Bachelor (Hons) - Mental Health and Addiction
- 4 years
- Duration
- 19,007 CAD/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Mixed
- Format
- Toronto / Canada
- Location
Program description
The BMHA Honors program provides a multidisciplinary and integrative framework for the study of mental health and addictions.
By studying social determinants of health, social justice, and biopsychosocial frameworks, you can improve your theoretical and practical understanding of how to provide mental health and addictions assistance to others.
The program's emphasis on recovery-oriented mental health will give you the tools you need to evaluate the effectiveness of services for specific clients, groups, and communities. Therapeutic approaches, trauma informed practices, case management, communication and counseling techniques, and social determinants of health are just a few of the evidence-based topics and practices that will be covered in this program.
The Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation has validated the quality of the BMHA curriculum. Graduates who earn this credential meet the requirements to sit for the Canadian Certified Addiction Counsellor examination.
Program structure
Semester 1
- Introduction to Community Mental Health
- Critical Thinking and Writing
- Principles of Psychology
- Interpersonal Communications
- Sociology of Health
Semester 2
- Diversity Building Resilience Health and Well-being
- Income Security, Social Inclusion and Healthy Population
- Counselling and Communication Skills
- Indigenous Perspectives on Community Mental Health
- Health Psychology
Semester 3
- Food, Shelter and Healthy Populations
- Group Dynamics
- Therapeutic Approaches
- Human Development I
- Understanding Addiction
Semester 4
- Dynamics of the Family
- Crisis Counselling
- Trauma Methods and Practice in Community Mental Health
- Critical Community Psychology
- plus: Liberal Studies Course
Semester 5
- Social Justice and Health
- Addictions II
- Concurrent Disorders
- Applied Statistics in Social Sciences
- plus: Liberal Studies Course
Semester 6
- Health and Wellness Engagement
- Community Mental Health Policy
- Case Management
- Research Methods
- Work Term Preparation
- plus: Liberal Studies Course
Work-Integrated Learning Term
- Community Mental Health, Work Term
Semester 7
- Hope, Resilience and Recovery
- Madness and Sanity a Continuum
- Health, Promotion and Education
- Research Project
- plus: Liberal Studies Course
Semester 8
- Ethics and Community Mental Health
- Contemporary Issues in Community Mental Health and Wellness
- Funding Issues and Opportunities
- Independent Study
- plus: Liberal Studies Course
Price
Tuition fees - 19,007 CAD
Books and Supply Costs - 750 CAD
Please note: All costs are approximate, may vary by campus and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Requirements for applicants
Academic Requirements:
- High school transcripts for grades 10, 11 and 12 showing all program specific pre-requisite courses.
- Transcripts must include six (6) senior level courses equivalent to Ontario university preparatory credits with an overall average of 65%.
- High school/secondary school diploma (certificate of completion).
- You may submit transcripts or certificates for any completed university/postsecondary college courses or programs taken inside or outside of Canada.
- Academic records that are in a language other than English must include an official/certified English translation.
Seneca reserves the right to verify submitted transcripts at any time. For courses and credentials earned inside of Canada, Seneca reserves the right to request original transcripts be sent directly to Seneca from the issuing institution. Applicants will be notified if this is needed.
English Proficiency Requirements:
If English is not your first language, show one of the following:
- Minimum of two years full-time study in an English-speaking nation
- Minimum one year of full-time postsecondary education in an English-speaking nation
- Successful completion of an intense English program like the English Language Institute
- English proficiency exam results from one of the international testing agencies. Only two-year-old tests are valid.
English language test score requirements
- CAEL CE and CAEL online - Minimum 70 (Writing no less than 60)
- Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE) - Minimum 176 with no skill below 169
- Duolingo - Minimum score 115 to 120
- IELTS Academic - Minimum 6.5 with no skill below 6.0
- PTE Academic - Minimum score 60
- TOEFL iBT (including MyBest TOEFL and Home Edition) - Minimum 84 with no skill below 21
- TOEFL Revised Paper Delivered - No skill below 21
About the university
A public institution with many campuses in Peterborough, Ontario, and the Greater Toronto Area is called Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. At the bachelor, diploma, certificate, and graduate levels, it provides both full-time and part-time programs.
Seneca has been involved in foreign education for many years and today draws over 10,000 students from over 130 different nations each year. Through intense language instruction that may last anywhere from two months to more than a year, Seneca's English Language Institute helps overseas students become ready for post-secondary education. The college has a number of alliances with schools abroad and is growing its efforts in collaborative applied research and work/study abroad opportunities.
Seneca in a Nutshell
- With 30,000 full-time students and more than 70,000 registrations for continuing education each year, this institution is among the biggest in Canada.
- 7,000 foreign students from more than 150 nations make up a diversified student body.
- In terms of connections to other postsecondary institutions, Ontario colleges rank first.
- In Toronto, York Region, and Peterborough, there are ten campuses.
- Every year, on average, 8,000 bursaries and 2,600 Seneca scholarships/awards are given out.
