Evaluation for Social Change and Transformational Learning Certificate is a certificate in Development Studies programme offered by Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Development Studies
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
We have no tuition fees on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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SFU Continuing Studies' certificate trains practitioners to plan, run and interpret evaluations of programs tackling complex social, economic and environmental problems, using transformative and culturally responsive approaches that make room for multiple ways of knowing, including Indigenous ways of knowing. Six part-time online courses move from the evaluation landscape and complexity thinking through evaluative leadership, evaluation design and data analysis to a capstone in which students apply the methods to their own practice. Live intensive sessions are combined with self-paced study, and a Program Elder mentors the cohort. It suits professional evaluators, program managers, grant-makers and organizational leaders.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to this Continuing Studies certificate requires completion of Grade 12 or its equivalent; mature students who do not meet that bar may qualify instead with at least five years of appropriate relevant experience. The program follows SFU Continuing Studies' general English Language Recommendations rather than publishing its own test-score threshold on the program page, so applicants whose first language is not English should confirm current proficiency expectations with the Continuing Studies office before registering. No portfolio, interview, minimum grade average, or work-experience mandate is stated beyond the mature-student pathway above. Courses may be taken individually with no fixed application deadline, and admission to the full certificate can be sought at any time.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC, with one set of dates per applicant type rather than by citizenship. Fall 2027 entry: high-school-route applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027, while transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027 (Education and Contemporary Arts transfer applicants may apply from 1 October 2026). Spring 2027 entry runs 1 July to 15 September 2026, and Summer 2027 entry runs 1 December 2026 to 15 January 2027. Admission documents are generally due 28 February 2027 (Fall) and offers must be accepted by 1 May. International applicants use the same EducationPlannerBC dates and portal; SFU publishes no separate international deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
