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Counselling Program Mandate

Program Description

Required Courses and Practica

Practicum Guidelines

Thesis Supervision

Certification

Discipline and Professional Conduct

Student Representation in Program Decision Making

Faculty Members in the Counselling Program

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  Master of Education (Counselling)

Required Courses and Practica


Course Load

Due to the intense demands of the practicum, students may not register in more than two courses per term when one of them is a practicum course. The following course requirements are the minimum number of courses needed to meet program requirements. Additional courses may be required to fulfill research or career objectives, or to address a student's area of interest.

The following is a typical schedule for the Counselling Program. The offering of some of these courses can vary depending upon faculty availability.

Summer – 9 credit hours required

EDUC 5033 Theories of Counselling

EDUC 5133 Counselling Skills

One Elective-Agency

One Elective-School

F
all – 15 credit hours required 

EDUC 5623 Group Counselling

EDUC 5583 Counselling Strategies and Interventions

EDUC 5513 Research Methods

EDUC 5303 Principles of Assessment

EDUC 50F3 Counselling Pre-Practicum

Winter – 12 hours required

EDUC 5066 Practicum (Begins first week of January and ends April 30)

EDUC 50E3 Child and Adolescent Counselling

EDUC 5113* Qualitative Research (*Required for thesis route)

EDUC 5003 Human Development

Spring Intersession – 6 hours required

EDUC 5543 Work and Life Planning Counselling

EDUC 50D3 Professional Issues

EDUC 5563 Career Counselling* (*offered on line with one face-to-face weekend intensive)

Summer Session – 6 hours required

EDUC 50C3 School Counselling Programs (School Elective)

EDUC 5233 Counselling Families (Agency Elective)

EDUC 5966 Graduate Thesis


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