Eligibility Criteria
The minimum academic requirement for admission to the PhD is successful completion of a Master of Education or a Master’s degree in a cognate discipline, normally with an A standing. Applicants must provide evidence of research competence normally demonstrated by a master’s thesis.
English is the primary language of communication and instruction in the program. Applicants who have not completed a degree at a university where the primary language of instruction is English must pass the Internet Based Test (IBT) version of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), with a minimum total score of 100, including a minimum score of 27 in the Written component and a minimum score of 27 in the Reading component or an equivalent demonstration of English Language proficiency on one of the other tests acceptable to Brock Graduate Studies, see: http://www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/admissions/#8.
Candidates who are working on the degree at a distance from the home university must purchase the software and access to the internet which will enable them to participate fully in the required courses.