Off-Campus Students
General Information
Thank you for your interest in our off-campus programs. Our programs in Chester Basin and Truro are well underway so applications are no longer being accepted. We invite you to return to this page periodically for updates regarding upcoming programs.
- Off-campus cohorts are hosted in various parts of Nova Scotia.
- The off-campus Bachelor of Education cohorts are designed specifically for the elementary stream. Anyone interested in becoming a secondary teacher is welcome to apply to the on-campus program.
- The off-campus program is offered over the course of three years and is considered full-time with classes running weekends (in-person) and some evenings (virtually). The off-campus program with a September start typically consists of 3 courses in the fall, 3 in the winter, and a practicum placement in May for the first two years. In the third year, students typically have 2 courses in the fall and a practicum placement. In the winter, they have 2 more courses and a second practicum placement. The second placement aligns with the on-campus program so that students complete the program and attend convocation at the same time. Cohorts that start at another time of year will follow a variation of the program sequence outlined above.
- Each practicum is a five-week long, full-time commitment. As such, you would need to plan to take breaks from any daytime employment for the duration of each filed experience placement.
- Each of the 4 placements has an increase in teaching responsibilities, starting from 25% in the first placement and moving to 100% in the final placement. Regardless of incremental teaching responsibilities, BEd students are expected to work full-time with the Associate Teachers in their classrooms in a variety of ways; this expectation applies to each five-week period, even in placements where teaching responsibilities are less than 100%.
- Tuition rates for our program are always subject to change. Off-campus students pay tuition using the Part-time and Spring/Summer tuition. For more information on current tuition, visit stfx.ca/student-accounts (see Per-Credit Fees for a breakdown). More details on tuition are available at the Student Accounts Office at @email or phone 902-867-2123.
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Teacher Education Department
@email
218 Xavier Hall
4545 Alumni Crescent
Antigonish NS B2G 2W5
Canada