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Frequently Asked Questions

Our Full-time, Four-year program is designed for students interested in beginning their career in child and youth care. If you are completely new to this field of study and/or have just completed high school, you must apply for this program.

Our Direct Entry programs support experienced child and youth care workers to advance their careers. You must have completed a three-year child and youth work diploma from an Ontario College of Applied Arts and Technology to apply for Direct Entry. You can choose from the Full-time, Direct Entry program or the Part-time, Direct Entry program. Once accepted, you will begin in year three of the Child and Youth Care degree.

You can learn more about the differences between these programs at Child and Youth Care (BA).

The Direct Entry programs have different requirements for when you can complete them:

  • Full-time Direct Entry: you will take a full course load and complete the degree in two years
  • Part-time, Direct Entry: you have up to seven years to complete the degree.  Part-time students may enroll into one to two Child and Youth Care courses per term.  Part-time students interested in enrolling into additional Child and Youth Care courses must wait until after registration is completed by full-time students (open enrollment) before they enroll into additional Child and Youth Care courses to ensure that full-time students are able to register into their Child and Youth Care courses.

Both options offer classroom (daytime and evening) and online course delivery. The Part-time Direct Entry program can be completed entirely online.

You can learn more about the differences between these programs at Child and Youth Care (BA).

If you are a student in the Full-time, Four-year program, you will take classes on campus during the day for your first and second years. In your third and fourth years, you can take some classes online. You will also complete two internship experiences.

If you are a student in the Full-time, Direct Entry program or the Part-time, Direct Entry program, you can take classes on campus during the day or evening, or online. The Part-time, Direct Entry program can be completed entirely online. These programs do not include an internship.

Check the current Undergraduate Calendar for information on Child and Youth Care courses. If you are considering the Full-time, Four-year program, view semesters one through eight. If you are considering one of the Direct Entry programs, please view semesters five through eight.

The purpose of liberal studies is to develop your capacity to understand and appraise the social and cultural context in which you will work and live.

Liberal studies broaden your horizons. They enable you to look at the world from a variety of perspectives and to pursue ideas and interests beyond your specific career studies.

No, there are the following restrictions:

Full-Time, Four-Year Program:

  • Table A : PSY courses and SOC 103 are not available for credit. Students may take only two Sociology courses for credit
  • Table B: Psychology courses are not available for credit

Third-Year Direct Entry Program:

  • Table B: Psychology courses are not available for credit

Child and Youth Care students can take the psychology and sociology courses in the professionally-related table for credit.

Learn more about lower level liberal studies and upper level liberal studies courses.

No. Lower level liberal studies courses are not equivalent to upper level liberal studies courses. They are more introductory in nature, have a shorter written component, and generally give less weight to writing.

You can use upper level liberal studies courses to substitute outstanding lower level liberal studies courses.

You can apply to direct your professionally-related course towards the liberal studies requirement by completing the  (PDF file) undergraduate degree course exception (substitution/directive) form. Follow the additional instructions on the form.

Each application is processed on a case-by-case basis. There is no guarantee that your request will be approved.

We admit new students each fall, and you can learn more about the application process on the webpage for Child and Youth Care Admissions, which features information on:

  • Admission requirements
  • Application deadlines
  • Submission process
  • Required documents
  • Application tracking

If you have any questions about the application process, contact Undergraduate Admissions.

For information about tuition fees, visit Undergraduate Fees by Program.

You can learn about financial aid for students on the Financial Assistance and OSAP web page.

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The Child and Youth Care program is in high demand, so we cannot always offer a space to every qualified candidate. We encourage you to apply again next year and submit your application as early as possible.

CYC303 Internship I

2nd-year students - 288 hours, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday (Fall or Winter)

CYC60A/B Internship II is a full year course. 

4th-year students - 480 hours, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (Fall), and Thursday and Friday in the (Winter)

Documents Required for Internship:

  • First Aid/CPR-C
  • Health & Safety Certificate
  • Vulnerable Sector check
  • Health Form & Proof of vaccination depending on your internship

All forms can be found on the Internship D2L Community. 

New Full-time Four Year CYC students are automatically enroled into their Fall and Winter term required courses in early August (if you were admitted into the first semester of a full-time program and confirmed your Offer of Admission by mid-July).  If you are not automatically enroled into your required courses, you must manually enrol into all of your Fall and Winter term courses (required and elective) during your enrolment period. Please see the “Enrol in Courses” section for more details.

For Direct-Entry students in the Part-time program, you are required to enrol into both mandatory and elective courses. Please refer to part-time enrolment instructions on the course enrolment website for your priority enrolment date, deadlines and instructions on how to enrol. 

As a Full-time, Direct-Entry student, you are technically entering into the 3rd year of the program. You are required to enrol into both mandatory and elective courses. Please refer to the 3rd year enrolment instructions on the course enrolment website for your priority enrolment date, deadlines and instructions on how to enrol.

  • Student Wellbeing Academic Accommodation support 
    • AAS provides resources, training, and direct services such as academic accommodation plans in order that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to access and participate in higher education.
  • Academic consideration is for any student who experiences extenuating circumstances (health or compassionate grounds that significantly impact their ability to meet specific academic obligations such as attending a lecture or lab, writing an exam, etc). Students registered with AAS who have extenuating 
  • Academic accommodation is for students with disabilities who experience barriers to accessing their education or participating in their studies  
  • Learn more about it here: https://www.torontomu.ca/accommodations/manage/aas_vs_acr/

If you are a Full-time, four year student, please review the course requirements for a Minor in Psychology.

If you are a Direct Entry student please see below for detailed information about the Psychology minor:

The psychology program does not see that you have been given the prerequisites as a direct entry student for PSY102, PSY202 and PSY302. (As a direct-entry student you have a "block credit" for these courses. This does not show on your account; however, you have been accredited. These will show up as a “CRT” on your transcript once you complete your degree).

Because the Psychology department does not see you have the block credit, they cannot answer questions about the Psychology minor. Instead, please check with CYC which courses you are getting block credit for. Then, it is straightforward to see what you need for the Psychology minor. The Psychology minor is 6 courses and if you have a block credit for PSY102, PSY202, PSY302, you would only need 3 more Psychology courses for a minor in Psychology but the Psychology courses must come from this list here:

Important to note: The steps above should only be pursued if you’ve taken a psychology course in your diploma program. If you have not taken any psychology courses, you might want to consider enrolling into PSY102 (which would not count towards your degree, but could be important to take to get the basic psychology introductory material). You would then need to take 3 more PSY classes to satisfy your minor. If you haven’ t taken any psychology classes in your diploma program, please reach out to the CYC program about whether you should take PSY102.

Please be sure to read the following information carefully:

  1. Clearly determine what psychology courses you are interested in. If you are interested in a Chang School course, its course code will start with a C so if you plan to take CPSY504 (online with Chang School), please make a note that you are interested in CPSY504. However, if you want to take PSY504 (in-person at TMU) please make a note that you want to take PSY504.
  2. If you are interested in a CPSY course, the next step is to email the Chang School Psychology Academic Coordinator and Assistant, Dr. Michelle Dionne and Dr. Paul Brunet, respectively. Send your email about a CPSY course to both mdionne@torontomu.ca and paul.brunet@torontomu.ca. In the subject line write: “Prerequisite Waiver Request” and include your student number. Email your request (the specific course(s) you would like to take – making sure they are CPSY courses) and ask for a ‘prerequisite waiver’. Students should include the transcript from their previous institution(s) attached to that email and should also indicate they have a block credit from CYC for these psychology courses (specify). If you have not taken a Psychology course as part of your diploma and have decided (after consultation with CYC) not to pursue PSY102, make sure to emphasize that you have work experience (not shown on your transcript) that is the equivalent of PSY102/PSY202/PSY302 and will be getting credit from CYC for these 3 psychology courses.
  3. If you are interested in a PSY course (classes at TMU), email the Undergraduate Psychology Department at psychundergrad@torontomu.ca. In the subject line write: “Prerequisite Waiver Request” and include your student number. Email your request (the specific course(s) you would like to take – making sure they are PSY courses) and ask for a ‘prerequisite waiver’. Students should include the transcript from their previous institution(s) attached to that email and should also indicate they have a block credit from CYC for these psychology courses (specify).
  4. For both (2) and (3) above, the email request and attached transcript/s will be reviewed for courses that can be considered equivalent to PSY102/105/other (i.e., ‘prerequisite waiver’). 
  5. If approved, a Psychology Undergraduate Administrator or Chang School Administrator enrols the student into their requested course (all enrollments are subject to course availability). 

Email address for PSY TMU DEPARTMENT: psychundergrad@torontomu.ca.

Email template for PSY departments TMU for Direct-Entry Students:

Hello Psychology Department, 

I hope you are doing well. My name is (Insert Name), (Insert Student Number) and I am in the Direct Entry Child and Youth Care Program. I have been given a block credit of CYC 102,202 and 302 and I would Like to enrol in a PSY (insert course code), (insert course section- this is 4 numbers) for (insert the semester).  

Thank you, 

Insert your name

Your Student number