U of A Masters in Counselling

U OF A MASTER’S PROGRAM IN SCHOOL COUNSELLING ACCEPTING

APPLICATIONS IN THE NEW YEAR

Deadline March 1 st, 2023 to begin program in Summer 2023

The University of Alberta Master’s Program in School Counselling aims to prepare

trainees to implement an individual, group, and class/school-based interventions to (a)

promote students’ personal, social and emotional development, (b) enhance students’

academic achievement, (c) facilitate students’ career decision-making, (d) engage in

school-based crisis management, (e) coordinate linkages between families, the school and

the community and (f) identify students at risk for program development or referral

purposes. This program was intended to be responsive to the needs of teachers working in

Edmonton and area schools that wished to pursue graduate-level training in counselling.

The program is designed to enable teachers to continue working in the school system full-

time while they pursue their Master’s degree. Therefore, it is a 2 year, part-time degree

program with course instruction beginning in the summer months for 3-6 consecutive

weeks at a time on-site at the University campus when school is out and courses

occurring every alternate Saturday during the months of September to June. For further

information about the program and eligibility criteria and the application process, please

see our School Counselling Program website:

https://www.ualberta.ca/educational-psychology/graduate-programs/school-

counselling/index.html

Use the right-hand panel of the website to find answers to frequently asked questions,

view required courses in the Program Schedule and Program handbook and find out how

to apply through our online application system. The online system will open up to accept

applications on January 15, 2023, and will continue to accept applications until the

deadline of March 1 st, 2023.