The Animal Assisted Wellness program prepares students within their professional role to partner with animals in a variety of settings. The program includes courses on the animal human bond, ethics of integrating animals into settings and animal health and wellness. Hands-on experience is gained through clinical experience and students will demonstrate animal handling techniques. Graduates are employed in a variety of settings such as long term care, schools, libraries, correctional institutes, rehabilitation programs and crisis response programs.
Admission Requirements:
Completion of a minimum 30 post-secondary credits in human services related courses. Only credits from Canadian public post-secondary institutions will be accepted.
Clinical Experience Requirements:
It is the responsibility of the student to meet all requirements set out by the practicum agencies in regards to immunization, criminal record checks or vulnerable sector checks prior to the commencement of the clinical experience. Students must be in good standing and meet the 2.0 GPA requirements to be eligible to complete practicum/clinical experience.
Graduation Requirements:
Students completing the requirements with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.00 will be awarded an Animal Assisted Wellness certificate.
