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Do you have a two-year provincially approved diploma in early childhood education?
Are you an early childhood educator interested in increasing your knowledge and qualifications to a Bachelor of Education degree in Early Childhood Education?
Would you benefit from a flexible, online program allowing you to complete courses while working in the field?
The Bachelor of Education degree in Early Childhood Education is a blended degree program completed with 60 credit hours from community college followed by 78 credit hours from UNB. These 78 credit hours include 9 credit hours of practicum placement in kindergarten to grade three (K-3) school classrooms.
If you are a Canadian citizen and a permanent resident of Canada who has completed a two-year diploma in early childhood education from a provincially recognized college or learning institution with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 or equivalent and at least 270 hours of practicum placement with children in child care sites (ages 0-4), you are qualified to apply for this program.
The Faculty of Education does not accept transfer credits for education courses completed at any institution prior to acceptance into the BEd in ECE program at UNB.
The degree program runs across 24 months consecutively offering 23 required courses. The type of online learning that we utilize is asynchronous. Students learning asynchronous can access the course and complete the course requirements whenever it is convenient for them – for example, in the early morning, during a lunch hour, or in the evening.
Length of program options:
Practicum placement is required for teacher certification. Your practicum placements will be self-arranged, in consultation with mentor educator and principal, and faculty representative. To meet the diverse learning goals of early childhood educators completing the BEd in ECE degree, there is an option for learners who wish to opt out of teacher certification. Those early childhood educators substitute the 9 credit hours of UNB practicum placement for 9 credit hours in additional UNB courses as approved by advisor and the early childhood faculty.
Tuition fees are set annually by the university. Full-time students are billed full-time tuition rates for Fall and Winter terms and then per course basis for Summer term. Part-time students are billed for their courses on a per course basis. For complete fee information, see UNB Financial Services.
Once you successfully complete the 23 required courses and 9 credit hours of practicum placement for the UNB Bachelor of Education degree Early Childhood Education, you are eligible to apply for a New Brunswick Teacher’s Certificate 4 with a major in Elementary Education and minor in Literacy.
In order to be granted a teacher's license in New Brunswick, you need to be a Canadian citizen or have landed immigrant status or a valid work visa.
There is a mobility agreement across Canada between provinces regarding recognition of teacher certification. If you receive a teacher's license in New Brunswick, you can apply for a teacher's license in other Canadian provinces. You will need to pay a fee for each province for which you will be licensed.
Different jurisdictions have different certification requirements. It is important to check with the department of education in the province in which you wish to be licensed prior to applying to the Bachelor of Education degree to ensure you meet their requirements.
Graduates will have the skills, knowledge and experience to be employed in a broad range of early childhood setting including:
A completed application includes:
Applicants from Atlantic Canada are given priority during the admission process. Contact bedece@unb.ca for more information.