Child and Youth Services Minor

Minors

Revised 2017-2018. Students admitted before Fall 2017 may follow this curriculum or the one published in 2016-2017 (opens in new window) .

The School of Child and Youth Care offers a Minor in Child and Youth Services which should be of interest to students in related fields such as Social Work, Nutrition and Food, Nursing, Disability Studies, Early Childhood Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Arts and Contemporary Studies and Sociology.

The focus of the Minor is on understanding and promoting the rights and participation of children and youth through inclusive practice and advocacy. Students will be exposed to a variety of practice methods which may be incorporated into their own discipline.

The School of Child and Youth Care offers a full-time four-year degree program in Child and Youth Care, as well as a full- and part-time Direct Entry two-year degree program for graduates of the Child and Youth Work Diploma programs.

Many of the courses in this minor have prerequisites.

Administered by: School of Child and Youth Care

Exclusions: This minor is not available to students in the following program:

• Child and Youth Care
  

To receive this Minor, students must complete six (6) courses from the following curriculum:

Required courses (2):

Please see  (PDF file) Senate Policy 148 for further information about Minors.