Offered by The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, Education Teaching Children: Bachelor of Education Degree (BEd) - UBCO is a bachelor's degree in Education & Teaching programme. The programme runs for 16 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 13,600 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Education & Teaching
Duration: 16 months
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 13,600 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This 16-month program offers students more than 24 weeks of practical experience in a variety of teaching contexts. You will learn to teach children in elementary grades (Kindergarten to Grade 6). The Bachelor of Education program offers practical experience both inside and outside the classroom setting, including: two school-based practicums; community field experience; a 15-week internship; and many place-based learning opportunities. Join the community and engage in collaborative learning with instructors, classmates, practising educators, and community partners.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:65.00 / %
Admission Requirements: UBC's own program page for this Okanagan B.Ed. Teaching Children route states only that it is an 11-month post-degree program, implying a completed prior bachelor's degree, without repeating the full admission conditions; those are published on the UBC Okanagan Academic Calendar's Bachelor of Education admission page, which this entry also cites. Applicants must hold a completed four-year (minimum 120-credit) bachelor's degree or equivalent from an accredited post-secondary institution, with a minimum average of 65% in the last 30 credits of transferable post-secondary coursework (passed, failed, and/or repeated). Required coursework includes 6 credits of English literature and composition (minimum 3 of those credits in English literature) at a 65% average, 3 credits each in Canadian Studies, laboratory science, and Mathematics, and 15 credits of 300/400-level coursework outside Education; applicants also need a minimum of 75 hours of practical experience (volunteer or paid) working with young people. Admission to the Okanagan School of Education is described as competitive, with limited enrolment, and all required coursework must be completed by April 30 prior to enrollment. No standardized English-test score or interview requirement is published for this pathway.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic and international undergraduate applicants both apply through EducationPlannerBC for Winter Session 2027/28 (September 2027 entry) and Summer 2027: applications open in early October 2026 and the equal-consideration deadline is 15 January 2027, 11:59 p.m. PST, the same date for both groups; a few programs keep reviewing late applications on a space-available basis afterwards. Earlier dates apply only to entrance-award consideration -- 15 November 2026 for the International Scholars Program and 1 December 2026 for Presidential/Centennial/Beyond Tomorrow scholars. Several limited-entry programmes -- Law, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing (advanced entry), Occupational/Physical Therapy, Social Work and Teacher Education -- set their own earlier deadlines from October 2026 through February 2027. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
