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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) public 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.
We are not able to assess other credentials or work experience through prior learning assessment 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 weekly course content allowing them to complete learning tasks within their personal schedule. As a guideline, a 3-credit hour course is approximately 8-10 hours of reading, viewing, thinking, and writing weekly, additional time is required to complete assignments.
Length of program options:
Practicum placement is required for teacher certification. Practicum placements are designed to be self-arranged, in consultation with host educator and principal, and degree coordinator.
To support the diverse learning goals of students in the BEd ECE degree, those who choose to opt out of public school pathway and teacher certification may replace the 9-credit hours of practicum placement with 9-credit hours of course work, with approval from their advisor and ECE 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 in K-3 public school classrooms 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:
We begin accepting applications Sept. 1, and all completed applications are due by Dec. 1.
A completed application includes:
Applicants from Atlantic Canada are given priority during the admission process.
See our calendars and timetables for important academic dates, the academic calendar and the course timetable.
Contact bedece@unb.ca for more information.