Curriculum Studies offers you an opportunity to engage with top-tier researchers and academics. Many graduates of the program have gone on to hold important roles in various sectors of education at provincial, national, and international levels, and to engage in advanced study and research at the doctoral level. We invite you to visit our Faculty Research page for more information on the exciting research being conducted at the Faculty of Education.

Curriculum Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that investigates the nature of curriculum across different contexts and disciplines, including teacher education, early childhood education, K - 12 education (e.g., primary and secondary school), post-secondary and adult education, and informal education.

We offer three program pathways:

  • Course-Based (16 months)*
  • Thesis-Based (24 months)
  • Master’s Research Project (24 months)
*Course-based completion pathway might not meet the prerequisite to be admitted into a research-intensive doctoral degree program.

10 million library items

Possibilities to attend conferences

Move into a PhD program

Valuable Research Office support

Adrianne Bacelor de Castro

What I like about my MA program is the diversity we find in the faculty; multiple cultures among students and a multiplicity of areas and topics of study and research we can work with. 

My MA program helped me think about alternative careers and professional pathways I haven't thought about prior to coming to Western.

- Adrianne Bacelor de Castro, Graduated 2020

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