Program Requirements
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Required Courses (57 credits)
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EDPC 606 Theories of Intervention 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : Phenomenological, cognitive, behavioural and developmental theories that bear on the interventions of counsellors, psychologists, and other practitioners.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Wendt, Dennis (Fall)
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EDPC 609 Psychological Testing 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : History of psychological testing, theoretical aspects of individual and group testing, validity, reliability, and test construction, basic theories of intelligence, and ethical and legal issues in testing. An introduction to tests of cognitive abilities, aptitude, personality, and interests, including the acquisition of basic skills needed to administer and interpret individual tests of cognitive abilities. Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate-level course in psychological measurement and assessment
Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period. The fee is $57.89.
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EDPC 615 Assessment and Diagnosis 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : An introduction to differential assessment and diagnosis for counsellors in educational and mental health settings. The clinical interview, the assessment process, the DSM-IV, relevant test instruments, diagnostic procedures, and development of treatment plans will be subjects of study. Models of record keeping and referral procedures will be reviewed.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: El-khoury, Bassam (Fall)
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EDPC 619 Research Project 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : A focused survey of the research literature on a topic chosen in consultation with the research supervisor.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EDPC 620 Research Project 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : Development of a rationale for a research project supported by the research literature, the articulation of a specific research question(s) related to the rationale, and write up of a method to collect data that will answer the question.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EDPC 621 Research Project 3 (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : Data collection based on the method proposed in Research Project 2.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EDPC 625 Clinic Practicum 1 (6 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : A first level practicum in basic interviewing and helping skills and their application to a range of problems. Clients are seen in the McGill Psychoeducational and Counselling Clinic. Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Korner, Annett; Atkins, Shawna; Vézina, Marie-Pier (Fall)
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EDPC 626 Clinic Practicum 2 (6 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : A second level practicum in basic interviewing and helping skills and their application to a range of problems. Clients are seen in the McGill Psychoeducational and Counselling Clinic. Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Korner, Annett (Winter)
Prerequisite: EDPC 625
- EDPC 628 Research Project 4 (3 credits)
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EDPC 629 Research Project 5 (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : Interpretation of data collected in Research Project 3 including its relationship to the literature and its implications.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EDPC 630 Research Project 6 (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : The development of a written report of the research project in the form of a manuscript suitable for publication.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EDPC 662 Career Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : Contemporary career theories, and their relationship to career development, career assessment, career transition and workplace concerns are reviewed. Current issues related to career development across the life span with specific attention given to topics such as values, aptitudes, family, culture and societal contexts will be explored. Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Sinacore, Ada L (Fall)
The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period. The fee is $66.84.
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EDPC 683 Practicum in Psychological Testing: Personality Assessment (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : Seminar and field practice in the administration and interpretation of tests that assess individual characteristic ways of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself . The course covers the selection and evaluation of personality and vocational instruments, ethical test use, test administration, report writing, and communication of results.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Korner, Annett (Fall)
Prerequisite: EDPC 609.
The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period. The fee is $224.91.
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EDPC 684 Practicum in Psychological Testing: Cognitive Assessment (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : Seminar and field practice in the administration and interpretation of instruments that assess cognitive functioning and psychosocial functioning as it relates to cognitive abilities and academic achievements. The course covers the selection and evaluation of instruments, ethical test use, test administration, report writing, and communication of test results.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: EDPC 609.
Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period. The fee is $125.19.
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EDPE 622 Multiculturalism and Gender (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Multicultural, multilingual and gender issues as they relate to the practising school and counselling psychologist. Implications and their impact in assessment, research, training, and intervention.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Sinacore, Ada L (Winter)
Restriction: Open to School/ Applied Child and Counselling Psychology students only
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EDPE 627 Ethical and Professional Practice of Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Ethics and the professional and governmental structures regulating the practice of psychology in Quebec, Canada, and North America and their relation to the work of psychologists. Required for licensing as a psychologist.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Norton, Judith (Fall)
Prerequisite: EDPE 575 or equivalent
Restriction: Open only to students in M.A. (Thesis) Educational Psychology - School/Applied Child Psychology Stream Program, M.A. (Non-Thesis) Counselling Psychology - Project Program, and M.A. (Thesis) Counselling Psychology Program.
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EDPE 676 Intermediate Statistics (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Concepts and procedures of conducting basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including analysis of variance, correlation, and regression models. Provides experience with data-analysis tools.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Robinson, Kristy (Fall)
Complementary Courses (3 credits)
3 credits from the following:
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EDPE 682 Univariate/Multivariate Analysis (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : General linear model as a unified data analytic system for estimation and hypothesis testing that subsumes regression, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance for single dependent variables. Introduction to generalizations involving multiple dependent (criterion) variables. Applications oriented toward education, educational psychology and counselling psychology. Experience with data-analysis tools.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Konishi, Chiaki (Winter)
Prerequisite: EDPE 676
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EDPE 687 Qualitative Methods in Educational Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : The logics of design and selection of phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, case study and mixed design methods with emphasis on data analysis in light of issues of research purpose, epistemology, reliability and validity.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Sinacore, Ada L (Winter)
