BCYC Child and Youth Care at University of Victoria

Programme overview

A Bachelor of Child and Youth Care degree offered by the School of Child and Youth Care in the Faculty of Education. Students need at least 60 units of university credit to graduate, at least 30 of them from UVic, including 33 units of required CYC courses and the Academic Writing requirement. Specializations are Early Years, Child Protection and Indigenous, and delivery is flexible distance learning.

Faculty: Faculty of Education | Department: School of Child and Youth Care | Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Required courses include CYC 110 Introduction to Child and Youth Care, CYC 120 Lifespan Development, CYC 152 Helping Skills, CYC 250 Law, Indigenous People and the TRC Calls to Action, CYC 320 Critical Identity Development and CYC 470 Mental Health and Addictions, with supervised practicums in Years 2, 3 and 4. All required CYC courses need a minimum final grade of 65% (C+).

Career pathways

Family support worker; mental health or youth outreach worker; early childhood educator; community or frontline support worker.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Child and Youth Care (BCYC) admission requirements, British Columbia and Yukon secondary school applicants: Grade 11 Approved English 11, Foundations of Mathematics 11 or Pre-calculus 11, approved science 11 and approved social studies 11/12; Grade 12 English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12 (minimum 73%) and three approved academic 12 courses. Estimated admission average: minimum 80% (estimate from recent admission cycles; the actual average may be higher). Applicants submit a resume (full work, volunteer and interest history) and a cover letter of at most two pages (introduction, interest in UVic Child and Youth Care, why the field matters to them) by January 31. College transfer: a completed diploma needs a B (5.00) average on all courses attempted; certificate holders are not eligible; applicants with eight or more university-level courses (12 UVic units) need a C+ (3.00) on the most recent 12 units. Meeting the minimum does not guarantee admission.

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.

Undergraduate entry points: September (fall), January and summer (May) entry; Engineering summer entry is for high school graduates only.

September entry: most degree programs January 31; Elementary Curriculum and Secondary Curriculum teacher education post-degree programs January 2; Indigenous Education ongoing; Public Administration diploma and certificate programs May 31. Early admission is possible for high school students who submit grades by early December. Late applications may be accepted where programs remain open.

January entry: Art History and Visual Studies, Computer Science, Computer Science and Health Information Science, Music (Bachelor of Arts) and all Humanities, Science and Social Sciences programs September 30; Health Information Science October 31; Public Administration diploma and certificate programs September 30.

Summer entry: Art History and Visual Studies, Computer Science, Music (BA) and all Humanities, Science and Social Sciences programs March 31; Engineering programs December 31 (high school graduates only); Public Administration diploma and certificate programs February 15.

Applications are submitted through EducationPlannerBC. The application fee is $89.50 if all transcripts come from institutions within Canada and $184.00 if any transcripts come from outside Canada.

Apply through the official page: https://www.uvic.ca/undergraduate/

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