Master’s Degree in Subject Didactics
Faculty of Education Subject Didactics
- Duration
- 2 years (4 semesters, including research and dissertation writing)
- Entry at
- M1, M2
- Field of study
- Didactique des Disciplines
Overview
A research Master’s organised into three specialisations: Language Didactics (options: French didactics; didactics of Cameroonian languages and cultures), Science Didactics (options: didactics of mathematics and technological sciences; didactics of life and earth sciences and EEHB) and Humanities Didactics (options: history and geography didactics; didactics of philosophy and citizenship education). It draws on the department’s didactics laboratory, whose work covers epistemological issues in didactics, the analysis of teaching and learning practices, formative practices and assessment. The second year includes research and dissertation writing.
Admission
- Required qualification
- Licence (Bachelor’s degree); a pass certificate is accepted
- Entry levels
- M1M2
Admission requirements
Online pre-registration at https://un-registration.univ-ndere.cm, followed by submission of the complete paper file to the Faculty’s Registry (Service de la Scolarité).
**Master 1 – required documents:**
- a pre-registration application form completed by the candidate;
- two certified true copies of the birth certificate, issued less than three months earlier;
- two certified true copies of the BAC/GCE A Level certificate and two of its transcript, or of any equivalent qualification;
- one certified true copy of the Probatoire;
- one certified true copy of the BEPC/GCE O Level or any equivalent qualification;
- a sworn statement signed at the police station;
- four 4×4 photographs bearing on the back the candidate’s full name, programme, nationality, region of origin, date and place of birth, cycle and level;
- the receipt for the pre-registration and medical examination fees (10,000 FCFA);
- a photocopy of the national identity card or an equivalent document;
- the medical clearance issued by the doctor of the University of Ngaoundéré Medical and Social Centre;
- a stamped A4 envelope and a cardboard folder, both bearing the candidate’s address.
- a certified true copy of the academic transcripts.
**Master 2 – admission by selection.** Required documents:
- a registration application form signed by the supervisors;
- a certified true copy of the birth certificate, issued less than three months earlier;
- a certified true copy of the Licence (Bachelor’s) degree certificate or pass certificate;
- a certified true copy of the Master 1 transcript, or of the Maîtrise certificate or pass certificate;
- a certified true copy of the Master 2 selection decision;
- a curriculum vitae;
- a letter of recommendation signed by a supervisor;
- a Master’s project approved by the supervisors, no longer than 10 pages;
- a sworn statement signed at the police station;
- four annotated 4×4 photographs;
- the receipt for the pre-registration and medical examination fees (10,000 FCFA);
- a photocopy of the national identity card or an equivalent document;
- the medical clearance issued by the University Medical and Social Centre (CMS);
- a stamped A4 envelope and a cardboard folder bearing the candidate’s address;
- any other document shedding light on the candidate’s academic and professional career.
Career opportunities
- Teacher (nursery, primary, secondary and higher education)
- Expert in didactics
- Consultant in didactics and didactic engineering