The Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Education (PBDE) is an innovative program that responds to the professional development needs of teachers and administrators. When enrolled in the PBDE program (30 credit hours), you will discover the most effective methods of practice and curriculum advances, taught by faculty members and often by individuals from the educational community, e.g., school division superintendents, school principals.
Annually, the UM PBDE program offers more courses than any other PBDE program in the province. With over 30 Fall & Winter term courses and more than 40 Summer Session courses offered on campus and online, PBDE students can choose courses that both interest them and fit into their busy schedules.
Admission requirements
Applicants must possess:
- a Bachelor of Education degree and one of the following types of certificates granted by Manitoba Education: Professional Certificate, Limited Certificate, or Clinician’s Certificate; or equivalent from other provinces; or a Baccalaureate degree and two years of full-time or accumulated appropriate teaching/work experience; and
- a grade point average of 2.00 in the Baccalaureate degree (including any after degree certification program).
Maximum time limits
The maximum time allowed for the completion of the PBDE program is nine years. In addition, a candidate for a diploma
will not be permitted to count toward the diploma any course taken more than nine years prior to the date of the awarding
of the diploma.
Note: The course offerings on a year to year basis are limited.
For more information, contact:
Student Services, Faculty of Education
Telephone: (204) 474-7886
E-mail: pbde@umanitoba.ca
North America toll free: 1-800-432-1960, ext. 7886
Certificate In Adult & Continuing Education Program (CACE)
- EDUA 1560 Adult Learning & Development
- EDUA 1570 Foundations of Adult Education
- EDUA 1580 Program Planning in Adult Education
- EDUA 1590 Facilitating Adult Learning
Faculty of Education students who register for these degree courses may receive credit towards the BEd or PBDE, and, they may transfer these courses to the Certificate. The courses are available in face-to-face, online, and blended formats.
These four courses completed as degree or certificate credit,
in addition to 100 hours in elective topics offered through Extended Education, completes a Certificate in Adult and Continuing Education (CACE).
For more information on the CACE Program:
umanitoba.ca/extended/coned/cace
E-mail: sandra_stechisen@umanitoba.ca