Doctor of Philosophy in Special Education (PhD)
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Specialization:
Special Education Quick Facts
Faculty:
Faculty of EducationSubject:
Education
Mode of delivery:
On campus
Registration options:
Full-time Application
Possible start dates:
| Deadlines for | ||
|---|---|---|
| Start date | Students with Canadian or US credentials | Students with international credentials |
| September | December 1st | December 1st |
| May | December 1st | Check with program |
| July | December 1st | Check with program |
Program contact details
Link to program website:
Application enquiries:
- Alex Allen, alex.allen@ubc.ca
Please mail paper documents to:
Graduate Program Assistant
Room 2516 - 2125 Main Mall
Vancouver
British Columbia, V6T 1Z4
Canada
Requirements
GRE required?:
Required by some applicants (check program website) Tuition / Program costs
| Fees | Canadian Citizen / Permanent Resident / Refugee / Diplomat | International |
|---|---|---|
| Application Fee | $91.80 | $153.00 |
| Tuition * | ||
| Installments per year | 3 | 3 |
| Tuition per installment | $1,449.72 | $2,546.90 |
| Tuition per year | $4,349.16 | $7,640.70 |
| Int. Tuition Award (ITA) per year (if eligible) | $3,200.00 (-) | |
| Other Fees and Costs | ||
| Student Fees (yearly) | $709.00 (approx.) | |
| Costs of living (yearly) | $16,763.00 (approx.) | |
* Regular, full-time tuition. For on-leave, extension, continuing or part time (if applicable) fees see UBC Calendar.
All fees for the year are subject to adjustment and UBC reserves the right to change any fees without notice at any time, including tuition and student fees. In case of a discrepancy between this webpage and the UBC Calendar, the UBC Calendar entry will be held to be correct.
All fees for the year are subject to adjustment and UBC reserves the right to change any fees without notice at any time, including tuition and student fees. In case of a discrepancy between this webpage and the UBC Calendar, the UBC Calendar entry will be held to be correct.
Recent Doctoral Citations
- Dr. Brenda Fossett: "Dr. Fossett examined the effectiveness of a staff-training program in behavior assessment and intervention for deaf children with additional disabilities. Following training, a Deaf staff implemented the procedures with a deaf child with multiple disabilities and his family. Improvements in child behavior and participation suggest an avenue for supporting this unique population." (November 2010)
- Dr. Pamela Richardson: "Dr. Richardson articulated an arts-based approach to researching an individual's gifts and talents. In this way she showed how one's inner-gifts are expressed through one's emotional and relational contexts. Her work challenges objective and technical ways of understanding inner-gifts within the field of education." (November 2010)
- Dr. Maureen McQuarrie: "Dr. MacKinnon McQuarrie used cortisol levels in saliva as a physiological index to measure children's reactivity to stress while completing tasks believed to underlie Math Disability. Higher levels of reactivity predicted poorer performance on working memory and math tasks, processes that are impaired in children with Math Disability." (May 2010)
- Dr. Kwang-Han Song: "Dr Song explained with an integrated model of human abilities why and how gifted students and gifted students with learning disabilities are different from each other in terms of ability and feeling. The characteristics of different groups of gifted students were explained better by the model than by the major models that informed it." (May 2009)
- Dr. Lauren Binnendyk: "Dr. Binnendyk investigated the effectiveness of a behavioural feeding intervention that aimed to improve child eating and parent-child interaction during mealtime for families of children with developmental disabilities and feeding problems. Her study is the first in the feeding literature to document a transformation of parent-child relationships in family meals." (May 2009)
Further Information
Link to UBC calendar:
UBC Calendar 
