Bachelor Of Arts In Child And Youth Care

Vancouver Island University

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4 Years

Course duration

8/31/2025

Start Date

US$17246

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A full range of courses is available to complete a program of studies leading to a B.A. degree in Child and Youth Care at Vancouver Island University. The Child and Youth Care degree program is a four-year course of study (120 credits), which prepares students to enter a variety of child and youth care employment settings. These range from early intervention programs to youth corrections programs, child protection and guardianship work, community-based programs such as day-care, schools, family support and group homes. The program is designed in response to increasing demand from employers for skilled child and youth care practitioners who are able to work in an integrated, multidisciplinary way. Some of the topics that students will be required to study are child welfare, abuse and neglect concerns, human and family development, theories of practice; and activity-based interventions. Aboriginal ways of knowing and cultural competency skills are integrated throughout the curriculum. The program is offered on a full-time, as well as a part-time basis to accommodate practitioners working in the field. Child Protection Specialization A Child Protection Specialization within the program is available for a limited number of students admitted to the Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Care degree program. Students in the child protection specialization will be doing their fourth year practicum in a delegated child protection office. If the number of applicants exceeds the number of practicums available through the Ministry of Children and Family Development then student's GPA in CYC 232, CYC 301, CYC 362, and CYC 310 will be used to determine admittance into the specialization. If necessary, there may also be the possibility of a suitability interview. Interested students must apply for the specialization once admitted to the program and are required to complete their CYC 410 practicum in a child protection agency. Students may only apply for admittance to the child protection specialization once. They must have all core child and youth care courses completed prior to beginning their practicum. Child protection practicums are block practicums and are full-time as students are required to complete 400 hours during a 10-12 week term likely during the intersession semester. Consequently, students in the child protection specialization will not be eligible to participate in convocation until January. Practicum locations may occur anywhere on Vancouver Island so travel will likely be required. Students are responsible for any travel costs. For further information, please contact the Child and Youth Care Practicum Coordinator and/or CYC Advisors.

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To be eligible for admission at first year, general admission requirements apply. To obtain second year standing, VIU B.A. CYC program students must complete 24 of the required 30 credits from first year. Those 24 credits must include ENGL 115and 6 credits of Human Development (normally CYC 111/112), and the following Child and Youth Care core courses (or content equivalent of) CYC 100, 101, 152, and 165, or students must have completed a recognized Human Services Certificate program that includes the English and Human Development and CYC courses or equivalency requirements as stated above. To be eligible for admission to third year, students must have completed a diploma in a Human Services discipline, including completion of the Degree English requirement, (6 credits with a min. "C+") and Human Development Requirement (6 credits with a min. "C+"), providing courses meet the VIU CYC program requirements. The overall GPA of students to be admitted to third year will be a minimum of 2.33 ("C+"), calculated on the most recent 24 credits completed, and with a min. "C+" in each of the individual courses previously identified for meeting admission requirements. To meet the English language requirements for academic program, students must have completed: VIU English Language Centre's - Successful completion of University Preparation Level 5 International Baccalaureate English A1/A2 - Higher Level (HL)/ Standard Level (SL) grade 3 or higher IELTS 6.5 (with no band under 6.0) TOEFL 550 (with no section under 56) TOEFL iBT 88 (with no section under 20) Pearson (PTE) 60 no section below 60 Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English with a minimum Cambridge English Score of 176. Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English with a minimum Cambridge English Score of 176.

4 Years - Full time

Fee

CAD$23,993.10 (US$ 17,246) per year

Start Date

8/31/2025

Address

Nanaimo Campus, 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 5S5, West Coast, Canada

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Vancouver Island University is a Canadian public university based in Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia, Canada. The University offers a variety of certificate, diploma, and degree programs. Some of the subject areas covered include Arts, Humanities, English as a Second Language, Social Sciences, and Science & Technology.

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