Faculty of EducationEducational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education

Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education

CNPS Graduate Programs

Counselling Psychology (CNPS) offers a Master of Arts Program and Master of Education Program that is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Counsellor Education Programs (CACEP), an affiliate of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. Our Doctoral Program is designed to train counselling psychologists as research scholars, practitioners, and educators. We are accredited from the Canadian Psychological Association.

The Community and Agency Counselling area of focus prepares M.A. students for counselling individuals, couples, and families. Effective and developmental needs of individual and families are studied in content and practicum courses. Skills are developed through group and individual counselling instruction.

Potential Career Opportunities

Students graduating from this specialty area are employed as counsellors in a range of governmental, industrial, and agency settings.

The School Counselling area of focus is offered for both elementary and secondary school levels. Our comprehensive curriculum prepares M.A. students to develop knowledge and skills for school counselling, and child and adolescent counselling in non-school settings – with emphasis on individual and group counselling, consultation, child and adolescent development, and assessment. To be admitted to the school counselling focus, applicants must have a teaching certificate at the time of application from a Canadian province or territory.

Potential Career Opportunities

Students who complete courses in school counselling are employed by school districts as counsellors. Child and youth counsellors are employed in mental health, hospitals, community care teams, and schools.

The Community and Agency Counselling area of focus prepares M.Ed. students for counselling individuals, couples, and families. Effective and developmental needs of individual and families are studied in content and practicum courses. Skills are developed through group and individual counselling instruction.

Potential Career Opportunities

Students graduating from this specialty area are employed as counsellors in a range of governmental, industrial, and agency settings.

The School Counselling area of focus is offered for both elementary and secondary school levels. Our comprehensive curriculum prepares M.Ed. students to develop knowledge and skills for school counselling, and child and adolescent counselling in non-school settings – with emphasis on individual and group counselling, consultation, child and adolescent development, and assessment. To be admitted to the school counselling focus, applicants must have a teaching certificate at the time of application from a Canadian province or territory.

Potential Career Opportunities

Students who complete courses in school counselling are employed by school districts as counsellors. Child and youth counsellors are employed in mental health, hospitals, community care teams, and schools.

Our Doctoral Program is designed to train counselling psychologists as research scholars, practitioners, and educators. We have accreditation from the Canadian Psychological Association.

Graduate students are prepared for careers as researchers, practitioners, and educators in a wide variety of settings including academic, clinical, community, business, private practice, and research.

Mandatory: Students can only take CNPS 588 (Clinic) in the second year of their program. You will need to organize a leave of absence one day per week from your workplace or School Board in order to attend Clinic (from September to April) during your second year of the program.

To be admitted to the school counselling focus, applicants must have a teaching certificate at the time of application from a Canadian province or territory.