{"id":37917,"date":"2023-11-15T10:28:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/?page_id=37917"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:20:00","slug":"specializations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/students\/graduate-programs\/specializations\/","title":{"rendered":"Specializations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">The Graduate Program in Education at York University is an interdisciplinary program of study that draws on the rich and varied areas of expertise of our faculty members. To help direct students to appropriate supervisors, committee members and course directors, the grad program has developed 9 areas of research and teaching specialization that faculty members active in the grad program are affiliated with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">These specializations are separate from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/students\/graduate-students\/degrees-diplomas\/#diplomas\">Graduate Diploma Programs<\/a> that are offered through coursework and reflect faculty commitments to paths of research inquiry, scholarly and professional development activities, and sites of collective mentorship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large img-thumbnail rounded-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/brand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/386\/2023\/10\/N8A8136-copy.jpg\" 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