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Athabasca University

Graduate Diploma in Counselling*

*This program was previously called Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Counselling (PBDC).

The 18-credit Graduate Diploma in Counselling (GDC) program focuses on the fundamentals of counselling psychology, theory, and practice. The Diploma is designed for students who either do not want to complete a full master's degree or who do not meet the admissions criteria for the master's program and plan to apply to ladder into that program upon completion of the Diploma.

Information effective September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020.

Updated June 17 2019 by laurab

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