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Psychology: University-level classes

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Psychology

• Full-time or part-time • Most

Where do psychologists work?

• Private consulting: Helping police

with cases; training seminars for

courses start September or

• Public and private clinics: Individual

organizations; providing services for

January • Fees, per year of arts

and group therapy (marital coun-

hospitals and mental health centres;

selling, anger management, eating

courses $2,920; per year of

private research

disorders, addictions); psychological

science courses: $3,544

testing and assessment (children with

As well, many psychology graduates

• Individual university classes

attention deficit, autism); program

use their training to embark on careers

• Prince George; individual courses

development and delivery (stress

in law, medicine, criminology, business

also offered in Quesnel

management, smoking cessation and

and education.

exercise programs)

What is psychology?

• Community mental health centres/

Admission

social service agencies: Mental health

Psychology is the scientific study of hu-

You’ll need one of the following:

program development (substance

man thought, emotion and behaviour.

abuse, suicide prevention, raising

• Successful completion of Grade 12

Psychologists attempt to determine

healthy children); program delivery,

(with English 12 or English 12: First

causes for behaviour and try to find an-

evaluation and training

Peoples)

swers by exploring biological and envi-

ronmental influences. Some psycholo-

• Courts, the justice system, prisons:

• ABE/CCP Advanced Certificate

Behavioural analysis of criminal of-

gists perform research in laboratories

• GED Certificate

while other work in social organizations,

fenders; therapy for offenders; expert

• Completion of Grade 11 with an out-

testimony in court; jury evaluation

but both are attempting to find solutions

standing academic record in the year

to real-world problems.

• Universities and colleges: Teaching;

of application.

research (performing research,

research assistant); academic and

Why study psychology?

personal counselling

Tips for your successful application

Have you ever wondered . . .

• Public and private school systems:

• To ensure you select the most appro-

• Why people have different

Teaching; student counselling; psy-

priate high school courses for your

personalities?

chological testing and evaluation of

chosen career path, we strongly

students; curriculum development

recommend that you consult a

• What intelligence is and how it’s

measured?

(mental health lessons, self-esteem)

high school counsellor.

• Hospitals and health care: Patient

• You’ll need to comply with the

• Why one person is attracted to

and family counselling; psychological

prerequisites of the specific CNC

another?

testing and assessment; delivery of

courses you select (see course listings

• Why people dream, and what dreams

programs (rehabilitation, brain injury

at the back of this calendar).

mean?

programs); individual and group

• The GED certificate meets CNC’s

• How your unconscious mind

therapy (dealing with mental illness,

general admission requirements, but

influences your behaviour?

physical disabilities, stroke)

does not meet specific program or

• Whether people are either left-

• Corporations: Developing and deliv-

course prerequisites.

brained or right-brained?

ering training programs (leadership,

• What you can do to help raise a

motivation, interviewing and team-

What will you study?

work); ergonomics/human factors

psychologically healthy child?

(designing offices and machines to

For help creating the two-year psychol-

• What stress is and how it can be

interact with humans effectively)

ogy program that meets your personal

prevented?

goals, contact CNC Counselling and Ad-

• Advertising and market research:

Psychology helps you gain fascinating

vising, or see Packages 4, 5 and 6 in the

Surveying consumers; focus groups;

insights into the way people think and

University Classes section (starts page

testing advertising campaigns; meas-

react. It also helps you develop

147) for sample programs of study. Our

uring the impact of commercials

marketable skills in research, critical

psychology courses transfer to most ma-

thinking, observation, problem-solving

• Sports: Motivational counselling for

jor institutions in the province including

and effective communication.

athletes and coaches; analyzing

UNBC, UBC, UVic, TRU and SFU.

strengths and weaknesses of teams

2011-12 CNC program guide and course calendar

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www.cnc.bc.ca

Psychology cont’d

For information on transferability, visit

www.bctransferguide.ca, talk to a CNC

counsellor or advisor, or contact the

university you plan to attend after CNC.

• For information on an associate

degree in science, see page 134

• For information on an associate

degree in arts, see page 11

• For a list of all psychology courses

available at CNC, see page 245

How to apply

See Applying to CNC

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