Psychology with Counselling BSc (Hons)
Coventry University
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Psychology with counselling will appeal to those with a particular interest in mental health and emotional wellbeing. The course applies psychological principles to helping people navigate emotional challenges. It focuses on developing coping mechanisms, improving emotional well-being, and empowering individuals to achieve positive change. This course covers all core areas of psychology to offer you a breadth of career options in psychology whilst providing specialist modules that develop ...Read more

Psychology with counselling will appeal to those with a particular interest in mental health and emotional wellbeing. The course applies psychological principles to helping people navigate emotional challenges. It focuses on developing coping mechanisms, improving emotional well-being, and empowering individuals to achieve positive change. This course covers all core areas of psychology to offer you a breadth of career options in psychology whilst providing specialist modules that develop counselling skills. This course is accredited and recognised by the British Psychological Society (BPS). Accreditation by the British Psychological Society means that as a graduate, provided you achieve at least a 2:2, you will be eligible for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC). Additional costs may apply. Please check with the membership body for details.


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- This course prepares you for a diverse range of career options including in mental health and wellbeing as a psychologist, a counsellor or other helping professions.- Develop core counselling skills in a safe and supportive environment.- Embrace diversity and inclusion: Learn to work with psychological distress across different settings tailored to the client’s individual needs considering factors like ethnicity, gender and sexuality. - Engage in realistic counsellor-client interactions through simulation and role-play.- Cultivate knowledge and skills that meet the growing demand for wellbeing services as well as sought after transferable skills such as critical thinking, analytic and communication skills ready for the graduate job market.- Gain real-world experience with an optional UK or international placement year and our Phoenix+ scheme.- Craft your own path to expertise with specialised mental health and counselling modules across years 2 and 3 and choice of independent project topic.For all the latest course details refer to the Coventry University website.

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Chiamaka
20 Nov 24

The registration and admission process is not the best. But the lectures can be very understanding and are typically ready to help you when necessary..Read more

Entry requirements

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BBC Grades / Points required

UCAS Tariff:

112 Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

D:30 Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

28 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DMM Grades / Points required

Excludes General Studies

4 qualifications for tariff points allowed. May also include AS level and EPQ.

The Access to HE Diploma in a Science, Social Science or Health subject to include 30 Level 3 credits at Distinction. Plus GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 4 or above.

to include 15 points at Higher level

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£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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Coventry University
Coventry University , Coventry

Coventry University is a global, modern university with a mission to create better futures....

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Priory Street Coventry Warwickshire CV1 5FB United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Coventry  0.4 miles away

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