This program leads to a Master of Science in Psychoeducation, a 45-credit degree offered at the University of Sherbrooke's main Sherbrooke campus and its Longueuil campus, available full-time or part-time, with admission in the fall term. It offers three pathways: a course-based pathway, a research-based pathway, and a research-based pathway for psychology graduates. All three share core courses on psychoeducational assessment, crisis intervention, ethics, organizational advisory roles, and two supervised practicums (Stage I and II, 6 credits each); the course-based pathway adds 22 credits including a 6-credit synthesis of planning and evaluation seminars, the research-based pathway adds a 6-credit thesis-proposal seminar, a 9-credit thesis (mémoire), and a research-methods course, and the psychology-graduate research pathway follows a condensed 27-plus-18-credit structure. It develops research skills, understanding of individuals' and groups' adaptive dynamics, and professional competencies for practicing as a psychoeducator, including assessing psychosocial adaptation difficulties, planning and delivering preventive or corrective interventions, and advising other stakeholders, leading to eligibility for membership in the Ordre des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec. Admission requires an undergraduate degree in psychoeducation from a Quebec university, or in psychology for the dedicated pathway.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:3.00 / 4.3
Admission Requirements: General admission requires an undergraduate degree in psychoeducation from a Quebec university; candidates holding an undergraduate degree in psychology may be admitted to the dedicated research-based pathway for psychology graduates if they meet its specific conditions. All three pathways require a cumulative university average of at least 3.0 on a 4.3 scale, or equivalent academic results; candidates automatically qualify if their cumulative average in each of the bachelor's four course blocks (Human Development, Psychoeducational Assessment, Scientific Approach, and Psychoeducational Intervention) is at least 3.0/4.3. Candidates entering via the psychology pathway must also have completed three credits of practicum or equivalent practical experience in helping relationships and at least three credits of university coursework on child development (ages 0–18), and must complete and pass 30 credits of preparatory coursework in psychoeducation at the Longueuil campus, offered full-time only, with a cumulative average of at least 3.0. All admitted candidates must demonstrate strong French proficiency, either through an exemption or by reaching CEFR level C1 (score of at least 500 out of 699) across all four fundamental competencies on a recognized test.
