Overview
The 36-credit (12 half courses) course-based Master of Counselling (MC) program incorporates core and specialization courses to ensure that all students attain competency in the fundamentals of counselling as well as a particular area of specialization. The Master of Counselling program is completed in two stages.
Stage I focuses on the fundamentals of counselling theory and practice. The Stage I Core Courses prepare students for the focus on direct client work in the second stage of the program. Successful completion of all components identified in Stage I of the program is a prerequisite for students to proceed to Stage II. Four core courses are completed in this stage.
GCAP 631: Models of Counselling and Client Change (3 credits)
GCAP 632: Professional Ethics (3 credits)
GCAP 671: Developing a Working Alliance (3 credits)
GCAP 633: Infusing Culture into Counselling (3 credits)
Stage II allows students to develop an area of counselling specialization. There are three core courses in Stage II, three option courses, and an advanced practicum.
GCAP 634: Assessment Processes (3 credits)
GCAP 635: Intervening to Facilitate Client Change (3 credits)
GCAP 691: Methods of Inquiry (3 credits)
GCAP 685: Advanced Counselling Practicum (6 credits)
The Stage II Core Courses Assessment Processes and Intervening to Facilitate Client Change are structured in a modular format. Each course consists of four components - a framework module (required by all students) and three optional modules that can be focused in the student's area of specialization. Students must successfully complete the online Assessment Framework and Interventions Framework modules before proceeding with the other modules. Students then complete three courses in their area of specialization.
Stage II culminates in the Advanced Counselling Practicum. Students may normally initiate the Advanced Counselling Practicum upon completion of the Stage II Core Courses and the three option courses in their area of specialization.
All students are required to complete an independent Final Project as the culminating experience in the program. No course credit is awarded for the project course.
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