Masters Program

Both Master's programs contain a substantive common core of courses in counselling theory and skill acquisition. In addition to basic counselling theory, important aspects of the core program include counselling skill development under direct faculty supervision in one of the Department's school or community-based training centres, development of appropriate assessment skills using standardized and non-standardized measures, and further development of counselling skills in a final practicum which most often reflects the student's interest area.

In addition to offering core courses, both Master's programs allow students to focus on one of the three areas for which we have accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Counsellor Education Programs (CACEP), an affiliation of the Canadian Counselling Association: School Counselling, Counselling in Higher Education, Community and Agency Counselling.