About our Teacher Education Program
Our Bachelor of Education (BEd) program, focusing on Primary/Junior (PJ) and Intermediate/Senior (IS) levels, provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to become an effective 21st-century educator. This 16-month program enables you to graduate and enter the workforce a full term earlier than most other BEd programs.
Program Codes
D10 – Primary/Junior
D30 – Intermediate/Senior
Key Dates
Friday, December 1, 2023
- The OUAC must receive your TEAS application and a TEAS online transcript request, which requests official transcripts from Ontario universities.
- The OUAC must receive your TEAS fee, our $65 supplementary and non‑refundable service fee, and an appropriate TEAS online transcript request if you are paying by electronic payment. Applications will not be processed without payment of these fees.
Friday, December 8, 2023
- The Office of the Registrar must receive all official transcripts from other postsecondary institutions. (Refer to Transcript Requirements.)
- Deadline to submit special consideration forms.
Friday, June 28, 2024
- You must provide a final transcript indicating proof of required course completion and conferral of an undergraduate degree.
Admission Requirements
Primary/Junior Admission Requirements
You hold an undergraduate degree from a recognized university, with a minimum overall academic average of 70% (B‑ or 2.7 grade point average [GPA]) in your best 10 full‑year or best 20 half‑year courses completed, or equivalent. Because Primary/Junior teachers deal with a wide range of subject areas, you should have a broad academic background.
Intermediate/Senior Admission Requirements
- You will hold an undergraduate degree from a recognized university, with a minimum overall academic average of 70% (B‑ or 2.7 GPA) in your best 10 full‑year or best 20 half‑year courses completed, or equivalent. Preference is given to students with 4‑year honours degrees. If you hold a 3-year degree and would like to learn more about how we evaluate your application, email the Ontario Tech admissions team. You must receive an undergraduate degree by Friday, June 28, 2024.
- You must have completed a minimum of 5 full-year courses or 10 half-year courses with a 70% average in a first teaching subject and 3 full-year courses, or 6 half-year courses with a 70% average, in a second teaching subject.
Transcripts
You must arrange to send official transcripts from all postsecondary institutions you attended. You must order transcripts from Ontario universities using a TEAS online transcript request and submit it to the OUAC, along with the appropriate fees and your TEAS application.
Transcripts from all non-Ontario postsecondary institutions must be sent directly from those institutions to the Office of the Registrar.
Equity Admission
If you identify as BIPOC, a woman, LGBTQ2S, having a disability, a religious minority and/or low income (or as part of other equity-deserving communities), we encourage you to submit a request for an additional assessment conducted by our Equity Admissions Committee.
The assessment will be done by a member of the Faculty of Education, the Admissions office and a representative from the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. The Committee will consider the following items when delivering a recommendation for admissibility:
- Factors you identify that may have impacted your previous academic performance.
- Your educational goals.
- An assessment of contributions you can make to the university community.
We acknowledge that equity is a concept that governs all people, and a declaration of membership in a certain group will not be the sole determinant of admissibility. We will measure the information contained in the consideration form alongside other factors, including possession of program prerequisites and achievement of the university’s minimum GPA.
International Applicants and Internationally Educated Teachers (IET)
Language Requirements
You are required to provide evidence of English-language proficiency. This requirement can be satisfied with one of the following criteria:
- English is your first language.
- You complete the English for Academic Purposes program at our English Language Centre.
- You studied full time for at least 3 years of formal, full-time study (no fewer than 3 courses per semester) in a university where English was the language of instruction and examination. If this applies, provide verification from your school.
Note: The minimum 3‑year requirement does not include time enrolled in English as a Second Language courses. - You achieved the required proficiency on one of the English-language tests acceptable to the university.
Teaching Subjects
Intermediate/Senior (D30)
Teaching Subjects:
- English (319)
- Health and Physical Education (860)
- History (750)
- Mathematics (652)
- Science – Biology (412)
- Science – Chemistry (420)
- Science – General (430)
- Science – Physics (470)
At this time, we are unable to accommodate the following teachable subject combinations:
- Science – Chemistry/Science – Physics
- Math/English
- Math/History
- Any Science/English
- Any Science/History
You must choose 2 teaching subjects from the list of teaching subjects.
Contact
Ontario Tech University
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa ON L1G 0C5
Telephone: 905‑721‑3190
Fax: 905‑721‑1707
Email: admissions@ontariotechu.ca