中学教育部以其出色的研究生课程而在国内外获得广泛认可，并定期吸引来自世界各地的学生。中学教育的博士生在课程期间赢得了久负盛名的基拉姆（Killam）和SSHRC博士奖学金，并在毕业后获得了领先大学的学术任命，取得了巨大成功。攻读该系硕士和博士学位的研究生课程的学生表现出很高的满意度。博士学位课程旨在发展教育方面的学术知识库，熟练从事教育研究以及为研究和奖学金做准备在高等教育方面：最常见的教育学院和教育研究机构。博士课程是灵活的，鼓励追求个人和专业兴趣以及创新奖学金。该课程旨在在候选人的特定研究领域中发展重
The PhD program is geared towards developing a scholarly knowledge base in education, becoming skillful at engaging in educational research, and preparing for research and scholarship in higher education contexts: most commonly faculties of education and educational research institutes. The doctoral program is flexible, encouraging the pursuit of both personal and professional interests and creative scholarship. It is designed to develop significant depth and expertise in the candidate's particular area of study.<br><br>The PhD program focuses on the following components:<br><br>Curriculum and teaching: required courses in curriculum foundations and curriculum inquiry.<br>Research: courses are available that offer general research perspectives, as well as more in-depth study of approaches such as narrative inquiry, action research, hermeneutics and phenomenology, arts-based research, participatory research, ethnography, gender theory, empirical inquiry, deconstructionism, and critical inquiry.<br>Subject matter or specialty focus: math, English, social studies, second languages, music, art, drama, science education, career and technology, physical education, educational technology, adult professional practice, curriculum studies, pedagogy.<br>Dissertation interest scholarship: students are encouraged to select course work specific to their research focus and interest.