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Graduate Programs
205.14
Community-Based Research and Evaluation
205.14 Community-Based Research and Evaluation
Community-University Partnership for the Study of Children, Youth, and Families (CUP)
Faculty of Extension
University of Alberta
Enterprise Square
10230 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4P6
E-mail: ccup@ualberta.ca
205.14.1 General Information
The Faculty of Extension and the Community-University Partnership for the Study of Children, Youth, and Families (CUP) offers an embedded certificate program leading to a Graduate Certificate in Community-Based Research and Evaluation (CBRE). The certificate is designed to increase the capacity of graduate students to participate in and lead community-based research and evaluation projects. Students will gain conceptual, methodological, and experiential competencies in CBRE that can be integrated within the student’s specific program of graduate studies.
More information can be found at the website: www.cup.ualberta.ca
205.14.2 The Graduate Certificate in Community-Based Research and Evaluation
Entrance Requirements
This is an embedded certificate program. All applicants must be currently registered in the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in either a master’s or doctoral degree program.
Students may apply at any time after admission to a graduate program, but are advised to apply early to accommodate course selection. Application information may be obtained from the CUP Office, Faculty of Extension, Enterprise Square. For more information, visit our website at www.cup.ualberta.ca, e-mail cup@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-6177.
Program Requirements
Requirements for the graduate certificate in CBRE consist of the satisfactory completion of INT D 500 (3), one 3 graduate-level course in program planning and evaluation, one 3 graduate-level course in quantitative research methods, one 3 graduate-level course in qualitative research methods and a supervised CBRE experience. A graduate-level course in mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) may be substituted for either the quantitative or qualitative methods course requirement. The courses other than INT D 500 must be selected from a list of approved options available from the CUP Office, Faculty of Extension, Enterprise Square.
Length of Program
All program requirements must be completed during the student’s graduate degree program.
205.14.3 Graduate Courses
Graduate courses can be found in §231, Course Listings