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 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)
Stage II culminates in the Advanced Counselling Practicum. Students may normally initiate the Advanced Counselling Practicum upon completion of the Stage II Core Courses.
Most student will exit the program via the course-based exit route, completing two elective courses and GCAP 695: Specialization Seminar - Knowledge Transfer (3 credits). Student also have the option of apply into the Thesis Route. Students in the thesis route will complete an advanced research methods course and two thesis courses.
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