UTM Psy (Spec) HBSc / CSE MA: Requirements

Minimum Admission Requirements

  • Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the HBSc program, the School of Graduate Studies, and the MA program.

Academic Path to Completion

Every CDP involves a specific combination of approved degree programs. The CDP requirements build on those of the two separate degree programs. Each CDP has a unique pattern of academic activity year by year.

Year Progression Specific Requirements
1
  • Undergraduate courses in accordance with the U of T regulations for the Psychology (Specialist), HBSc program.
  • 5.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) toward the HBSc program and degree requirements.
2
  • Undergraduate courses in accordance with the U of T regulations for the Psychology (Specialist), HBSc program.
  • 5.0 FCEs toward the HBSc program and degree requirements.
3

  • Undergraduate courses in accordance with the U of T regulations for the Psychology (Specialist), HBSc program.

  • Graduate courses in accordance with the U of T regulations for the MA program.

  • 5.0 FCEs toward the HBSc program and degree requirements.

  • In the Winter session, students apply to the MA program. Upon conditional acceptance, they may apply to the CDP.
4
  • Undergraduate courses in accordance with the U of T regulations for the Psychology (Specialist), HBSc program.

5.0 FCEs as follows:

  • 4.0 FCEs toward the HBSc program and degree requirements.

  • 1.0 FCE in MA elective courses in the spring and summer between Year 3 and Year 4; this will be counted toward the overall requirements of the HBSc and MA degree requirements. This 1.0 FCE is chosen from among master's-level courses in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development and, in some cases, other departments. Elective courses that are especially recommended for Child Study and Education students are listed in the Applied Psychology and Human Development calendar entry. Students without an undergraduate course in child development must take APD1201H Child and Adolescent Development as an elective.

  • Upon degree conferral, students apply to the MA program in order to lift conditions of admission.
5 and 6
  • Remaining graduate courses in accordance with the U of T regulations for the MA program.

  • 10.0 FCEs in MA program requirements. See the Child Study and Education program entry for full course requirements.

  • Note that students will have previously completed the 1.0 FCE in electives in the Spring and Summer sessions of Year 3 and Year 4 of the HBSc program.