All students registered in the Non-Thesis track is required to write the MA Non-Thesis Comprehensive Exam (MANTCE). This exam, scheduled once every semester, may be written during the final semester in which the student completes his/her course work.
The questions for the exam are written by faculty and have two components:
Any student, who has received CPSY Program Committee approval to pursue the non-thesis track of the MA Counselling Psychology program, is required to write the Comprehensive Exam.
You must take the exam in your final semester of study which means that all course work is completed prior to, or within, the semester in which the MANTCE is to be taken. In addition, CPSY 691 (Internship I) must have been successfully completed with a “P” on your transcript prior to writing the MANTCE. As well, if you wish to delay taking the MANTCE you should speak to your advisor regarding your intentions.
You must register online or in person at Enrolment Services for CPSY 640 prior to writing the exam,which is equivalent to a 3-credit course.
This 72-hour take home test is usually administered over the weekend from Friday to Monday. The exam consists of questions integrating the professional practice of counselling psychology within case senarios and questions addressing the ethical and legal practice of the profession.
You will be asked to answer two (2) out of four (4) questions that relate to the practice of counselling. For example, you may be asked questions to apply certain theories of counselling to a particular counsellor problem, or you may be asked to respond to questions about psychopathology, evidence-based treatment recommendation, and evaluation of counselling outcomes. You may also be asked questions that pertain to career counselling, or counselling in a school, youth, adult, couples, or family agency setting.
You will also be asked to answer two (2) out of four (4) questions that relate to the applied ethics of counselling. You will be given a scenario, and will then be asked questions about the scenario that will allow you to examine the dilemma, reflect upon it using a decision-making matrix, and require you to make an ethical decision providing your rationale.
In other words, be prepared to comprehensively answer questions that come from your coursework.
You must appear in person unless you have submitted your request in writing to the CPSY Program Committee prior to the exam date and received approval from the Committee.
The exam is time sensitive and will be date/time stamped at the exact hour/minute you receive it. The exam must be returned before or at the time recorded on the test booklet.
Late returns will receive an automatic failure. In the event, that there are extenuating circumstances, which prevent you from returning the exam on time (i.e. accident, sudden medical emergency accompanied by a physician's document), it is your responsibility to obtain the necessary documents and provide a written request for the extenuating circumstances to be considered by the CPSY Program Committee.
The MANTCE is offered once each semester (including summer semester)on a date determined by the CPSY Program Committee.
Yes, you will be permitted to re-write the exam in the same semester at no extra charge. The date of re-writing will be determined by the CPSY Program Committee.
If you fail at both of these attempts, an "F" will appear on your transcript. You will be permitted to register for the next MANTCE exam (with different questions) in the subsequent semester. If you fail that exam, you will also be permitted to re-write a new MANTCE one more time within that same semester. If you fail that attempt (4th time), you will receive another "F" on your transcript and be de-registered from the program.
Heed this wise advice: You can fail this exam by not organizing your life to allow for 72-hours of uninterrupted time, including time to eat and rest. You can also fail this exam by not answering the questions comprehensively. Do not leave any details out. Do not assume that the faculty markers will know what you are talking about connect the dots for you. Answer the questions fully! You can also fail this exam by failing to leave enough time to print your responses, or not leaving enough time for making alternate arrangements if there is a problem.
For university status, please monitor TWU campus conditions . Check this site frequently for updates. In the even of a closure on Friday or Monday when you are to receive or return your MANTCE exam, please follow these steps:
To keep faith with the students who have already written the exam, your advisors and professors will not give you any additional information over and above these instructions. Please do not ask for more information however feel free to confirm your understanding of these directions with your advisor and other program faculty.
We appreciate that the exam schedule may require an inconvenient adjustment with your work schedule. That's true for virtually everyone taking the exam. However, it is your responsibility to make whatever arrangements are necessary to complete this exam within the designated timeframe. We find that success is related to setting aside the time and appropriate working space for such a broadly comprehensive exam.