**Please note that the information provided relates to the current academic year and is subject to change without notice by Sheffield Hallam University.
Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.**
**Course summary**
- Develop your knowledge and understanding of discourses and practices in education, psychology and counselling.
- Enhance your ability to critically reflect on and theorise personal experiences and practices.
- Optimise your employment opportunities by developing your counselling skills and transferable skills.
- Prepare for a professional career in a wide range of educational and therapeutic professional contexts. Explore educational achievement in relation to social class, develop your understanding of social, developmental and cognitive psychology, and learn and practise counselling skills.
**How you learn**
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.
**You learn through**
- lectures
- seminar discussions
- practical classes and workshops
- simulation and roleplay
- microteaching
- co-counselling
- presentations
- group and individual tutorials
- guided independent study
- peer tutoring
- tutor demonstration
- fieldwork and project work
- external visits
- work-based learning placement (including overseas placement)
- There are opportunities to study abroad at one of our partner universities with the possibility of funding through the Erasmus+ programme (until 2023) or the Turing Scheme.
**Applied learning**
**Work placements**
Each year you gain valuable experience and professional skills with a two-day per week, seven week placement in a school, college or other education-related organisation.
We guarantee to find you a placement, unless you choose to source your own. In your second year there are opportunities to spend a month working abroad with one of our partner institutions. We have arrangements with universities in Germany, Spain and Las Vegas, USA.
**Future careers**
This course prepares you for a career in
- teaching
- social work
- youth work
- probation
- school counselling
- Some of these careers may require an additional postgraduate qualification.
All students gaining an Honours degree are guaranteed an interview for a Hallam PGCE course subject to terms and conditions*.
*Candidates for PGCE courses will require GCSE grade C or Grade 4 in English Language and mathematics and science, or equivalent and usually a 2.2 degree or above. Candidates will also need to successfully complete the Professional Skills Tests in numeracy and literacy as designated by the DfE.
Course Details - Modules
Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.
Year 1
Compulsory modules
Cognitive Processes And Individual Differences 20 Coursework
Exam
Education Policy And Social Class 20 Coursework
Foundations Of Counselling 20 Coursework
Integrating Theory And Practice 1 20 Coursework
Learning To Learn 20 Coursework
The Psychology Of Development And Social Behaviour 20 Coursework
Year 2
Compulsory modules
Cognitive And Social Psychology 20 Coursework
Counselling Skills For Professional Practice 20 Coursework
Emotional Literacy And Learning 20 Coursework
Integrating Theory And Practice 2 20 Practical
Psychology Of Development And Individual Differences 20 Coursework
Social In/Exclusion In Educational Contexts 20 Coursework
Final year
Compulsory modules
Counselling Children And Young People 20 Coursework
Research Project 40 Coursework
The Reflective Practitioner 20 Practical
Therapeutic Approaches For Mental Health And Wellbeing 20 Coursework
Elective modules
Atypical Child Development 20 Coursework
Health Psychology 20 Coursework
Course Details – Assessment Method
Coursework
Practicals
Exam
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
CX83
Institution code:
S21
Campus Name:
Main Site
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
This must include at least two A levels or equivalent BTEC National qualifications. For example:
BCC at A Level.
DMM in BTEC Extended Diploma.
A combination of qualifications, which may include AS Levels, EPQ and general studies.
At least 45 credits at level 3 and 15 credits at level 2 from a relevant Open College Network accredited course
Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 and over at the point of enrolment.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.5
With a minimum of 6.0 in the writing module and a minimum of 5.5 in all other skill areas.
English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.
Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
79%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
70%
Go onto work and study:
90%
Fees and funding
Additional Fee Information
Our tuition fees for UK students starting full-time undergraduate study in 2022/2023 are regulated by the UK government and are yet to be confirmed. For an indication, our tuition fees for UK students starting this course in 2021/22 are £9,250 per year.
Our tuition fees for International/EU students are also yet to be confirmed, however you can see the course page on the Sheffield Hallam Website for more information.
Provider information
City Campus
Howard Street
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Sheffield
S1 1WB
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