Certificate in Health Care Assistant at Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Programme overview

Full-time certificate preparing students with the knowledge, skills and values to provide safe, compassionate care in community, complex and residential care settings, with practice experiences and a final practicum. Seats are reserved for the provincial Health Career Access Program pathway.

Faculty: Faculty of Health | Duration: 33 credits | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Fall, Spring | Location: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Classroom and laboratory learning supported by practice experiences in community care, complex care and residential care.

Career pathways

Health Care Assistant roles in a range of health care settings.

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Application information

Entry requirements

English 101 with a minimum grade of C (or equivalent), or Accuplacer Reading 230 and Writing 230 with WritePlacer 4, or TOEFL iBT 76 (no sub-score below 20 in Speaking and Listening or 18 in Reading and Writing), or IELTS Academic overall 6.0 with 6.0 in Speaking and Listening and 5.5 in Reading and Writing.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Three intakes: Fall (September), Spring (January) and Summer (May).

Design programmes (Wilson School of Design) have one intake per year, in the Fall (September) semester; classes begin in September.

Domestic Fall intake: applications open October 1; application deadline for Limited Intake programs March 1 (select programs may extend, space permitting); Open Intake final application deadline July 1; confirmation deposit deadline for Open Intakes June 15.

Domestic Spring (January) intake: applications open February 1; application deadline for Limited Intake programs August 1; confirmation deposit deadline for Open Intakes October 15; Open Intake final application deadline November 1.

Domestic Summer (May) intake: applications open June 1; application deadline for Limited Intake programs December 1.

International Fall (September) intake: applications open October 1; Limited Intake deadline March 1; no applications accepted after July 1.

International Spring (January) intake: applications open February 1; Limited Intake deadline August 1; no applications accepted after November 1.

International Summer (May) intake: applications open June 1; Limited Intake deadline December 1; no applications accepted after March 1.

Application fee is $40 for Canadian citizen and permanent resident applicants (no charge for self-declared Indigenous applicants) and $120 for international applicants. Confirmation deposit: $250 (domestic open intake), $500 (domestic limited intake), $5000 (international).

Design programmes: applications for each Fall intake are accepted from October 1 to March 1.

Apply through the official page: https://www.kpu.ca/apply

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