University of Lethbridge offers BA/BS in Addictions Counselling, a bachelor's degree in Counselling & Psychotherapy programme in Lethbridge, Canada. The programme runs for 4 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 24,662 per year (CAD 6,822 per year for local students).
Also offered as: Master's Degree
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Counselling & Psychotherapy
Duration: 4 years
Delivery: On Campus
Local tuition: CAD 6,822 / year
International tuition: CAD 24,662 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This Addictions Counselling program leads to a Bachelor of Health Sciences, and is also offered as a combined Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) degree. It prepares students to guide people through the addiction recovery process, covering substance abuse, problem gambling, and eating or sexual disorders, with an emphasis on treatment, prevention, health promotion and intensive counselling-skills training. The program includes supervised internship placements in fourth year to give students practical clinical exposure alongside coursework. It is delivered on the Lethbridge campus with a Fall intake. The program suits students preparing for direct counselling and casework roles in addictions and mental health, and can lead to positions such as addictions counsellor, case worker, crisis counsellor, mental health counsellor or clinical social worker, typically within health, social service or community-based organizations.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:65.00 / %
Admission Requirements: Domestic (Canadian high school) admission to Addictions Counselling requires five senior-year courses with a minimum 65% average, one of which must be a required English course (English Language Arts 30-1 in Alberta, or the provincial equivalent), plus courses drawn from the university's approved subject list for the province; the combined BHSc/BA stream additionally requires Mathematics 30-1 or 30-2, Biology 30, and English 30-1 (or their provincial equivalents). All Faculty of Health Sciences applicants must also meet the university's Spoken English Language Proficiency (SELP) requirement, in addition to its general English Language Proficiency requirement; neither page states the SELP score thresholds. The program admits in Fall only, with the combined BHSc/BA stream applying by March 1 and the BHSc-only stream by June 1.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants to the University of Lethbridge for Fall 2027 entry apply by 30 June 2027 (post-secondary applicants) or 15 December 2026 (direct-entry high-school applicants), with admission-decision documents due by 30 June or 15 July 2027 and final documents by 1-15 August 2027; for Winter 2028 entry the domestic deadline is 1 November 2027. International applicants for Fall 2027 apply by 15 June 2027, with decision documents due 30 June 2027 and final documents by 15 July 2027; for Winter 2028 the international deadline is 15 September 2027. Applications for Fall 2027 opened 14 September 2026. Deadlines vary by program and campus and are not rolling in the open-ended sense, though the university notes some programmes may close early once capacity is reached. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
