Honour Specialist Courses

Honour Specialist Course Requirements

A Certificate of Qualification;
A Bachelor's degree from an Ontario university in a program that requires four years of university study, or the equivalent, to a total of at least 20 full year courses and in which the candidate has obtained at least second class or equivalent standing (B average - 70%) in at least NINE full year (or 18 half year) courses in the subject for which the candidate seeks qualification. (Note that course weights vary across institutions. Courses weighted as 3 credits are likely to be half courses.);
Evidence of at least two years of successful teaching experience, of which at least one year (194 days) is in Ontario and includes 110 teaching hours in the subject area, as certified by the appropriate supervisory officer. Please see Confirmation of Teaching Experience Form. Teaching experience MUST BE COMPLETED prior to the first day of the course.

The minimum passing grade for an Honour Specialist qualification is 70%.

Certificate of Qualification showing ONE of the following:
- (i) three of the subjects listed in Schedule B including at least one for both Grades 9 and 10, and for Grades 11 and 12
- (ii) four of the subjects listed in Schedule B for Grades 9 and 10, and an entry indicating the Specialist qualification in one of the subjects in Schedule D
- (iii) two of the subjects in Schedule B for Grades 9 and 10, and the same two subjects for grades 11 and 12

Evidence of at least TWO years of successful teaching experience including one year of experience in Ontario in Technological Education as certified by the Superintendent