School of Child and Youth Care

Faculty of Human and Social Development

Undergraduate Courses

*Courses offered online and by distance in Child and Youth Care.

CYC 100A   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Formerly: part of 100, 200

Introduction to Professional Child and Youth Care Practice: Part One

Historical and contemporary conversations about the professional field of child and youth care and its diverse practices and contexts. Introduction to strength-based practice, inclusiveness, caring in context, normative development, and critical reflection. Emphasis on socially locating oneself, building relationships, processes of change, enhancing ethical discernment, promoting cultural competencies and a commitment to social justice, cultivating a professional orientation, and understanding theory in everyday practice.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 100A, 100, 200, 200A, 251.

- (This is an off-campus course.)

CYC 166B   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Formerly: 366B

Lifespan Development (Adolescence to Late Adulthood)

Introduces students to concepts and models of how human behaviour is acquired, maintained, and modified. Focuses on human development from adolescence to late adulthood as a knowledge base for practice with children, youth, and families.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 166B, 366B, 366.

- (This is an off-campus course.)

CYC 210   Units: 1.5    Schedule

Supervised Practicum I

An opportunity to practice evolving CYC skills in an applied setting. Students work directly with children/youth in a supervised practice situation in order to promote professional skill acquisition and integrate the knowledge obtained through coursework. Students are required to complete 120 hours.

Note: (This is an off-campus course.)

Prerequisites: Year 1 required CYC courses or equivalent.

CYC 230   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Introduction to CYC Practice in Indigenous Contexts

An exploration of Indigenous perspectives and contexts, both historical and contemporary, in relation to practice with Indigenous children, youth, families and communities. Readings, activities, and assignments provide an historical overview of colonization and describe various strategies for supporting decolonization and culturally relevant practice.

Note: (This is an off-campus course.)

Prerequisites: Second-year standing or permission of the department.

CYC 250   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Introduction to Law in Child and Youth Care Contexts

The Law as an expression of social policy, and the processes by which laws are developed, enacted and changed; Family Law and the Family Courts, with special reference to laws affecting children; human rights as they apply to social services; the organization of legal services and the legal accountability and liabilities of child and youth care workers, and others in the social service field.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 250, 350A, SOCW 350A.

- (This is an off-campus course.)

Prerequisites: Second-year standing or permission of the department.

CYC 310   Units: 4.5   Schedule

Supervised Practicum II

Students work directly with children/youth in a supervised practice situation in order to promote professional skill acquisition and integration. Emphasis is placed on observation and recording skills, understanding the structure and functioning of a service agency, and fostering the student's awareness of his or her functioning in relation to children, youth and agency workers. Attention is also given to developing beginning level case planning, intervention, and case presentation skills with both a one-to-one and a group focus. Students are required to complete 286 hours.

Note: (This is an off-campus course.)

Prerequisites: 210, 3 units of development theory; third-year standing; restricted to Child and Youth Care students.

Corequisites: 205, 338.

CYC 310A   Units: 4.5   Schedule

Child and Youth Care Practicum by Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)

Students with significant work or volunteer experience in Child and Youth Care may complete the first CYC practicum by Prior Learning Assessment. Students will present evidence of their prior learning and practice experience in the form of a portfolio which specifically demonstrates the learning objectives and outcomes required in CYC 310.

Notes: - Restricted to Child and Youth Care students. 5 years of paid CYC experience is strongly recommended.

- (This is an off-campus course.)

Prerequisites: Permission of the department.

CYC 356   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Formerly: 266

Child and Youth Care Practice with Families

Focuses on the various kinds of strategies used when working with families in a variety of settings. Using a strengths based approach, it covers interventions that promote positive ways of improving family patterns when difficulties are presented. Students will be introduced to a variety of interventions used to work collaboratively with family when changes are needed.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 356, 266, 351, 466.

- (This is an off-campus course.)

Prerequisites: Year 1 required CYC courses completed or equivalent and 205.

CYC 370   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Formerly: 474

Applying Assessment and Case Planning in Child and Youth Care Practice

Focuses on the skills necessary to working professionally with individuals, groups and families: intake interviewing needs and risk assessment, intervention planning and implementation, case management and reporting. Knowledge and skill in issues of abuse and neglect will be developed. Students will be required to apply change theory in a laboratory learning setting and produce professional documentation of their work. Feedback on skill application is provided in class and through video recordings.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 370, 474.

- (This is an off-campus course.)

Prerequisites: 210, 205 or 351.

CYC 410A   Units: 4.5   Schedule

Advanced Supervised Block Practicum

A condensed 4 month practicum within which students are required to complete 286 hours. Some practicums are block practicums only, such as Child Life and Child Protection. Check with a practicum coordinator for more information.

Notes: - Restricted to Child and Youth Care students in their fourth-year of study.

- (This is an off-campus course.)

Prerequisites: All required 300- and 400-level courses with the exception of 475.

Corequisites: 475.

CYC 424   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis in Child and Youth Care

Provides students with a grounding in the techniques commonly used in the analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data in child and youth care as well as the logic of interpreting evaluation data. Students will explore how to interpret, analyze, code, and write about qualitative data. They will analyze quantitative, descriptive data to interpret relationships between variables and be introduced to inferential statistics.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 424, HSD 425.

- (This is an off-campus course.)

Prerequisites: Third-year standing.

CYC 475   Units: 3.0   Schedule

Advanced Child and Youth Care Practice with Families and Groups

This advanced course focuses on the development of skills required for child and youth care practice with families and groups. In a supervised teaching setting, students will assess the needs of role-playing individuals, families and groups, and by applying appropriate intervention strategies, assist clients to achieve needs-related, desired outcomes.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 475, 476.

- (This is an off-campus course.)

Prerequisites: Year 3 required CYC courses.

Graduate Courses

CYC 546   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Human Change Processes: From Theory to Practice

A practice based course that requires students to work with individuals and families in simulated role play scenarios. It begins with the micro contexts of families and moves outward to understand how change occurs in communities and organizations. Human change theory and processes form the foundation of the course in order to explore traditional and contemporary theories of change that highlight gendered and cultural differences and similarities.

CYC 553   Units: 1.5 or 3.0   Schedule

Practicum in Child and Youth Care

The supervised field placement is designed to provide CYC students with an opportunity to apply their skills working with children, youth, families and communities in a supervised setting. Placements which involve individual, family and/or group counseling, can only be undertaken with qualified (i.e. Master's level) supervisors, and require a minimum commitment of 300 hours (3.0 units). Those students who have not completed a practicum as part of their undergraduate degree will also be required to enrol in the 3.0 unit course. Regular contact with the course instructor and consultations between the student, placement supervisor and instructor will be required.

Students registered in the 1. 5 unit course will be required to complete a minimum of 165 hours. Students registered in the 3.0 course will be required to complete a minimum of 300 hours.

Notes: - Students are normally required to complete 13.5 units of coursework before registering in 553.

- (This course has both on- and off-campus sections.)

Grading: INP, COM, N, F.

CYC 554   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Diversity in Practice

Explores the complexity of diversities that shape the contexts of professional practice with children, youth and their families who come from different communities, represent a wide range of social networks, familial structures and belief systems. The attitudes and skills necessary to equip professionals to be attentive to the socially and culturally diverse populations that they face will be the focus of this course.

CYC 558   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Graduate Writing Seminar

Engages students in the process of proposal writing in preparation for either their master's research thesis or applied research project. Includes a consideration of the Human Research Ethics Board review process, specialized information literacy training with the university library, and other issues of writing and research.

CYC 562*   Units: 1.5 or 3   Schedule

Special Topics in Child and Youth Care Intervention

Students will study models of intervention in child and youth care which are specific to their area of specialization.

Note: Topics will vary. May be taken more than once for credit in different topics.

CYC 563   Units: 1.5    Schedule

Specialized Practicum in Child and Youth Care

In consultation with a faculty adviser, students will select a special setting for advanced work and training. In some settings, this may take the form of a clinical internship. Students will work under supervision and will consult regularly with both the practicum supervisor and faculty course instructor. Students may be required to complete a specialized theory or intervention course in their area of focus prior to undertaking the specialized practicum.

Students are required to complete a minimum of 165 hours.

Note: (This course has both on- and off-campus sections.)

Prerequisites: 553.

Grading: INP, COM, N, F.

CYC 598   Units: 6.0   Schedule

Applied Research Project

Students will undertake an applied research project which could, for example, include: (1) program development, (2) program needs assessment, (3) development of an assessment tool/protocol for clients, (4) evaluation of an existing program, (5) cost/benefit analysis of program models, or (6) secondary analysis of existing agency data. The research project should be developed in consultation with the student's supervisory committee.

Note: (This course has both on- and off-campus sections.)

Grading: INP, COM, N, F

CYC 599   Units: 6.0   Schedule

Thesis

Specialized research on a topic chosen in consultation with the student's supervisory committee. The thesis should be an original piece of research that would be suitable for publication in a professional journal or presentation at a professional meeting.

Note: (This course has both on- and off-campus sections.)

CYC 682A   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Formerly: CYC 682

Internship in Child and Youth Care Research

Learners may be involved in an ongoing research project in CYC or a closely related field in which they will play an active role in some aspect(s) of conducting the research. Learners will be expected to spend a minimum of 10 hours per week in the practicum and to meet with a faculty supervisor on a regular basis for a minimum of 150 hours.

Notes: - Learners may not be paid for work on this research project during the time that they are undertaking the practicum course for university credit.

- (This course has both on- and off-campus sections.)

Grading: INP, COM, N, F

CYC 682B   Units: 1.5   Schedule

Formerly: CYC 682

Practice Internship in Child and Youth Care

A practice Internship provides opportunities for the student to be actively involved and supervised in a practice setting. Practice settings may include teaching environments, face to face counselling settings, international contexts, or work in policy development with a specific Ministry. Normally students will work for 10 hours per week for a maximum of 150 hours. In addition, students will meet with the practicum co-ordinator throughout the term.

Notes: - Learners may not be paid for work on this research project during the time that they are undertaking the practicum course for university credit.

- (This course has both on- and off-campus sections.)

Grading: INP, COM, N, F

CYC 693   Units: 3.0   Schedule

Candidacy Exams

Students will be expected to complete two candidacy papers (one focused on the substantive area of interest including related theories, and the other on methodology related to their area and topic of interest) and an oral examination before qualifying to undertake PhD research and a dissertation. Within thirty-six months of registration as a provisional doctoral student and at least six months before the final oral examination, a student must pass a candidacy examination.

Note: (This course has both on- and off-campus sections.)

Grading: INP, COM, N, F.

CYC 699   Units: 16.5   Schedule

PhD Dissertation

Note: (This course has both on- and off-campus sections.)

Prerequisites: 693.

Grading: INP, COM, N, F.