Build your skills and knowledge in an array of counselling topics, exploring diverse settings of psychotherapy including educational, vocational, personal, and developmental counselling. With a strong focus on career and vocational theory, individual and group counselling skills, multicultural integration, and diagnosis and assessment procedures, students undergo extensive supervised internships in clinical or educational settings, fostering practical experience crucial for professional growth. Upon completion, graduates qualify for membership into the Ordre des conseillers et conseillères d'orientation du Québec (OCCOQ), paving the way for impactful careers as counsellors, with potential pathways to further academic advancement, including progression to the McGill PhD in Counselling Psychology for those demonstrating a talent for and interest in practical application research.
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Master of Arts (M.A.) Counselling Psychology (Non-Thesis): Project(60 Credits)
Program Requirement:
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Required Courses (57 credits)
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EDPC 606
Theories of Intervention 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Phenomenological, cognitive, behavioural and developmental theories that bear on the interventions of counsellors, psychologists, and other practitioners.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPC 609
Psychological Testing 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): History of psychological testing, theoretical aspects of individual and group testing, validity, reliability, and test construction, basic theories of intelligence, and ethical and legal issues in testing. An introduction to tests of cognitive abilities, aptitude, personality, and interests, including the acquisition of basic skills needed to administer and interpret individual tests of cognitive abilities. Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Prerequisite: Undergraduate-level course in psychological measurement and assessment
- Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period. The fee is $57.89.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPC 615
Assessment & Diagnosis 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): An introduction to differential assessment and diagnosis for counsellors in educational and mental health settings. The clinical interview, the assessment process, the DSM-IV, relevant test instruments, diagnostic procedures, and development of treatment plans will be subjects of study. Models of record keeping and referral procedures will be reviewed.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPC 619
Research Project 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): A focused survey of the research literature on a topic chosen in consultation with the research supervisor.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPC 620
Research Project 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Development of a rationale for a research project supported by the research literature, the articulation of a specific research question(s) related to the rationale, and write up of a method to collect data that will answer the question.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPC 621
Research Project 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Data collection based on the method proposed in Research Project 2.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPC 625
Clinic Practicum 1
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): A first level practicum in basic interviewing and helping skills and their application to a range of problems. Clients are seen in the McGill Psychoeducational and Counselling Clinic. Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- Martin Drapeau, Annett C Korner
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EDPC 626
Clinic Practicum 2
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): A second level practicum in basic interviewing and helping skills and their application to a range of problems. Clients are seen in the McGill Psychoeducational and Counselling Clinic. Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPC 628
Research Project 4
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Data analysis based on data collected in Research Project 3.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPC 629
Research Project 5
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Interpretation of data collected in Research Project 3 including its relationship to the literature and its implications.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPC 630
Research Project 6
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): The development of a written report of the research project in the form of a manuscript suitable for publication.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPC 662
Career Psychology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Contemporary career theories, and their relationship to career development, career assessment, career transition and workplace concerns are reviewed. Current issues related to career development across the life span with specific attention given to topics such as values, aptitudes, family, culture and societal contexts will be explored. Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period. The fee is $66.84.
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EDPC 683
Prac in Psy Test:Personlty Ass
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Seminar and field practice in the administration and interpretation of tests that assess individual characteristic ways of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself . The course covers the selection and evaluation of personality and vocational instruments, ethical test use, test administration, report writing, and communication of results.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Prerequisite: EDPC 609.
- The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period. The fee is $224.91.
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EDPC 684
Prac in Psy Test:Cognitive Ass
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Seminar and field practice in the administration and interpretation of instruments that assess cognitive functioning and psychosocial functioning as it relates to cognitive abilities and academic achievements. The course covers the selection and evaluation of instruments, ethical test use, test administration, report writing, and communication of test results.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Prerequisite: EDPC 609.
- Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period. The fee is $125.19.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 622
Multiculturalism & Gender
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Multicultural, multilingual and gender issues as they relate to the practising school and counselling psychologist. Implications and their impact in assessment, research, training, and intervention.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Restriction: Open to School/ Applied Child and Counselling Psychology students only
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EDPE 627
Ethical & Prof Pract of Psych
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Ethics and the professional and governmental structures regulating the practice of psychology in Quebec, Canada, and North America and their relation to the work of psychologists. Required for licensing as a psychologist.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Prerequisite: EDPE 575 or equivalent
- Restriction: Open only to students in M.A. (Thesis) Educational Psychology - School/Applied Child Psychology Stream Program, M.A. (Non-Thesis) Counselling Psychology - Project Program, and M.A. (Thesis) Counselling Psychology Program.
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EDPE 676
Intermediate Statistics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Concepts and procedures of conducting basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including analysis of variance, correlation, and regression models. Provides experience with data-analysis tools.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
Complementary Courses (3 credits)
3 credits from the following:
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EDPE 682
Univariate/Multivariate Anal
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): General linear model as a unified data analytic system for estimation and hypothesis testing that subsumes regression, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance for single dependent variables. Introduction to generalizations involving multiple dependent (criterion) variables. Applications oriented toward education, educational psychology and counselling psychology. Experience with data-analysis tools.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 687
Qualitative Methods in Ed Psyc
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): The logics of design and selection of phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, case study and mixed design methods with emphasis on data analysis in light of issues of research purpose, epistemology, reliability and validity.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
