Early Childhood Education Diploma from Confederation College to Honours Bachelor of Arts (Sociology major) with Concurrent Education (Primary/Junior division) Double Degree Transfer Program

Program Information

Lakehead University’s Faculty of Education is a unique and innovative Faculty that works to prepare prospective teachers, to develop the abilities of professional educators, and to create novel knowledge through research. By collaborating with our passionate faculty, you will have the opportunity to begin a rewarding career as a teacher; to advance your professional abilities and add additional qualifications to your teaching certificate; and to explore Education through original research.

Our Concurrent Honours Bachelor Degree programs allow you to earn a Bachelor of Education degree (BEd) as well as an Honours Bachelor degree in a partnering discipline. This degree combination will help you to develop your teaching knowledge, skills, and attitudes as well as your subject-matter expertise to teach learners well and to address the requirements of the Ontario curriculum.

Sociology studies all aspects of how human beings relate with each other. Such human relations range from intimate relationships, organizational and institutional dynamics, through to social processes that are felt at national and global levels. Substantive issues of interest to sociologists include health and illness, marriage and family, crime and deviance, science and technology, popular culture, social change, economy and society, gender and sexuality, education, social inequality, prejudice and discrimination, among many others.

Explore the major ideas and insights of the founders of sociology, as well as contemporary thinkers who examine present-day social life. Master the essentials of social research - how to design questionnaires and carry out meaningful surveys, collect and analyze quantitative, qualitative, and historical data, and conduct participant-observation and interviews. Apply these skills to study and better understand numerous topics and issues in social life that interest you. Lakehead's faculty are engaged in research in areas as diverse as health and illness, gerontology, gender and work, media and popular culture, the sociology of knowledge, sociological theory, sociology of the North, and global social change.

How the Transfer Program Works

We will review your transcript and determine what transfer credits you will receive towards your degree program. In most cases, admits tend to receive 5 full course equivalents, which equates to approximately one year of university study. As a result, you may be able to complete your program in as little as 5 years (4 years if you select the Bachelors option instead of the Honours Bachelor route).

To see the courses that are part of the Honours program, refer to our Academic Calendar and select:

Programs & Faculties from the menu,
Undergraduate Programs from the Faculty of Education section,
Department of Undergraduate Studies in Education at the bottom of the page,
Six-Year Concurrent Honours Bachelor Degree Programs from the list of programs,
Primary-Junior Specialization - Program Requirements, and
Honours BA, BEd (Sociology Major) P/J.

To see the courses that are part of the Bachelors program, refer to our Academic Calendar and select:

Programs & Faculties from the menu,
Undergraduate Programs from the Faculty of Education section,
Department of Undergraduate Studies in Education at the bottom of the page,
Five- and Six-Year Concurrent Bachelor Degree Programs from the list of programs,
Primary-Junior Specialization - Bachelor Degree Program Requirements, and
BA, BEd (Sociology Major) P/J.

Admission Requirements

To be consider for admission, you must:

Complete Confederation College's two-year Early Childhood Education Diploma (ECE), and
Achieve an overall average of at least 75%.

Application Process

To apply, please:

Use the OUAC Undergraduate Application. You may need to create an account first, if you have never applied using the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) before.
Select either Education: Psychology, or Sociology (Pathways with Confederation College) (Thunder Bay Campus only). The OUAC program code is AAX.
For the Honours route, select Sociology (Thunder Bay) using the Subject of Major Interest drop-down menu. For the Bachelors route, select Sociology (BA) (Thunder Bay).
As you proceed through the application process, use the Online Transcript Request to have your transcript(s) sent to us, if applicable:
1. We require all of your post-secondary transcripts (i.e. from all colleges and universities attended).
2. We do not require your high school transcript.
3. Some colleges do not add in progress courses to their transcripts. If you are currently completing courses, you are encouraged to upload a screenshot of your upcoming winter term courses to your myInfo account. You will receive your myInfo login credentials in an acknowledgement email from us upon receipt of your application (which can take a few days after you apply using the OUAC).

Who Can I Contact If I Need Assistance?

If you have questions about the transfer program, and/or your application status, contact Student Central.

If you encounter issues with the application and/or requesting online transcripts, contact the OUAC.

If you cannot access myInfo (our student information portal), try to recover your account first. If that does not work, contact Student Central.

Fees

Learn more about the fees (e.g. application, transcript, document evaluation, etc.) that the OUAC charges.

Learn more about the tuition & student fees for your transfer program. Keep in mind that the upcoming school year's fees are not available until June. Before June, you will most likely see last year's amounts. Refer to the Academic Year field if you are unsure.

To help fund your education, learn more about our scholarships, bursaries and awards.

If you are interested in applying for the Ontario Student Assistance Program, learn more about the program and its criteria.