The Diploma in Career Development is designed to provide students with the theoretical foundation as well as the practical and applied knowledge and skills required to work in the area of career development and coaching. The Diploma will consist of 12.5 courses, comprised of 4.0 degree-credit courses, twelve diploma-credit half courses, and one practicum session. Students will be required to have completed an undergraduate degree at a recognized university in order to be considered for admission to the Diploma program.

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

All students will be admitted to the Diploma in Career Development according the 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 Diploma 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.