Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology Degree Options:
Thesis-based Master of Arts Project-based Master of Arts
Graduate Program Assistant: Kerstin Burnett
Phone: 250-721-7883 Email: [email protected]
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ADMISSIONS GUIDE September 2022 Entry
Revised July 2021
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Counselling Psychology Admissions Guide September 2022 Entry
TABLE OF CONTENTS About the Counselling Psychology Admissions Guide ...............................................................................3
Application Process ....................................................................................................................................3
Application Checklist ..................................................................................................................................4
Admissions Requirements and Guidelines ................................................................................................5
1. Baccalaureate degree and GPA ...............................................................................................5
2. Prerequisite courses ................................................................................................................5
3. Counselling-related hours: resumé and field experience charts.............................................6
4. Counselling skills evaluations (2 only) .....................................................................................7
5. Assessment reports (2 only) ....................................................................................................7
6. Personal statement..................................................................................................................7
7. Research statement (for thesis-based applicants only) ..........................................................8
8. English proficiency (for applicants whose first language is not English) .................................8
Re-applying ............................................................................................................................................8
Criminal Record Check ...........................................................................................................................8
Field Experience Chart ...................................................................................................................................9
List of Required Prerequisite Courses......................................................................................................10
Example Counselling Skills Evaluation .....................................................................................................11
ED-D Course Equivalencies Guide ............................................................................................................13
How to request equivalency ................................................................................................................13
ED-D 414 Group Processes...................................................................................................................13
ED-D 417 Skills for Effective Interpersonal Communication ...............................................................14
ED-D 418 Introduction to Theories of Counselling ..............................................................................15
University of Victoria Psychology Examples ............................................................................................16
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ABOUT THE COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY ADMISSIONS GUIDE Please note that the application process and requirements in this admissions guide are for the September 2022 on-campus program.
All program requirements are posted on our website at www.uvic.ca/education/psychology/counselling-psychology.
If you are interested in the Indigenous Communities Counselling Psychology (ICCP) Program, please visit www.uvic.ca/education/psychology/counselling-psychology/indigenous-communities to download the ICCP admissions guide.
APPLICATION PROCESS APPLICATIONS ARE DUE DECEMBER 1, 2021.
Applicants are encouraged to begin the online application process early (2-3 months before the deadline), as there is often a delay in obtaining the necessary supporting documents (e.g., references, transcripts). This program will be open for online application starting September 1.
• Make sure you are aware of all the admissions requirements (page 5). • Submit your application online at www.uvic.ca/application. Fill out the application clearly and
completely. Upload required documents (PDF format) with your application. You must include information for all post-secondary institutions at which you registered for courses. Failure to disclose previous studies may result in your admission and registration being cancelled.
• Include the application fee with your application - you must pay online with a credit card. Application fees are listed at www.uvic.ca/registrar/students/fees/application.
• Use the application checklist (page 4) to ensure all documents are uploaded or sent to the proper place. Failure to do so may result in an incomplete application and may jeopardize the application. Original documents must be received by the dates indicated.
• Fillable PDF forms (counselling skills evaluation, list of prerequisite courses, field experience chart) are available at www.uvic.ca/education/psychology/counselling-psychology/admissions.
• Counselling skills evaluations (CSEs) will be kept on file in the Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies for seven years.
Offers of admission are for a particular program start date and cannot be deferred. Applicants who decline an offer of admission must re-apply.
For assistance with departmental/program-specific admissions policy and procedures, or for
questions about the information in this admissions guide, contact: Kerstin Burnett, Graduate Program Assistant at [email protected], 250-721-7883
For assistance with Graduate Admissions & Records policy and procedures, contact:
Jeremy Bubiak, [email protected], 250-721-7974
Counselling Graduate Advisor: [email protected]
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APPLICATION CHECKLIST Please see the following section, “Admissions requirements and guidelines,” for detailed information on all the requirements listed here.
Should be received prior to application at [email protected]:
Request for course equivalency, if applicable
Apply online at www.uvic.ca/application by application deadline (December 1, 2021).
Upload the following documents with your application, in PDF format:
List of required counselling prerequisite courses Personal statement Field experience chart(s) Resumé Unofficial transcript(s)* including UVic transcripts Thesis-based applicants only: Research statement For applicants who are re-applying: a letter stating actions taken to strengthen the new
application, and any updated documents Unofficial English proficiency test scores, if applicable The application fee must be paid online by the application deadline.
*If you are taking courses (Sept-Dec) at time of application, please make sure you log back in and upload your updated transcripts to your online application once your marks are in for the term.
Must be received directly from the referee to [email protected] no later than January 1, 2022:
Counselling skills evaluation #1, from instructor of ED-D 417 or approved equivalent course Counselling skills evaluation #2
Must be received electronically by Graduate Admissions and Records from the referee no later than January 1, 2022:
Assessment report #1 Assessment report #2
Due January 1, 2022. Sent to Graduate Admissions and Records directly from testing body:
For international applicants only: official English language proficiency test scores (TOEFL, IELTS, or MELAB)
If offered admission, mail official final transcript(s) to Graduate Admissions and Records:
Graduate Admissions and Records University of Victoria PO Box 3025 STN CSC Victoria BC V8W 3P2 Canada
Copy of your official transcript(s)
Please note: You do not need to mail in official transcripts for courses taken at UVic.
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ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES Applicants who have complete applications will be given priority over those applicants who have requirements still in progress. However, this program is extremely competitive to get into, and meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee entry to the program.
1. Baccalaureate degree and GPA You must have completed a four-year baccalaureate degree from a recognized institution by the program start date. Your degree may be in any discipline. If you are pursuing the thesis-based program, completing an undergraduate thesis (honours level) is not required, but it will make your application more competitive.
Make sure to submit unofficial transcripts for ALL post-secondary institutions at which you registered for courses.
The minimum required entrance GPA is a B+ average over the last two years (or equivalent of 30.0 UVic units) of your degree. A higher GPA will be considered more competitive. Non-graded (pass-fail) courses, credit granted on the basis of life or work experience, or credit earned at institutions not recognized by the university will not be used in determining an applicant's grade point average or units completed. More info on GPA calculation is available on the Graduate Studies website: www.uvic.ca/graduatestudies/admissions/admissions/beforeapplying/requirements.
International applicants, please see the minimum degree type and GPA by country here: https://www.uvic.ca/graduate/admissions/admission-requirements/additional-international-applicant-information/index.php#ipn-minimums-from-other-countries.
2. Prerequisite courses Applicants must fill out the list of required prerequisites courses with the following courses or approved equivalents:
• ED-D 414 Group Processes* with a B+ or higher • ED-D 417 Skills for Effective Interpersonal Communication* with a B+ or higher • ED-D 418 Introduction to Theories of Counselling* with a B+ or higher • An upper level course in developmental psychology (i.e. child/adolescent development) • An upper level course in abnormal psychology/behavioural disorders • An upper level statistics course (for thesis-based applicants only)
*All three ED-D courses must have been completed within seven years of the application deadline. ED-D 417 and ED-D 418 MUST be completed by December 31 of the year prior to program start.
If you have not completed ED-D 417 or ED-D 418 by December 31, or if you obtain a B or lower in any of the three ED-D courses, your application will not be processed. Your application will be more competitive if you also have the upper level psychology courses, and statistics for thesis-based applicants, completed by December 31. Knowing ED-D 414 is hard to find outside of UVic, you can
To request equivalency for courses taken at another university, please see the ED-D equivalencies guide (p. 13). The UVic psychology examples chart (p. 16) provides examples of acceptable developmental and abnormal psychology courses.
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apply without it and it won’t make your application any less competitive. If you are offered a spot in the program, then you will be required to take ED-D 414 at UVic in the August before the program starts.
Please note: Because we consider work experience as one of our main criteria for adjudication, we do not accept work experience or practica to substitute for prerequisite courses or any other requirement.
3. Counselling-related hours: resumé and field experience charts Counselling related experience is defined as working1 with “vulnerable populations”2 in a position where the applicant’s main role was to help individuals or groups with personally meaningful goals or needs. Such experience should involve person-to-person and/or group helping relationships in which (a) you play a facilitative role in learning, personal and emotional growth, and/or psychological development and (b) are required to demonstrate professional and ethical behaviours, effective interpersonal skills and personal awareness. It must also include supervision involving evaluative feedback from a professional of a higher administrative position (i.e., not peer consultation) with clearly stated roles and responsibilities for the individual and the supervisor. This requirement can be met through volunteer work experience, although preference may be given to you if you have sustained relevant, paid work experience.
Counselling related examples include social worker, peer helping, group facilitator, teaching minors, special needs care, group homes, at-risk youth outreach, community outreach, volunteer counselling, distress line work, big brother/sister and lay counselling programs.
If your job involved some hours of direct work with clients and some hours of administrative tasks, case management, training, or other tasks not eligible as counselling hours, you can differentiate between “Total # of hours worked on the job” and “# of hours of direct helping experience” on the field experience chart.
For every counselling-related position held, fill out a field experience chart (page 9). Fillable version: www.uvic.ca/education/psychology/assets/docs/Field-Experience-Chart.pdf
In the resumé, please document all work experience and include a brief statement about what was gained or learned from each experience. Whether the candidate was working or not, all gaps in the history should be included and explained. The purpose of the experience requirement is, in part, to show involvement and interest in people-oriented work. Please include on the first page: current date, name, address, phone number and email address.
1 Volunteer and/or paid work experience. 2 While it is arguable that the human condition renders us all vulnerable, by vulnerable populations we refer to persons/populations more vulnerable than typical adult-aged persons of the general population. Children and youth are a vulnerable population (which is why volunteers and service personnel require criminal record checks).
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4. Counselling skills evaluations (2 only) The purpose of these evaluations is to provide a detailed qualitative assessment of your counselling skills and professional characteristics.
All applicants must get two counselling skills evaluations (CSEs) filled in. One must be from your instructor of ED-D 417 or pre-approved equivalent course. The other should be from a supervisor from a counselling-related setting. These two referees should be different from the two referees who fill in your assessment reports.
Applicants must send the blank CSE to their referees. Each referee will email the completed CSE directly to the Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies Graduate Programs Office ([email protected]). An example of the CSE is available on page 11. Fillable PDF: www.uvic.ca/education/psychology/assets/docs/CounsellingSkillsEvalForm.pdf.
Applicants must indicate on their personal statement who has been asked to submit these evaluations.
5. Assessment reports (2 only) Assessment reports are required from two academic or professional references. The counselling admissions committee would prefer to see at least one academic reference.
These two referees should be different from the two referees who fill in your counselling skills evaluations. You will provide the names and email addresses of your chosen assessors as part of your online application. UVic will email the assessment report link directly to your referees after you submit your application. It is important that you contact your referees prior to listing them here, to confirm their willingness to provide you with an assessment.
You can log in your application and return to the assessment section check whether the assessment reports have been completed by your referees, make changes to your referee information, or re-send an assessment request if necessary.
6. Personal statement Applicants must prepare a personal statement (maximum five pages) covering the following areas:
• How might enrolment in a counselling graduate program at the University of Victoria help you meet important life goals and aspirations? Are there any critical incidents in your life that helped you to develop these goals and aspirations?
• What preferences do you have in a counselling graduate program in terms of course content and style of teaching, skill development and personal learning?
• What are your strengths and weaknesses as a person, learner and counsellor? • What personal values are most important to you and how do they influence your views about
being a counsellor? • What type of setting would you like to work in following graduation from a counselling
program and what client population would you like to work with? • Add any other relevant information that you think would help the admissions committee to
know about you as a person and a potential counsellor.
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• Indicate the names of the people you have asked to submit your two counselling skills evaluations.
• Please include on the first page: current date, name, address, phone number and email.
Applicants are advised to use the above headings in abbreviated form to facilitate the reading of material. The personal statement needs to be typed, double spaced, with normal margins and no longer than five pages.
7. Research statement (for thesis-based applicants only) The research statement must include a description of previous experience with research projects or courses, as well as a brief description of present interests in counselling research areas. It needs to be typed, double spaced, with normal margins and no longer than two pages. On the first page, please include the current date, name, address, phone number and email address.
Please note: The number of thesis-based students admitted each year varies, dependent upon the availability of faculty members for supervision. Thesis-based applicants will be selected based on availability of supervisors and on the match between applicant research interests and faculty interest and/or background in that particular area.
8. English proficiency (for applicants whose first language is not English) If your first language is not English, you must provide proof of English language proficiency, in the form of a TOEFL, IELTS or MELAB test result (some students may be exempt from this requirement; please see the link below). No other tests are accepted. Official test score reports must be sent directly to the University of Victoria by the testing agency. Scores older than two years are not acceptable.
Please note: Given that the counselling profession requires an excellent command of the English language including emotion-based vocabulary and subtle understanding of nuanced communications, minimum scores for University of Victoria admissions are not sufficient for entrance to the counselling psychology program. Visit the following site for details on minimum required scores for this program, and exemptions: www.uvic.ca/education/psychology/student-resources/english-proficiency.
Re-applying If you are re-applying, you must submit an in-depth letter showing the actions taken to strengthen the new application over the previous one. The letter of re-application must be typed, double spaced, with normal margins and should be no longer than two pages.
Updated documents are also required to reflect the actions taken to strengthen the application (i.e., field experience chart(s), resumé, new transcript).
Criminal Record Check All applicants that are admitted will be required to undergo a Criminal Record Check (Solicitor General CRC only) in compliance with the BC Criminal Records Review Act. Full admittance to the program requires a successful criminal record check. Await department instructions before proceeding.
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FIELD EXPERIENCE CHART Applicant Name:
Position title:
Start date:
End date:
Organization name:
Setting (i.e. school, clinic):
Address:
Supervisor Information:*
Name:
Tel. #:
Email:
Number of hours:
Total # of hours worked on the job:
# of hours of direct helping experience:
Responsibilities and duties:
Skills Required:
*Please note that the supervisors may be contacted to verify direct contact hours noted and/or other relevant information about the position.
The above information is true and accurate, to the best of my knowledge: ____________________________________________ ___________________________________ Applicant Signature Date
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LIST OF REQUIRED PREREQUISITE COURSES
Applicant Name: ____________________________________ Date: ________________________
ED-D 414: Group Processes or equivalent Course Name & Number Where & When Grade ED-D 417: Skills for Effective Interpersonal Communication or equivalent
Course Name & Number Where & When Grade ED-D 418: Introduction to Theories of Counselling or equivalent
Course Name & Number Where & When Grade Upper level development psychology course
Course Name & Number Where & When Grade Upper level abnormal psychology/behaviour disorders course
Course Name & Number Where & When Grade Thesis-based applicants only: Upper level statistics course
Course Name & Number Where & When Grade
If a course is in progress or you plan to take it in the future, please indicate this in the table. For psychology or statistics courses where the title of the course does not present a clear meaning of the course content, and for all ED-D equivalent courses, you must request equivalency prior to application. Please see page 13 of the admissions guide for instructions.
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EXAMPLE COUNSELLING SKILLS EVALUATION Please send your referees the fillable version of this form: www.uvic.ca/education/psychology/assets/docs/CounsellingSkillsEvalForm.pdf To the Referee: This form is meant to be completed by a counselling course (ED-D 417 or equivalent) instructor or a counselling (or a related profession) supervisor in a volunteer or professional setting. Additional information may be provided in a letter but REFEREES MUST COMPLETE THIS FORM IN FULL. The information in this report will be considered confidential and will not be released to anyone outside the University of Victoria. However, the overall assessment score may be shared with the applicant upon request, as part of feedback on their application.
Name of Applicant Date of Report:
Location of Supervisory or Teaching Relationship:
Context of Relationship:
Course (number/title, grade, duration, content) Clinical Setting (volunteer/
paid, duties performed, duration)
Dates and duration of contact:
Type and amount of supervision per client hour:
Ability to establish rapport with clients: Inability to Struggles to Able to Very skilled Exceptionally skilled effectively effectively effectively in effectively in effectively establish establish establish establishing establishing rapport rapport rapport rapport rapport Ability to demonstrate active listening skills (i.e. paraphrasing, summarizing, clarification, and appropriate questioning) with clients: Inability to Struggles to Able to Very skilled Exceptionally skilled demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate in demonstrating in demonstrating active active active active active listening skills listening skills listening skills listening skills listening skills Ability to demonstrate accurate expressed empathy with clients: Inability to Struggles to Able to Very skilled Exceptionally skilled demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate in demonstrating in demonstrating accurate accurate accurate accurate accurate expressed expressed expressed expressed expressed empathy empathy empathy empathy empathy Ability to demonstrate conceptual skills (e.g. case conceptualization, treatment planning) in supervision and case consultation: Inability to Struggles to Able to Very skilled Exceptionally skilled demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate in demonstrating in demonstrating conceptual conceptual conceptual conceptual conceptual skills skills skills abilities abilities
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Demonstration of professional/ethical behaviours (as defined by the Canadian Counselling Association) with colleagues and clients: Did not Struggled to Adequately Clearly Insufficient basis demonstrate demonstrate demonstrated demonstrated to judge applicant’s professional/ professional/ professional/ professional/ professional/ ethical ethical ethical ethical ethical behaviours behaviours behaviours behaviours behaviours Demonstrates openness to feedback from supervisors: Was not Somewhat Fairly Very open Completely open open to open to open to to feedback to feedback feedback from feedback from feedback from from supervisors from supervisors supervisors supervisors supervisors Applicant’s ability to demonstrate awareness of the impact of their behaviour on others (i.e., clients, colleagues, supervisors, staff): Inability to Struggled to Able to Clearly Insufficient basis demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate demonstrates to judge applicant’s awareness of awareness of awareness of awareness of awareness impact on impact on impact on impact on others others others others What is your overall assessment of the suitability of this applicant for entrance into the graduate program in counselling psychology? The candidate The candidate The candidate The candidate The candidate The candidate is unsuitable is below is average is very good is excellent is exceptional
average
Please use this section to provide further comments on the applicant:
Evaluator’s Information: Name: (Please print)
Signature: Title:
Phone: Email:
Please email this form directly to the Counselling Graduate Program Assistant at [email protected].
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Revised July 2021
ED-D COURSE EQUIVALENCIES GUIDE We have developed this guide and list of possible courses to help you identify courses that may be accepted as equivalent to the prerequisites ED-D 414, ED-D 417 and ED-D 418. However, these lists are subject to change and do not guarantee equivalency – The final decision about course equivalencies will be made by the Graduate Advisor prior to the Admissions Committee’s adjudication of applications to the program.
How to request equivalency You must submit an equivalency request for every equivalent course, whether or not it is listed below. The syllabus can change from year to year, so a listed course may not always be accepted.
You may request equivalency for a course before or after you take the course.
Please note: ED-D 414, ED-D 417 and ED-D 418 must have been completed within seven years of the application deadline or they will need to be repeated.
1. Review the equivalency criteria laid out below for each course. Please only submit equivalency requests for courses that meet these requirements (for example, ED-D 417 MUST have at least 70% of the final grade based on assessment of demonstrated skills, ex. through videotaped counselling sessions).
2. Send an email to [email protected] before the application deadline. 3. In the email, clearly state which prerequisite you are requesting equivalency for, such as
“PSYC 101 for ED-D 414.” 4. Include a copy of the full course syllabus for the exact term and instructor (including the
course title and unit value, name of course text(s), information on required assignments and grading, and a list of weekly topics).
ED-D 414 Group Processes UVic calendar description: Analysis, theory, and research related to group processes, decision-making, and leadership in a variety of settings. Awareness and understanding of self in group contexts. Includes skills practice and development related to group membership and facilitation.
This course is offered on campus each term (September, January and August).
We want students to have an understanding of basic group dynamics and processes before entering the program. If you have a course that covers topics, then we will likely consider the course equivalent. Courses such as Social Psychology that focus on more “macro-level” groups (e.g., high socioeconomic groups, minority groups, marginalized groups) are not considered equivalent.
Institution Course # Title(s) of potentially equivalent course(s) University of Alberta PSYCO 405 Group Processes and Intergroup Relations University of Calgary SOWK 395 Practice and Evaluation with Groups Douglas College CYCC 4468 Advanced Skil ls with Groups in CYC Organizations U. of the Fraser Valley SOWK 301 Social Work Practice with Groups Kwantlen Polytechnic U. CNPS 4330 Group Facil itation Laurentian University SWRK 3727EL
(was 4437EL) Social Work with Groups
University of Manitoba EDUA 5540 Groups in Guidance Continued on next page
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MacEwan University CYCW 204 Group Work McGill University EDPC 502
SWRK 321 (was 376A) Group Processes and Individuals Social Work Practice with Groups
Mount Royal University CYCC 2216 Group Processes and Counsell ing Theory University of Regina SW 425 Group Work Vancouver Island University CYC 265
CYC 475 (was 465) Intro to Group Work Practice in Professional CYC Advanced Activity based CYC Practice in Groups
University of Victoria CYC 475 Advanced CYC Practice with Groups and Families
ED-D 417 Skills for Effective Interpersonal Communication UVic calendar description: Basic interpersonal communication skills for active listening, empathic understanding and communication of empathy. Includes analysis of effective interpersonal skills and skill building laboratory experience. The content and skills are transferable to a variety of settings, including counselling, education, human development, management, healthcare, psychology and recreation.
This course is offered on campus each term (September, January and May).
ED-D 417 is designed specifically to develop basic communication skills for counselling with a focus on active listening, basic and advanced empathy and goal setting. Course assignments are designed to assess the level of skill development in students with a final grade that is primarily (at least 70% of the grade) based on demonstrated skills. Students in the course are required to engage in two hours/week outside of class in simulated counselling sessions (i.e., 1 hour as a “client” and 1 hour as a “counsellor”). If you are thinking of requesting equivalency, here are a couple of things to consider:
1) Does my course have at least 70% of my final grade comprised of assessment of demonstrated skills (i.e. through videotaped counselling sessions)?
2) Is my course designed to not only teach the concepts of basic counselling skills but also to train me to develop those skills through regular practice?
Meeting these two requirements does not guarantee that your course will be considered equivalent. However, if your course does not at least meet both of criteria, then it will not be considered equivalent to ED-D 417.
Institution Course # Title(s) of potentially equivalent course(s) University of BC CNPS 362 Basic Interviewing Skil ls University of Calgary SOWK 391 Practice and Evaluation with Individuals Douglas College PSYC 4370 Fundamental Counsell ing Skil ls U. of the Fraser Valley PSYCH 491S Basic Counsell ing and Interviewing Skil ls Kwantlen Polytechnic U. CNPS 4300 Counsell ing Relationships and Basic Skills
University of Regina SW 390 Communication Skil ls in Social Work Practice
Simon Fraser University EDUC 423 Helping Relationships
Vancouver Island University CYC 152 (was 252A)* CYC 252 (was 252B)*
Interpersonal Communication Skills Advanced Interpersonal Skil ls *must be taken with upper level CYC course
University of Victoria CYC 152 and CYC 370 (together)
Introduction to Helping Skil ls in CYC Practice Applying Assessment & Case Planning in CYC Practice
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ED-D 418 Introduction to Theories of Counselling UVic calendar description: Major theoretical approaches to counselling. This will include philosophical assumptions, key concepts, the process of change, and interventions. Designed for those interested in counselling, psychotherapy, and helping relationships.
This course is offered on campus and online each term (September, January and May).
For a course to be approved as equivalent to ED-D 418, it must introduce students to the idea of separating “theory” from “therapy” by reviewing, in detail, the major movements of psychotherapy and counselling since Freud (Psychodynamic) to the Postmodernists (e.g., Narrative). The entire course must focus on theories and must not cover other topics. If you are thinking of requesting equivalency, here are several things to consider:
1) Does my course focus primarily (over 90% of the course) on reviewing and learning theories of counselling and psychotherapy?
2) Does my course cover the main movements (i.e., Psychodynamic, Humanist, Behavioural, Post-Modern, Integrated) in psychotherapy since Freud?
3) Is the course grade primarily based on assessment of knowledge rather than “personal reflection” assignments?
Meeting these requirements does not guarantee that your course will be considered equivalent. However, if your course does not at least meet all three of these criteria, then it will not be considered equivalent to ED-D 418.
Institution Course # Title(s) of potentially equivalent course(s) Athabasca University PSYC 406 Introduction to Theories of Counsell ing and Psychotherapy (online) University of BC CNPS 365 Introduction to Theories of Counsell ing Douglas College PSYC 3375 Theories of Counsell ing and Psychotherapy Douglas College CYCC 3520 Professional CYC: Theory and Practice University of Manitoba EDUA 5500 Theories and Issues in School Counsell ing Mount Royal University CYCC 2221 Counsell ing Theories Kwantlen Polytechnic U. CNPS 3310 Theories of Counsell ing Simon Fraser University EDUC 323 Introduction to Counsell ing Theories Trinity Western U. PSYC 331 Theories of Counsell ing University of Victoria CYC 205 Applying Change Theory in Child and Youth Care Practice University of Waterloo PSYC 334R
(was PSYC 334) Theories of Individual Counselling Psychology
York University PSYC 4060 Counsell ing Psychology
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UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA PSYCHOLOGY EXAMPLES Please note the possible courses below are subject to change. The final decision will be made by the Graduate Advisor prior to the Admissions Committee’s adjudication of applications to the program. If you are uncertain your course is equivalent, you can submit a full course syllabus to [email protected] for evaluation.
What is an “upper level” course?
Upper level means 300- or 400-level. At some universities, a 200-level course is the highest level offered in either developmental or abnormal psychology. In this case, applicants can request to use the 200-level course to meet the MA admissions requirement, by emailing the syllabus to [email protected] for evaluation.
An upper level course in developmental psychology
An upper level course in developmental psychology should cover childhood/adolescent development.
Course # Course Title Topic Area
PSYC 335 Infant and Child Development Developmental PSYC 336 Adolescent Development Developmental PSYC 339* Adult Development and Aging* Developmental PSYC 435A Advanced Infant and Child Development Developmental PSYC 435C Advanced Adolescent Development Developmental PSYC 435E* Advanced Adult Development and Aging* Developmental ED-D 406 Psychology of Adolescence Developmental CYC 338 Applying Developmental Theory in CYC Practice Developmental
* For admissions to the September 2023 program we will require a course that covers childhood/adolescent development, but for admissions to the 2021 and 2022 programs we will accept either childhood/adolescent or adult development.
An upper level course in abnormal psychology/behaviour disorders
An upper level course in abnormal psychology/behaviour disorders should cover the diagnostic criteria for most common disorders listed in the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
Course # Course Title Topic Area
PSYC 260 Introduction to Mental Health and Well-Being Abnormal/Behaviour Disorders PSYC 366 Psychological Disorders of Childhood & Adolescence Abnormal/Behaviour Disorders
Discontinued UVic courses that are possible equivalents:
PSYC 360 Psychological Disorders of Adulthood Abnormal/Behaviour Disorders
