Courses

Students are required to complete a minimum of 600 hours of approved Advanced Practicum clinical work, 240 hours of which are in direct service with clients. This provides students with opportunities to refine basic assessment and counselling skills as well as develop specialized areas of interest. The Advanced Practicum placement is regarded as a summative clinical experience leading to the master's degree in Counselling Psychology. The primary objective of the Advanced Practicum is to provide an opportunity for integration and practice of knowledge and skills in a professional counselling setting. In addition to the on-site requirements for Advanced Practicum, a reading list and a bi-weekly seminar are required to ensure that students are familiar with professional, ethical, and legal issues. Participation in the seminar counts towards the 600 hours required for Advanced Practicum.

Students are required to complete a minimum of 600 hours of approved Advanced Practicum clinical work, 240 hours of which are in direct service with clients. This provides students with opportunities to refine basic assessment and counselling skills as well as develop specialized areas of interest. The Advanced Practicum placement is regarded as a summative clinical experience leading to the master's degree in Counselling Psychology. The primary objective of the Advanced Practicum is to provide an opportunity for integration and practice of knowledge and skills in a professional counselling setting. In addition to the on-site requirements for Advanced Practicum, a reading list and a bi-weekly seminar are required to ensure that students are familiar with professional, ethical, and legal issues. Participation in the seminar counts towards the 600 hours required for Advanced Practicum.

Students are required to complete a minimum of 600 hours of approved Advanced Practicum clinical work, 240 hours of which are in direct service with clients. This provides students with opportunities to refine basic assessment and counselling skills as well as develop specialized areas of interest. The Advanced Practicum placement is regarded as a summative clinical experience leading to the master's degree in Counselling Psychology. The primary objective of the Advanced Practicum is to provide an opportunity for integration and practice of knowledge and skills in a professional counselling setting. In addition to the on-site requirements for Advanced Practicum, a reading list and a bi-weekly seminar are required to ensure that students are familiar with professional, ethical, and legal issues. Participation in the seminar counts towards the 600 hours required for Advanced Practicum.

Introduces basic concepts of data analytics, focusing on the practical knowledge and skills of digital analytics, with specific tools like Excel and SQL. Students will learn how to collect and clean data sets, how to analyze and visualize them, how to interpret them, and how to make decisions based on their analyses. Hands-on practice with digital analytics on real-world data will equip students to use their digital skills in political polling, psychological diagnoses, urban planning, and many other applications.

An introduction to basic programming skills in a tool such as Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and a survey of various statistical and analytical methods and techniques. Students will learn how to implement macros, selection, iteration, subroutines, functions, events, and dialogues in VBA. Students will implement statistical procedures including t-tests, analysis of variance, correlation, and regression to reach data-based decisions about business scenarios or scientific experiments.

Builds data models to represent data graphically, to communicate complex data and patterns clearly and concisely. Using a tool like Power BI, students will build models with multiple tables by linking them. They will also master various data visualization techniques, including charts, graphics, maps, infographics, and dashboards. Finally, they will bring together the models and design methods to organize data into an effective visual presentation.

An introduction to interactive and dynamic visualization to present data as narrative, using a tool such as Tableau. Students will also apply methodologies such as the use of storyboards and narrative presentations in order to showcase data stories

A capstone project course that transforms a real-life business or organization’s needs into a final project. Making judicious choices from the available software tools used in previous courses, students will apply various techniques to collect and clean data, apply the practices of the digital analytics process to the given data sets, implement statistical procedures, and create compelling visual analytics, data visualizations (dashboards), and presentations.

Courses equip pastors to proclaim Biblical truth, provide care, create support structures, engage crisis situations with confidence and grace, and institute spiritual practices essential for developing a culture of spiritual growth in the church.