Careers & Transfers
Our diploma program in Child and Youth Care will prepare you for employment as a child and youth care professional in a wide variety of settings including:
- Residential and Treatment Programs
- Family Support Work
- Group Homes
- Independent Living Programs
- Schools
- Recreation & Community Centres
- Women’s Emergency Centres
- Foster Care
- Young Offender Centres
- Drop-in Centres
- Hospitals
- Adolescent Psychiatry
TRANSFERS
Grant MacEwan University
Students who successfully complete the first year of the CYC program are eligible for admission into the second year of the Child and Youth Care program at Grant MacEwan University. Diploma graduates are eligible for entry into year three of Grant MacEwan’s Bachelor of Child and Youth Care. Applicants must have an overall GPA of C+ or 2.3 on a 4 point scale and a minimum grade of C+ in all required diploma courses.
British Columbia Universities
Diploma graduates may transfer directly into the third year of a Child and Youth Care degree program at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island University and the University of the Fraser Valley.
University of Lethbridge
Negotiations are underway for diploma graduates for entry as part of an extended 2.5 year Post-Diploma degree in Addictions Counselling.
Athabasca University
Diploma graduates may transfer directly into the third year of the Bachelor of Professional Arts in Human Services at Athabasca University. Diploma graduates are awarded transfer credit equivalent to one year towards the three or four year Bachelor of Management degree at Athabasca University.
Lethbridge College
Students who complete the Child and Youth Care diploma are eligible for entry into the Bachelor of Applied Arts in Justice Studies at Lethbridge College. Some bridging courses may be required on an individual basis.
Griffith University, Australia
CYC diploma graduates may enter into the fourth semester of the Bachelor of Human Services degree or the Bachelor of Social Work degree at Griffith University, Logan campus. Please visit www.griffith.edu.au/credit for more information.
University of Calgary
Two-year diploma graduates will be awarded five full-course equivalents.
