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Current Course Offerings

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Early Childhood Studies (MA)

Classes in the Fall and Winter terms meet for three hours a week for 12 weeks. Day classes run between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., while evening classes run from 6 to 9 p.m., Monday to Friday.

Classes in the Spring and Summer meet twice a week (each class is three hours) and run for six weeks. Day classes run between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., while evening classes run from 6 to 9 p.m., Monday to Friday.

Please note, while there are 22 MAECS electives listed in the YSGS calendar, in graduate school not all electives are offered every year. The program offers 12 courses each academic year, which includes the two required courses. The required courses alternate every fall so that one of the two required courses is always offered in the evening. Electives will vary somewhat each year.

The following are the courses we are planning to offer for the coming academic year. While every effort will be made to offer all listed courses, offerings are subject to change based on staffing, enrolment and other considerations.

Important Dates

Required Courses

Course Name Professor Time
CS8901: Research Design for ECS Kathryn Underwood Evening, 6-9 p.m.
CS8904: Theoretical Frameworks for ECS Rachel Berman  Day 

Elective Courses

Course Name Professor Time
CS8934: Special Topics in ECS, Disability Studies in Early Childhood Kristin Snoddon Evening, 6-9 p.m.
CS8938: Cross-Cultural Development Judith Bernhard Day
CS8940: Indigenous Childhood Studies Nicole Ineese-Nash Evening, 6-9 p.m.

Elective Courses

Course Name Professor Time
CS8923: Social Justice and Childhood Janelle Brady Evening, 6-9 p.m.
CS8928: Transformative Literacy Kathleen Peets Evening, 6-9 p.m.
CS8930: Social Research with Children Donna Koller Day
CS8941: Internship Sejal Patel Day 

The MA ECS program has two sessions in the Spring/Summer Term. Each course runs twice a week for six weeks vs. a regular full term where each course runs once a week for 12 weeks.

Spring (April to June)

Course Name Professor Time
CS8929: Minority-Language Children Kristin Snoddon Day
CS8937: Queering Education Dawn Onishenko Evening, 6-9 p.m.

Summer (June to August)

Course Name Professor Time
CS8932: Children and Play TBA Evening, 6-9 p.m.