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Admission Criteria for Ph.D. Program

To gain admission into the doctoral program a student must satisfy the general academic standards of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the following standards of the Counselling Psychology Program:

a thesis-based master's degree in counselling psychology (or its equivalent) with an overall grade average of at least 80%.
* We require a Masters with thesis to apply to the PhD. If not a thesis the applicant must show evidence of having conducted a research project of the caliber of a thesis in lieu of having done a thesis.
the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) score for the general test with a minimum score of 500 in each verbal, and quantitative categories, and 3.5 in analytical writing.
if applicable, a TOEFL score of at least 580 (paper) or 237 (computer).
If applying to the PhD program you must submit a video/disc showing a 15-20 minute counselling session (actual or simulated). This applies to all students not completing their Masters at UBC.

Ordinarily, applicants are expected to have completed graduate courses in:

psychological testing
measurement
group counseling
theories of counseling
career counseling
at least 700 hours of supervised practica
research methods
statistics (through analysis of variance)
counselling for special groups ( e.g., children, adolescents, or adults).

Applicants who are deficient in one or more of the above courses, but otherwise competitive for admission, may have courses added to their program of studies. A qualifying year may be recommended to applicants who are deficient in several of the above courses.

Applicant information:

The following descriptive statistics are for the Ph.D. applicant pool and student body from 1996 to 2008:

Mean Number of applicants to the Ph.D. program in Counselling Psychology = 20
Mean Number of applicants offered admission to the Ph.D. program = 6
Mean Number of applicants who accepted admission to the Ph.D. program for Sept. 2008 = 6 (females = 4, male=2)
Mean Number of "accepted admission" entering from the UBC M.A. program in Counselling Psychology=4

Mean time to completion = 4.5 years(post MA degree)
Median number of years to completion=5 years
Percentage of students who complete program:
fewer than 5 years = 26%
fewer than 6 years = 51%
fewer than 7 years = 69%
more than 7 years = 23%

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Psychology, and Special Education
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