Graduate Diploma in Counselling

Graduates of Athabasca University’s Graduate Diploma in Counselling program will be equipped with the essential skills required for counselling psychology. Learners will get a flexible pathway that can advance their careers, or further their education into Athabasca’s Master of Counselling program.

This 18 credit, fully online program will provide learners with a solid foundation of counselling psychology, theory, and practice. The diploma program is designed for students who do not meet the requirements for the Master’s program, or who are not pursuing a Master’s degree. Instead, this program offers students a valuable pathway ladder into several other options after completing five courses.

Admission Requirements

• Undergraduate degree.
• Minimum GPA of 2.50 in the last 10 half course equivalents.
• A minimum of three courses in psychology or educational psychology.

What You’ll Learn

• Ethical theories that will be used to highlight commonalities and differences between cases.
• Sociocultural influences on psychological and cultural identity.