* Tuition fees listed are for two semesters (unless otherwise noted) and include both Health Insurance and mandatory non-tuition-fees. Other fees include textbooks and supplies.
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent including these required courses:
Grade 12 English (ENG4U or equivalent) minimum 65 per cent
Five Grade 12 U or M courses in addition to those listed above
Overall minimum grade point average (GPA) 65 per cent
For any program level, a minimum of three years of full-time study at the secondary school level in an English language school system in a country where English is considered the primary language, or the primary language of instruction and evaluation is English, with acceptable grades in all English courses.
For any program level, a minimum of two full years of successful study in an accredited university degree program or two full years of successful study in an accredited college diploma program in a country OR in a postsecondary institution where English is the primary language of instruction.
Minimum TOEFL Scores: 560 for paper-based test OR84 (21L, 21W, 21S, 21R) for internet-based test
Minimum IELTS Scores: Overall 6.5 AND No band below 6.0
Minimum MELAB Score: 78
Minimum EAP Score: Successful completion of all EAP courses with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 75% in Level 8
Minimum PTE Score: 58 - 60
Minimum CAEL Score: Overall band score of 60 and Writing of 60
Minimum FCE/CAE/CPE Score: Cambridge (FCE/CAE/CPE) 180 (with no single test score below 169)
Duolingo Language Test Scores: Between 115-120
Humber’s Bachelor of Child and Youth Care degree program provides you with the knowledge and skills required for in-depth work with children, youth and families. The program is based on the professional practice of child and youth care supported by the disciplines of psychology, sociology, community development, political science and education. The curriculum focuses on the theory and research of relational practice: building relationships to support children and youth in crisis or going through experiences of challenge and change.
You’ll learn from highly qualified professors, as well as from guest lecturers from the child and youth care practice field, youth in care and community representatives. You’ll have the unique opportunity to develop key skills under supervision in our state-of-the-art interview labs, therapeutic play laboratory setting, our family practice room and children’s activity room.
Your courses integrate the study of developmental, preventative and therapeutic approaches in child and youth care and will teach you direct methods such as interviewing and counselling, responding to abuse, therapeutic play, and other intervention modalities taught from a strength-based perspective and within a caring, anti-oppressive framework.
The first two years of the program provide you with a comprehensive understanding of child and youth development, as well as current methodologies in child and youth care professional practice. In the final two years, you will be able to engage in courses related to five areas of concentration in the program – youth justice and advocacy, social policy and research, approaches to care, community development and youth engagement, and international perspectives. The curriculum and work-integrated learning experiences throughout the program will support you to select a focus for your final thesis project in fourth year.
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Semester 1
COMM 1000: Academic Communications
CYC 1005: Field Placement Preparation
POLS 1050: Government and Social Welfare
PSYC 1000: Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 1020: Interpersonal Communication
SOCI 1000: Principles of Sociology
Semester 2
COUN 1100: Fundamentals of Interviewing and Counselling
CYC 1100: Child and Youth Care Intervention 1
CYC 2040: Preparing for Professional Practice
CYC 2100: Group Work in Child and Youth Care
PSYC 1600: Infant and Child Development
Select 1 from the following courses
DEGE: Degree Breadth Elective
Semester 3
COMU 3000: Community Practice: Addictions
COUN 1200: Creative Therapeutic Programming
CYC 2000: Child Abuse: Responses and Resiliency
CYC 2205: Field Placement
PSYC 2510: Middle Childhood and Adolescent Development
Select 1 from the following courses
DEGE: Degree Breadth Elective
Semester 4
COUN 2000: Approaches to Care
CYC 2300: Child and Youth Care Intervention 2
CYC 2500: Gender and Sexuality
PSYC 2600: Psychology of Mental Health and Illness
SOCI 1900: Family Dynamics
Semester 5
COMU 3200: Community Practice: Working with Indigenous Communities
CYC 3000: Disabilities and Child and Youth Care
RSMT 1501: Quantitative Research Methods - Interpretation
Select 2 from the following courses
DEGE: Degree Breadth Elective
Semester 6
COMU 3300: Child and Youth Engagement and Participation
CYC 3500: Research Methods in Child and Youth Care
CYC 3510: Race and Anti-racism
RSMT 2500: Qualitative Research Methods
Select 1 from the following courses
DEGE: Degree Breadth Elective
Work Experience - SEM 6C
CYC 4000: Child and Youth Care Practicum
Semester 7
COMU 4001: Senior Level Thesis Project 1
COMU 4100: Program Management
COUN 3000: Advanced Counselling
Select 2 from the following courses
DEGE: Degree Breadth Elective
Semester 8
COMU 4021: Arts-Informed Approaches to Inquiry
COUN 4000: Responding to Primary and Secondary Trauma
CYC 4100: Global Perspectives of Child and Youth Care
CYC 4200: Senior Level Thesis Project 2
CYC 4300: Children and Youth from Regions in Conflict, Post-Conflict: An Issues Approach
Our program allows you the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children, youth and communities.
You may find yourself in a variety of roles such as:
advocacy
child and youth or family support
child welfare and protection
children’s mental health
community development
education
policy development
research
youth justice
Mandatory Health Insurance fee once per academic year: Fall start - $420 Winter start - $280 Summer start - $140
