Students are responsible for the following additional costs:
- An application fee of $100 is required.
- The costs of elective courses or additional courses (such as Level 3 Practicum course), if required.
- There may be other incidental costs including textbooks and other materials.
- The cost of a Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) request for any course.
- Fees for any course not completed within the Scholarship period of 2 years.
- The percentage to which the $6,000 annual scholarship will cover the actual tuition costs will be contingent on the number of transfer credits with which prospective students will enter the degree program.
For more information please refer to Tuition and Fees.
The Scholarship will provide $6,000 annually for each of two years for successful candidates, to cover most of the course tuition for the specialized courses required to complete the Bachelor of Disability Management (BDM) degree commencing in September 2020 and completing within a 2-year period.
Students who are admitted to the WorkSafeBC – PCU-WHS Scholarship program and who have not completed relevant work experience in the field will be required to complete a Level 3 Practicum course, which is outside of the scope of the Scholarship.
There are some additional costs that may accrue to WorkSafeBC – PCU-WHS Scholarship students including:
- An application fee of $100 is required.
- The costs of elective courses or additional courses (such as Level 3 Practicum course), if required, are not covered by the Scholarship.
- There may be other incidental costs including textbooks and other materials.
- The costs of a Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) request for any course are not covered by the Scholarship.
- Fees for any course not completed within the Scholarship period of 2 years will be the responsibility of the student.
- The percentage to which the $6,000 annual scholarship will cover actual tuition costs will be contingent on the number of transfer credits with which prospective students will enter the degree program.
The WorkSafeBC Scholarship program is open to candidates with landed immigrant or Canadian citizenship status who are permanent residents of British Columbia.
For additional information, please view the WDA Grant Scholarship page on the website at:
Scholarship Opportunities for BC Residents – Pacific Coast University (pcu-whs.ca)
To register an expression of interest or to request an application form, please contact:
KD Thakor
Association Director of Admissions, Student Services & Alumni Relations
Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences
4755 Cherry Creek Road
Port Alberni, BC V9Y 0A7
Email: education@pcu-whs.ca
All courses at PCU-WHS are offered online by highly qualified faculty with a depth of multidisciplinary experience.
Students require a computer, an Internet connection (high-speed internet is recommended), and Internet browser software to participate in the courses. Ideally, students will have a computer with a sound card and speakers to listen to course videos and audio. All courses require a word processing application such as Microsoft Word. Individual courses may have additional software requirements. Technical assistance is available for all courses.
The online platform provides you with:
- 24 hour access to course resources and materials.
- More opportunities to directly communicate with faculty.
- Constructive interaction with other students.
- Greater flexibility and convenience in managing your time.
- Courses are not self-paced, however, timelines for course work are provided.
- An environment to participate at a time and place best suited to your needs.
- Additional time to reflect before responding to discussions and other activities.
- An environment where the independent learner flourishes.
- Graduates of the BDM Program are recognized under the eligibility qualifications to write the professional certification examinations for the designations of:
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- Certified Disability Management Professional – CDMP
- Certified Return to Work Coordinator – CRTWC
Once they have met all of the following eligibility criteria:
- Successful completion of the Bachelor of Disability Management (BDM) degree
- Completed a minimum of 1 year performing the roles and responsibilities (during the last 5 years) with at least 50% or more of the time in the delivery of DM services, supervised by a qualified DM supervisor or management representative responsible for DM.
- The BDM is accepted by the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University as a qualifying program for consideration of acceptance to its:
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- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Science in Management
- Master of Health Administration
- In a survey by the Canadian HR Reporter, it was found that 90 percent of business leaders say the value of professional designations is increasing.
Disability Management Professionals work as human resource professionals, workplace health specialists, case managers, return to work coordinators or in a variety of related areas.
Prospective places of employment for Disability Management Professionals include:
- Industrial work sites
- Corporate offices
- Insurance companies
- Service providers
- Human resources departments
- Workers’ compensation organizations
There is an opportunity for experienced professionals to establish their own businesses offering disability management contract services to local employers.
Disability Management Professionals work internally within their own organizations or externally as providers to:
- Develop positive workplace health and job retention policies.
- Promote a positive and proactive workplace health and return to work organizational culture.
- Promote and protect the health and productivity of the workforce.
- Support workers with health conditions to remain at work.
- Assist workers absent on health grounds to safely return to the workplace.
Disability Management Professionals work collaboratively with management, unions or employee organizations, insurance providers, government agencies, health care providers and others.
Disability management professionals are expected to interpret scientific literature and translate academic knowledge into their professional practice. At times, they may also be involved in primary data collection to answer complex research questions and evaluate the impact of work disability management interventions. This course aims at building real-world competences in the design and implementation of research methodologies within the workplace. Throughout the course, real-life examples from research in the field of work disability will be utilized as examples. This course is designed to build on previous BDM courses, which introduce research methods and statistical analytical techniques. The skills developed in this course include the practical skills and insights required to undertake an independent research project in the final year of the program. The course places a particular emphasis on research that is most relevant to workplace health and disability management such as needs analysis, program evaluation, or implementation research. This course is also relevant to preparing students for additional research training at the postgraduate level.
Students can only register for this course once all necessary approvals have been obtained. The normal duration of a practicum is 10 weeks and involves 150 hours. Progress in experiential learning and work performance is monitored by the faculty member through review meetings with the student and the supervisor. It is the student’s responsibility to participate in evaluation and review meetings and to produce a written report of the practicum experience on completion of the course. This includes both a mid-term and final evaluation meeting. The practicum supervisor is responsible for providing an induction to the students into the host organization, organizing the practical work duties of the student, and supporting the student’s learning experiences. He or she will submit a mid-term and final summary of the student’s progress to the faculty member and participate in review meetings with the student and the faculty member. During the practicum, the supervisor is expected to maintain regular contact with the faculty member. The faculty member is responsible for coordinating review meetings and ensuring that academic standards and learning objectives are met. The faculty member grades the student’s achievement based on the quality of the practicum reports produced by the student, the evaluation of the practicum supervisor, and student performance and participation in review meetings.
This course is designed to develop a student’s knowledge and understanding of a workplace health issue relevant to a work sector in which the student wishes to deepen their knowledge and prepare a proposal for a practicum placement in a workplace role under the supervision of a Certified Disability Management Professional (CDMP). Students are facilitated to identify a work sector and a relevant issue such as prevention of injury, disability management, or promotion of health in the workplace. Based on a literature review of grey, policy, and evidence literature, students produce a summary report of current practice and challenges in their selected sector. In parallel, students are assisted to identify a practicum placement opportunity in the domain of workplace health, to agree to the terms and learning objectives of the practicum with a prospective appropriately qualified supervisor, to gain required permissions from the employer and supervisor, and to submit a practicum proposal to the university for approval. Academic performance is assessed based on the quality of the sectoral study and the approved practicum proposal. Students can make a case for undertaking the practicum in their current workplace and job role if they can justify that the activities specified for the practicum genuinely support the acquisition of new knowledge and skills and if they have arranged for an independent and appropriately qualified practicum supervisor.
The cost of the tuition is $762 for each 3-credit course and $381 for each 1.5-credit course. The number of credit courses you need to take to complete your BDM depends on your transfer credits and the results of any Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) credits. About half of the courses additionally require textbooks; cost of books will depend on the nature of the book (hardcover, paperback, Kindle, eBook,…) and source.
