DPE Master of Arts Course Requirements

Program Chair:  Michal Perlman
michal.perlman@utoronto.ca

DPE Program Secretary & Liaison:  Marisa Freire
marisa.freire@utoronto.ca

Master of Arts Course Requirements
The one-year Master of Arts program comprises six half-courses and a thesis and is a full-time program. As an apprenticeship approach is favoured, students are expected to become closely involved in the research of their faculty advisor/supervisor. Courses should be chosen in consultation with the advisor.

 Required Foundation Courses

• APD1209H       Research Methods and Thesis Preparation in AP&HD
• APD1288H       Intermediate Statistics and Research Design
• APD2252H       Individual Reading and Research in AP&HD

In consultation with your advisor, choose at least two electives from the 'Departmental Electives' list in Section 1.3 of the AP&HD Program Guidelines. Substitutions must be approved by the DPE program chair. The following two courses are recommended:

• APD1234H       Foundations of Cognitive Science
• APD1249H       Social-emotional Development and Applications

Required Menu
(Students must choose two courses from this menu in consultation with their advisor. Substitutions must be approved by the DPE program chair).

APD1211H Psychological Foundations of Early Development and Education
APD1236H Developmental Psychopathology
APD1237H Development and Learning and
APD1249H Social-emotional Development and Applications
APD1256H Child Abuse: Intervention and Prevention
APD1259H Child and Family Relationships – Implications for Education
APD1265H Social and Personality Development
APD1272H Play and Education
APD1279H Preventative Interventions for Children at Risk
APD1285H Psychology and Education of Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities
APD3286H Developmental Neurobiology
CTL1602H Introduction to Computers in Education
JHC1251H Reading in a Second Language

Additional Requirements
Students who have not taken a human development course in their undergraduate program must take APD1201 as an extra course (above the 6 half-course requirement). This requirement is waived for students who take both JDS1233 and JDS1249.

Students who have not had a previous course in statistics equivalent to APD1287 (Introduction to Applied Statistics) are required to take APD1287 in addition to their six half-courses.

MA Thesis
Normally, there are eight major steps to completing a thesis:

1. Review of OISE/UT Guidelines for Theses and Orals
2. Establishment of a thesis topic
3. Selection of a thesis supervisor (normally the student’s Faculty Advisor)
4. Formation of a thesis committee (form to be completed)
5. Ethical review, if required (forms to be completed)
6. Thesis proposal approval (form to be completed)
7. Thesis work
8. Final thesis approval and submission (form to be completed)

When preparing a thesis, a student works in consultation with his/her thesis supervisor until a committee is formed and, after that, with his/her thesis committee. A thesis in an MA program is evaluated by a minimum of two faculty members (both holding either Full or Associate School of Graduate Studies appointments, with at least one member from AP&HD).