The Certificate in Career Development is designed to provide practitioners and working professionals with the theoretical foundation as well as the practical and applied knowledge and skills required to work in the area of Career Development. The Certificate will consist of 6.0 courses, comprised of 12 certificate-credit half courses. Applicants will be required to submit documented proof of relevant workplace experience in order to be considered for admission to the Certificate program.

Enrolment will be limited and competitive, and will be determined on a case by case basis by the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Social Science and Continuing Studies at Western. Students in the program will be required to maintain a minimum average of 70% in all courses in the Certificate in Career Development program, with no mark lower than 60%.

All students will be admitted to the Certificate in Career Development according the policies and guidelines for admission to the University. Non-Western students must first apply to The University Application Centre in Guelph, Ontario. In addition, prospective students must complete the application form for the Certificate in Career Development provided by Continuing Studies at Western. Application forms are available through Continuing Studies at Western. Students who are enrolled currently at Western, or who are Western graduates in good standing and have not attended another post-secondary institution since attending Western, are required to complete only Continuing Studies at Western application form.

Visit our website at http://www.uwo.ca/cstudies/ for full program information.

Application Deadline: March 1 to be considered for admission for the Fall term.