OISE/UT Bulletin 2000/2001 -- University of Toronto Graduate Studies in Education | |||
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1. Application for Admission
All applicants must submit a completed OISE/UT application, clearly indicating the OISE/UT department, program, degree, specialization and subspecialization (optional) to which they wish to be admitted. After reviewing the OISE/UT Bulletin and the "Summary of Graduate Degrees, Programs, Specializations and Subspecializations" sheet, applicants should carefully review Program Codes - Form D of the application package - to determine the appropriate program code. The specific and exact ten-digit program code for each program to which the applicant is applying must be transferred to the Application for Admission Form A (1), Section 17.
For application information, contact:
OISE/UT, Registrar's Office
Graduate Studies Admissions Unit
252 Bloor Street West, Room 4-485
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2663/2664
1-800-785-3345
Fax: (416) 323-9964
E-mail: gradstudy@oise.utoronto.ca
2. Documentation
The OISE/UT application is a self-administered application. Applicants must assemble all relevant documentation and submit it together with the application. All documents submitted in support of an application become and remain the property of the university, subject to the Policy on Access to Official Student Records.
a) Non-refundable Application Fee
If you have not previously been registered at the University of Toronto,
School of Graduate Studies, you must submit with your application a Non-refundable
Application Fee. A single Application Fee is required regardless of the number
of OISE/UT departments or programs to which you are applying. Note that
your application will not be processed until the Application Fee has been
paid. There are no refunds, waivers or deferrals of the Application Fee.
The 2000/2001 Application Fee is $85 Canadian ($62 U.S.). (Subject to change
for 2001/2002)
The Application Fee can be paid by certified cheque, money order, or bank draft, payable to the University of Toronto (write your full name and date of birth on the back of the cheque, money order or bank draft). VISA or MasterCard is also accepted. If you are paying by credit card, you must provide all of the information requested on Application Fee - Form B. Do not send cash in the mail.
Canadian funds drawn on a Canadian bank or U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank are acceptable. If you cannot obtain Canadian or U.S. funds, you must wire your fee directly to the address below. To determine the equivalency of the $85 Canadian fee, contact a bank for the exchange rate.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
International Division
Main Branch, Commerce Court
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5L 1G9
NOTE: A Non-refundable Service Fee may also be applicable
If you are applying to the Master of Arts in Child Study and Education one-year or two-year program you must submit with your application a Non-refundable Service Fee (even if you have previously been registered at the University of Toronto, School of Graduate Studies).
This Service Fee is in addition to the Application Fee. The 2000/2001 Service Fee is $70 Canadian ($51 U.S.). The Service Fee can be paid by the same methods as the Application Fee (see above for more information). The Application Fee and the Service Fee may be combined in one payment of $155 Canadian ($113 U.S.). (Subject to change for 2001/2002)
b) Résumé or Curriculum Vitae
TWO copies of your résumé or curriculum vitae must be included in your application. It should detail your employment history (most recent first) including names of employers, job titles, position responsibilities, dates employed (whether full- or part-time), education history (both academic and professional), awards, business and professional achievements, community activities, as well as any special skills.
c) Statement of Intent
TWO copies of a Statement of Intent or Plan of Study must be included in your application. It should detail your study and/or research interests, career goals and reasons for seeking admission. You may also wish to indicate OISE/UT faculty members with whom you are interested in working.
d) Letters of Reference
TWO letters of reference are required:
For this purpose, forms entitled "Letter of Reference to Support Application for Admission to Graduate Studies in Education" are enclosed in the application package. Instruct each referee to enclose the form in the envelope provided, seal and sign the envelope on the back, and forward it to your attention. Do not open it.
NOTE: Applicants to the M.A. and doctoral programs in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education should ensure that all letters of reference be from professors with whom they have studied or worked.
e) 'Other' Supporting Documentation
Some departments or programs require additional supporting documentation. Refer to the relevant departmental section(s) in this Bulletin for more information. For example, if applicable, applicants to M.Ed. or Ed.D. programs are required to submit documents attesting to teacher education, teacher certification and teaching experience; applicants to the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education must submit a sample of their written work in the area of the social sciences; applicants to the program of School and Child-Clinical Psychology are requested to submit a letter of reference from an applied clinical setting. With the exception of a sample of written work, TWO copies of 'other' supporting documentation must be included in your application.
NOTE: Applicants to the Master of Arts in Child Study and Education and the Master of Teaching programs
Because candidates are applying to a teacher education program, they also need to submit the following with their application:
NOTE: In addition, criminal record screening is required for certification by the Ontario College of Teachers.
f) Transcripts and Academic Records
TWO official transcripts of your academic record from each university attended must be included in the application. Each transcript must be received in a sealed envelope, signed/stamped by the issuing institution.
The transcripts which you receive in sealed envelopes are confidential and are not to be opened.
Some institutions will not provide you with transcripts in sealed envelopes. In this case, official transcripts should be sent directly from the issuing institution to the OISE/UT Registrar's Office, Graduate Studies Admissions Unit. Transcripts received in unsealed envelopes are not considered official, nor are faxed copies of transcripts.
NOTE: Applicants are not required to submit official transcripts of study undertaken at the University of Toronto if they were registered for the first time in the Faculty of Arts and Science (including Erindale College), the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, or Scarborough College, in the summer of 1988 or later.
Applicants from universities outside North America should note that official English language translations must accompany all foreign documentation not written in English.
g) English Language Facility
NOTE: OISE/UT reserves the right to require evidence of English language facility from any applicant educated outside Canada whose mother tongue or first language is not English.
Applicants must demonstrate their facility in the English language if their mother tongue or first language is not English and they graduated from a non-Canadian university where the language of instruction and examination was not English. In order to have their application considered, evidence of English language facility must be demonstrated by providing satisfactory results of one of the following tests:
NOTE: Test scores must be forwarded directly from the testing service to the OISE/UT Registrar's Office, Graduate Studies Admissions Unit, to be considered official.
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
Educational Testing Service, P.O. Box 6151
Princeton, New Jersey
08541-6151, U.S.A.
Telephone: (609) 921-9000
Presently the TOEFL is offered in two formats:
paper-based, on which a minimum total score of 580 is required
OR
computer-based, on which a minimum total score of 237 is required
The TOEFL must include a Test of Written English (TWE) or an Essay Rating Score with a minimum score of 5.0 required on both the paper- and the computer-based tests. The OISE/UT "Institution Code" is 0982.
Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB)
English Language Institute (ELI)
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
48109-1097, U.S.A.
Telephone: (313) 764-2416/763-3452
OR
The Toronto MELAB Test Centre
Telephone: (416) 946-3942
OR
(in person)
New College, Room 2045
University of Toronto
40 Willcocks Street
Toronto, OntarioOR
(by mail)
New College, Room 2045
University of Toronto
21 Classic Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2Z3
The minimum MELAB score required is 85.
International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
1 Hills Road
Cambridge, U.K. CB1 2EU
Applicants may also contact their nearest British Council Office. The only North American IELTS test site is at Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology in Kitchener, Ontario. Information regarding scheduling for IELTS at this location may be obtained by contacting the IELTS Administrator at (519) 748-5220 ext. 603.
The minimum IELTS score required is 7.0.
3. Graduate Assistantships
Many applicants for admission as full-time students may also be applying for an OISE/UT Graduate Assistantship (see pages 241 - 242). The deadline for submission of the Graduate Assistantship application form is the first Friday in December prior to the academic year for which the assistantship application is being submitted. OISE/UT is unable to provide adequate financial assistance to international applicants, hence they must submit evidence of ability to fund their studies at OISE/UT before an Offer of Admission will be issued.
4. Deadlines
You are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible. Completed applications (including all supporting documentation) must have been submitted no later than December 3, 1999, for registration in the 2000/2001 academic year.
While applications will be accepted after this date, no guarantee can be given that the application will be considered for admission to either degree programs or courses. As well, applications received after this date may not be considered for financial support. If admission remains open, note the following supplemental deadlines for receipt of completed applications:
March 3, 2000 |
for 2000 Summer Session |
May 5, 2000 |
for 2000 Summer Session |
July 7, 2000 |
for 2000 Fall Session - |
November 3, 2000 |
for 2001 Winter Session - |
NOTE: To be assured that your application will be considered for a place in a program, as well as for financial support, you must have submitted your completed application by December 3, 1999.
NOTE: The deadline for application for the 2001/2002 academic year will be December 1, 2000.
5. Proceeding to Doctoral Degrees
All OISE/UT master's degree candidates wishing to proceed to doctoral degree programs in education must apply for admission and be considered in competition with all other doctoral applicants.
6. Admission Decisions
Applications for admission are considered by the respective OISE/UT departments, and their recommendations for acceptance must then be approved by the OISE/UT Registrar's Office, Graduate Studies Admissions Unit, and, where necessary, the School of Graduate Studies. Notification of acceptance by individual OISE/UT departments is not official. Note also that admission is valid only for the beginning date indicated on the "Offer of Admission" letter. Normally applicants can expect official notification regarding their admissibility during the latter part of March. The Registrar's Office cannot provide any information on the status of applications prior to this time.
7. Deferral of Admission
Applicants unable to attend the session for which they have been accepted must normally reapply (updating documentation where necessary) and must compete with all other applicants for the later session.
In exceptional circumstances a department may recommend deferral of admission for a twelve-month period following the date of initial acceptance. Requests for deferral must be initiated by the applicant through the OISE/UT Registrar's Office, Graduate Studies Admissions Unit by September 30 of the year of acceptance.
Applicants whose requests for deferral of admission have been approved should be aware that any changes made to degree program requirements will be operative in the deferred program. Documents of applicants who have not previously registered at OISE/UT will be kept on file for two years from the date of submission and are not returnable.
Special Students are not enrolled in a program of study leading to a degree. Priority is given first to OISE/UT degree students, then other University of Toronto degree students, and finally to Special Students.
Courses taken as a Special Student cannot be counted for credit in a subsequent degree program at the University of Toronto.
NOTE: Students accepted to a doctoral program may be required to undertake some prerequisite study as "Special Students". Such study can be taken on a full- or part-time basis.
Full-Time Study
Students who are changing disciplines or who require preparatory work may be admitted as full-time Special Students and may enrol in a full-time program of study which does not lead to a degree. Applicants interested in taking courses as Special Students on a full-time basis should request a Special Student application package from the OISE/UT Registrar's Office, Graduate Studies Admissions Unit. See the section Minimum Admission, Program and Degree Requirements, pages 26 - 34.
Part-Time Study
Students wishing to take one or two graduate courses which are not for degree credit are admitted as part-time Special Students. Applicants interested in taking courses as Special Students on a part-time basis should request a Special Student application package from the OISE/UT Registrar's Office, Graduate Studies Admissions Unit.
Those accepted with standing lower than a University of Toronto mid-B cannot apply for admission to a degree program at a later date.
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