Bachelor of Behavioural Science - Postsecondary Education Quality ...

D6
Work Experience Required for Degree Completion
D6.1 Program Structure
Year September January April
Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3
Year One On-campus studies On-campus studies Vacation
Year Two On-campus studies On-campus studies Vacation
Year Three On-campus studies On-campus studies Paid or Unpaid fulltime
work term
Year Four On-campus studies On-campus studies GRADUATION
Paid/Unpaid full-time work term = __14___ consecutive weeks
D6.2 Nature of Work Placement
Students will participate in one mandatory 14-week work term. The placement may be in a
social service, community, educational or health agency or organization where they will have an
opportunity to work in the behavioural science field. During their work placement, students may
have a variety of responsibilities including clinical assessments, research based work, working
directly with vulnerable populations, as well as, supporting health care workers, educators,
and/or social science professionals. Students will have an opportunity to identify a specific area
of interest for their work placement. Similar to the placement of students in Humber‘s
Developmental Services Worker diploma program, it is expected that not all of these positions
will be paid positions. In the employer needs assessment survey conducted for this proposal, it
was found that the majority of organizations would provide more unpaid placements than paid.
Every effort will be made to assist students to find paid work placements; however, there will be
unpaid work opportunities which will be more appealing to some students depending on their
career interests and the work that is available. Humber has a history of successfully finding
quality work placements for students in its social and community services programs. It is
anticipated that many of the employers who provided placements in the past will provide
opportunities for degree students. In addition, all but two of the employers who returned the
needs assessment survey indicated an interest in accepting students for a work placement.
Based on the experience in the School, it is not expected that there will be any difficulties finding
both paid and unpaid work for the students. The School currently places 100% of its diploma
students.
D6.3 Support for Work Experience
Students will be supported by a placement advisor from the School of Social and Community
Services. Currently the placement advisor provides tools and resources for securing placements
and will continue to do so for students in the proposed program. Each year, the school
establishes new employer contacts, permitting students to be better informed about the field‘s
functions, needs and career opportunities. Students are responsible for identifying the nature of
their work experience, setting up an interview with the industry partner and discussing and
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