Diploma in Child and Youth Care in Indigenous Communities
The School has responded to the child and youth care needs of specific cultural groups through the development of community-based, culturally sensitive course work. Certain specific admission criteria apply to applicants in this program. The School recognizes the successful completion of the 30-unit program with a Diploma in Child and Youth Care. The Diploma ladders into the 60-unit degree program in CYC. Students wishing to complete the CYC degree following diploma completion must apply to the degree program. Students may follow one of two options to complete their diploma: Option One: 30 CYC required 100- and 200-level units and CYC 101, 130, 131, 132, 260 (x 2), CYC 365 OR Option Two: 30 CYCB units. NOTE: Option Two is only available through specific agreement with sponsoring communities.
Option One (Distance Learning)
Students pursuing their diploma through the first option must be recommended by the appropriate Indigenous community review body for admission. The course work will normally include:
| CYC 100A (1.5) |
Introduction to Professional Child and Youth Care Practice Part One |
| CYC 100B (1.5) |
Introduction to Professional Child and Youth Care Practice Part Two |
| CYC 101 (1.5) |
Introduction to Child and Youth Care Practice and Communications Technology |
| CYC 130 (1.5) |
Professional Communications in Indigenous Child and Youth Care |
| CYC 131 (1.5) |
Child and Youth Care Practice in Indigenous Settings |
| CYC 132 (1.5) |
Indigenous Leadership in Child and Youth Care |
| CYC 1521 (1.5) |
Introduction to Helping Skills in Child and Youth Care Practice |
| CYC 166A (1.5) |
Lifespan Development (Conception to Late Childhood) |
| CYC 166B (1.5) |
Lifespan Development (Adolescence to Late Adulthood) |
| CYC 171 (1.5) |
Introduction to Families: Issues, Patterns, and Processes |
| CYC 205 (3.0) |
Applying Change Theory in CYC Practice |
| CYC 210 (1.5) |
Supervised Practicum I |
| CYC 230 (1.5) |
Introduction to CYC Practice in Relation to Indigenous Contexts |
| CYC 240 (1.5) |
Ethical Decision Making in Child and Youth Care |
| CYC 250 (1.5) |
Introduction to Law in Child and Youth Care Contexts |
| CYC 2602 (1.5) |
Special Topics in Child and Youth Care |
| CYC 2651 (1.5) |
Introduction to Group Work in Child and Youth Care Practice |
| CYC 356 (1.5) |
Child and Youth Care Practice with Families |
1. May be delivered as a six day lab-based course with pre- and post-work (numbers permitting).
2. Must be taken twice in different topics.
Option Two (Community Partnership) 
Students following option two will follow those criteria specified in a Memorandum of Agreement with each Indigenous organization. This course work is available only through specific Indigenous community partnerships; courses with the prefix CYCB (see course listings) are not available to students outside of community partnerships, neither on campus nor via distance education.
Completion of the two years CYCB course work also allows the student to apply to the BC provincial government for certification and registration as an Early Childhood Educator, having met the requirements for Basic and Post-Basic Certificates in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in BC. For more information, please contact the Director of the School.
Admission Requirements for Options One and Two
Students who have been recommended by the appropriate Indigenous community review body for admission to the Indigenous community-based diploma have the option to apply for restricted UVic admission (contact the School of Child and Youth Care for details). Such students must complete a UVic Application for Admission. Students wishing to be admitted to UVic under the regular admission procedures should refer to undergraduate admission requirements on this page.
Under the restricted admission procedure, students will be admitted to the Child and Youth Care Indigenous community-based course work only, and students wishing to pursue or to continue their studies in any other UVic programs must apply to reregister through UVic Undergraduate Admissions & Records.
Credit obtained from the Child and Youth Care Indigenous community-based course work may be transferable to a UVic degree program. Students who wish to pursue a Bachelor of Child and Youth Care at UVic must reapply to UVic Undergraduate Admissions and fulfill all normal admission and program requirements of the School of Child and Youth Care.
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