Educational Studies Inclusive Education: Master of Arts (MA) is a master's degree in Education & Teaching programme offered by Trinity Western University in Langley, Canada. The programme runs for 18 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 29,295 per total (CAD 26,740 per total for local students).
This Master of Arts in Educational Studies focuses on inclusive education, preparing practising teachers to support students with a broad range of learning needs, including cognitive, social, and sensory differences connected to learning disabilities, behavioural disorders, giftedness, and developmental delays. Trinity Western University offers the degree fully on campus or fully online, with students completing it in eighteen to twenty months studying full-time or over about two and a half years part-time; applications can be submitted up to two years ahead of a chosen start date. The program is recognized by the BC Ministry of Advanced Education and by the Teacher Qualification Service for salary-grid upgrades, though completing it does not by itself confer a BC teaching certificate. It is designed for classroom teachers who want structured, graduate-level preparation to build confidently inclusive classrooms as the range of student needs in BC schools continues to grow. Coursework centres on inclusive-education theory and practice rather than a single disability category, giving teachers tools they can apply across the range of needs they encounter in their own classrooms.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:3.00 / 4.0
Admission Requirements: Applicants need an undergraduate degree in education or a relevant field, with an overall GPA of at least 3.0 (lower GPAs may still be considered where the applicant demonstrates graduate-level capability). The program also requires possession of, or eligibility for, Professional Teaching Certification or an approved equivalent, plus three or more years of school-based teaching experience or an approved equivalent, and two references. Applicants whose first language is not English must present IELTS Academic 7.0 overall (Writing/Reading at least 6.5, Listening/Speaking at least 6.5), Duolingo English Test 130 overall (Literacy/Comprehension at least 120, Conversation/Production at least 105), or TOEFL iBT 100 overall (Writing/Reading at least 23, Speaking/Listening at least 20) for exams before January 21, 2026, rising to the redesigned TOEFL iBT scored 5+ overall (Reading/Listening/Speaking at least 4, Writing at least 4.5) after that date. Conditional admission with lower scores (IELTS 6.0, Duolingo 105, or TOEFL iBT 4) is available through the Graduate Transition Program. International post-secondary transcripts require a course-by-course degree evaluation.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Trinity Western sets a Fall Early Admission target of 1 March and a Spring Regular Admission deadline of 1 November for Canadian domestic applicants, with Fall Regular Admission continuing on a rolling, space-available basis after 1 March and final high-school transcripts due by 1 August; TWU prints these as recurring annual dates without a specific year. TWU's international (non-US) admissions page states no deadline of its own and refers applicants back to the same general page, so no international-specific closing date is published; TWU does separately publish Fall (15 January early, then rolling) and Spring (15 November) dates for the distinct US-citizen applicant category. Individual graduate programs set their own separate application windows. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
