The Type 2 Graduate Diploma in Language and Literacy Education will be awarded in conjunction with a Master’s (MEd) or Doctoral (PhD) degree in the Graduate Program in Education. The general objectives of the Graduate Diploma are:

1. to develop a complement of future researchers in language and literacy;
2. to afford educators in the areas of language and literacy an opportunity for specialization in this area; and
3. to create a focus within the Graduate Program of Education at York and provide the capacity of educators to develop citizens whose personal, economic and intellectual lives are enhanced by advancing their skills in language and literacy.

The Type 2 Graduate Diploma is wholly integrated within the Graduate Program in Education’s curriculum, and it is integral to the interdisciplinary field of Language, Culture and Teaching, representing a sub-specialization within that field.