Teaching & Education

Based in the School of Education, you will have the flexibility to pursue specific areas of interest and take some courses in other departments to broaden your experience. You will explore the significance of power, belonging, motivation, culture and more. Faculty members with expertise in a range of specialties will help you discover how you can apply your knowledge in your profession and in the community. The Graduate Diploma in Educational and Community Leadership is a five-course program including two required courses and three elective courses.

Trent’s Teacher Education Stream (T.E.S.) provides the ideal path to a career in education.

In this unique program you have the opportunity to design your own B.A. or B.Sc. degree. Create a customized learning experience by choosing a major in one of Trent’s academic disciplines across the arts or sciences and choosing areas of focus specifically within education. 

Indigenous Knowledge and perspectives are at the core of this unique B.Ed. program – the first of its kind in North America, Trent’s Indigenous B.Ed. provides a platform for self-identified First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Indigenous students to become exceptional future educators.

In this immersive program offered exclusively at Trent University Durham GTA, Child & Youth Studies students take a multidisciplinary and practical approach to understanding this crucial period in human development.

Advance your knowledge of child and youth studies through sociological, psychological, Indigenous, and educational approaches to the field, and get hands-on experience through work placements and undergraduate-led research opportunities.

Graduate with a unique set of expertise through Trent’s joint major degree pathway.

Joint major students at Trent describe the experience as the best of both worlds as you are able to take courses across the arts, sciences, and our professional programs. 

Want to see more representation in our governments? Pair a Political Studies degree with Gender & Social Justice. 

Want to immerse yourself in today’s technology? Couple Media Studies with Computer Systems.

Trent’s Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) prepares you to be more than just a teacher. 

Explore educational theory and research to gain the critical insights needed for transformative practice. Major themes of the program include: ecological and social justice, leadership and educational administration, critical literacies, Indigenous knowledge, and curriculum inquiry.