Course Summary

**Course overview** - This course is designed to help you move towards a career where you can help people to understand and work through their problems. It enables you to explore a range of psychological and counselling approaches and develop your own counselling skills on this accredited course. - The Psychology with Psychotherapy and Counselling course is a Joint Honours degree that enables you to study core Psychology modules alongside the complementary discipline of Psychotherapy and Counselling. Studying these related disciplines provides you with a range of skills and experiences along with the knowledge required to enter into a number of different careers. - Throughout this course you’ll develop excellent observation skills, critical thinking and analysis, and a range of people skills - all highly sought after by prospective employers. - You’ll learn about a range of different approaches and techniques that permit you to offer invaluable support for people dealing with a wide range of mental health issues, from bereavement and domestic violence, to sexual abuse, relationship issues and much more. **Why study with us** - You may also choose to study this course at our Burnley Campus, where a greater focus is placed upon Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. - You’ll have various opportunities for work experience – in voluntary positions, paid employment or on placements across the region. - You can get involved in research – whether participating or assisting – with paid internships, placements and part-time roles.

Course Details - Modules

Year 1 Compulsory Modules: Methods and Practice of Psychological Inquiry, Introduction to Developmental and Social Psychology, Introduction to Psychobiology and Cognition, Introduction to Counselling and Counselling Skills, Key Issues in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Year 1 Optional Modules: The Discovery of the Unconscious – Freud and Jung, Introduction to CBT. Year 2 Compulsory Modules: Psychological Research 1: Design and Quantitative Analysis, Psychological Research 2: Qualitative Methods, Social and Developmental Psychology, Cognitive and Physiological Psychology, Individual Differences, Group Dynamics Social Psychology in Action, Intermediate Counselling Skills in Practice. Year 2 Optional Moudles: The Development of the Unconscious in Britain, Person-Centred Counselling Theory in Context, CBT Skills & Applications. Year 3 Compulsory Modules: Psychology Project, Integration and Contemporary Issus in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Personal Development. Year 3 Optional Modules: Psychology Placement Module, EITHER Violent and Sexual Offending OR Crime: Impacts and Consequences, EITHER Neuropsychological Disorders and Techniques OR Brain Treatments and Behaviour, EITHER Applying Psychology to the Educational Setting OR Advanced Developmental Psychopathology, EITHER Application of Clinical Psychology Practice Clinical Research Service Delivery OR Cognitive Behaviour Assessment and Treatment Planning in Clinical Psychology, EITHER Psychological Aspects of Cyberspace Theory Research and Applications OR Understanding Human Behaviour in Cyberspace Current Problems Debates & Insights.

Course Details – Assessment Method

Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.

Course Details – Professional Bodies

British Psychological Society

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: C8B9

Institution code: C30

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Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

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

104 to 120 UCAS points at A2

104 to 120 UCAS points

104 to 120 UCAS points

104 to 120 UCAS points

104 to 120 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects


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Minimum Qualification Requirements

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English language requirements

Test Grade AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with no component score less than 5.5 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date)
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Unistats information

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Fees and funding

England 9250.0 Year 1
Northern Ireland 9250.0 Year 1
Scotland 9250.0 Year 1
Wales 9250.0 Year 1
Channel Islands 9250.0 Year 1

Additional Fee Information

*subject only to annual increase in line with UK Retail Price Index inflation rate

Provider information

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Preston
PR1 2HE

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