Admission Requirements for Family Life Education (Certificate)

Program Type

Limited Enrolment Program — The number of applications does not normally significantly exceed the number of places available. An entrance standard is set and admission is granted on an ongoing basis. Once capacity is reached, no more students can be admitted to the program. Departmental recommendation needed.

Concentrations

Certificate

Cegep Profile(s)

No specific courses are required beyond the DEC

Additional Requirements

All applicants to the Certificate in Family Life Education program are required to submit a Letter of Intent with their Concordia University admission application. This is your opportunity as a prospective student to express, in writing, why you wish to enter the Department of Applied Human Sciences. The letter should include:

• A statement of both your long-term and short-term goals.
• Your reasons for choosing Applied Human Sciences.
• Your strengths and weaknesses as a candidate.
• The experiences you have had that led you to apply (including work and volunteer experience).

Students may transfer into the certificate program up to 12 credits, as approved by the Undergraduate Program Coordinator, earned in an incomplete degree or certificate program or as an independent student, provided they the students are in good standing. The credits that may be so transferred are determined by the university at the point of entry into the program.

Special note: CEGEP graduates of Techniques de Loisirs (Dawson College), Special Care Counselling (Vanier College, Lasalle College), Social Services (Dawson College) and Correctional Technology (John Abbott College) may have credits applied to their degrees based on their course of study at CEGEP. Applicants will be informed of any credits awarded in their Offer of Admission.

The letter of intent should be uploaded with the online application or mailed to:

    Admissions Application Centre
    Concordia University, P.O. Box 2900
    Montreal, Quebec H3G 2S2

Minimum Cut-off Averages

(Minimum Cut-off Averages should be used as indicators. Data may change depending on the quality of the application pool.)

• Quebec Cegep (CRC): DEC
• Canadian High Schools: The Faculty of Arts and Science prefers students for these programs to have a 70% average and above, however, based on space availability, students below this average may still be considered. Admission is not guaranteed.
• U.S. High Schools: 2.5
• External Transfers: C
• International Bacc. (IB): 27

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