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Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
Location
Location
- Faculty of Education
- 3700 McTavish Street, Room 614
- Montreal QC H3A 1Y2
- Telephone: 514-398-4242
- Fax: 514-398-6968
- Website: www.mcgill.ca/edu-ecp
About the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
About the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
Educational Psychology encompasses a) the theoretical and applied study of learning, cognition, and instruction in a variety of educational settings across ages and domains; b) instructional technology and computers as cognitive tools in learning; c) cognitive and social processes in learning; d) evaluation and enhancement of learning and teaching; e) methods for fostering inclusive education; f) relationships of phenomena related to teaching, learning, and assessment in human development; and g) the impact of family and community on children’s learning and development.
At the undergraduate level, the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology is responsible for the B.A.; see the eCalendar under Faculties & Schools > Faculty of Arts > Undergraduate > Academic Programs > Educational Psychology for more information and for a variety of undergraduate courses in the areas of learning, cognition and development, inclusive education, gifted education, educational media and computers, and educational measurement and evaluation.
In professional development, the Department offers diploma or certificate programs in Human Relations and Family Life Education, Inclusive Education, and First Nations and Inuit Student Personnel Services. For more information, please consult our website, www.mcgill.ca/edu-ecp/programs/prodev, or contact the Undergraduate Program Coordinator in Educational and Counselling Psychology:
- Dean Thomson
- Undergraduate Program Coordinator
- Telephone: 514-398-4248
- Email: dean.thomson [at] mcgill.ca
At the graduate level, the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology offers Master's degrees (M.A.) in Counselling Psychology, with major concentrations in Project (Research-based) or Professional/Internship (Practitioner-based) and in Educational Psychology with streams in Health Professions Education, Human Development, Learning Sciences, and School/Applied Child Psychology. Also offered are Master's of Education degrees (M.Ed.) in Educational Psychology with streams in General Educational Psychology, Inclusive Education, and Learning Sciences. Students can also obtain doctoral degrees (Ph.D.) in Counselling Psychology, School/Applied Child Psychology, and Educational Psychology with streams in Human Development or Learning Sciences. The Department also offers a Postdoctoral Degree Graduate Diploma in School/Applied Child Psychology and a Graduate Certificate in Counselling Applied to Teaching. For further information, consult the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies eCalendar publication available at www.mcgill.ca/study.
Special services offered by the Department include the School and Counselling Psychology Clinic and the International Centre for Youth Gambling and High-Risk Behaviour.