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Counselling and Human Development

Post Baccalaureate Diploma

This program offers individuals, who are employed or seeking employment in a human services or health care profession, a focused introduction to the core knowledge bases involved in counselling. Course work is designed to enhance the effectiveness of students in their current job or better prepare them for a future career in a helping profession.

Admission Requirements

In addition to the following admission requirements, students must also meet the Post Baccalaureate Diploma (General) program requirements as listed in the Program Requirements below.

Applications will be reviewed by cognate faculty, the graduate faculty associate, or their designates. Typically, candidates will have the following prerequisites prior to admission to this program.

  • a bachelor’s degree with at least an introductory psychology course, a course in human development, and one more upper division psychology or sociology course
  • a minimum 50 hours of relevant voluntary or paid experience
  • a written statement of career interest
  • an admission grade point average of 2.5 or equivalent

Program Requirements

Students complete a total of 30 units, including all of

EDUC 323 - Introduction to Counselling Theories (3)
EDUC 324 - Foundations of Multicultural Counselling (3)
EDUC 328 - Career Education and Career Counselling (3)
EDUC 423 - Helping Relationships (4)
EDUC 437 - Ethical Issues in Education (4)

and a minimum of 13 units chosen from

CRIM 314 - Mental Disorder, Criminality and the Law (3)
CRIM 315 - Restorative Justice (4)
EDUC 322 - The Social Lives of School Children (3)
EDUC 326 - Creating Positive Learning Communities (3)
EDUC 327 - Self, Psychology and Education (3)
EDUC 370 - International and Intercultural Education (4)
EDUC 464 - Early Childhood Education (4)
INDG 327 - Indigenous Women in Canada (4)
GERO 302 - Health Promotion and Aging (3)
GERO 406 - Death and Dying (3)
GSWS 314 - Race, Class and Gender (4)
GSWS 331 - Queer Genders (4)
GSWS 398W - Feminist Currents (4)
PSYC 354 - Development of Children's Thinking (3)
PSYC 355 - Adolescent Development (3)
PSYC 357 - Adulthood and Aging (3)
PSYC 362 - Close Relationships (3)
PSYC 363 - Intergroup Relations (3)
PSYC 365 - Health Psychology (3)
PSYC 371 - Intervention: Process and Outcome (3)
SA 335 - Gender Relations and Social Issues (S) (4)
SA 337 - Sexuality and Society (S) (4)