What universities (in Canada, US, England) offer this? Is it too late for someone who’s in third year to enter into this program? Anybody have any opinions on combined BA/MA, teaching or otherwise? How long does this take?
I'm not 100% sure on this but I think the way it works in Ontario is that for teaching, you'd need to have 3 years of university (in any field) and then one year at Teacher's College. This gets you a B.Ed. after which you can apply to teach at schools.
To get an M.Ed., you need a certain number of years of teaching experience - think its 2 years of F-T experience and then you can get your M.Ed. in 1.5 to 2 years or a D.Ed. in 4 to 5 years.
A combined BA/MA is something that I've only seen in European Univs. and all that is, is that you save a year for your Masters and you get a B.A. and an M.A. in a total of 5 years or so.