BSc (HONS) Psychology and Counselling With Foundation Year

Course Overview

Our BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling with Foundation Year has been designed for students who will benefit from an additional year of academic support at the start of their degree studies. The course provides you with an entry point into other counselling related qualifications such as psychotherapy or Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT). Once accredited, it will also give you eligibility to enrol on the British Psychological Society’s independent route to training as a counselling psychologist and can support applications for a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology.

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This course includes curriculum areas such as social, cognitive, biological, and developmental psychology and research methods. Alongside this, you will also have the opportunity to take counselling specific modules including: Counselling Psychology, Core Counselling Skills, Health and Psychological Well-being, Psychological Assessment and Managing the Therapeutic Process. 
 

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Course details and modules

 

On the course you’ll study subject modules that have been created specifically to help you gain career focused skills in professional counselling. Your studies will culminate with choosing an area of counselling practice on which to focus and produce your own research project at the end of your final year. By the time you graduate, you’ll have the confidence and ability to apply your knowledge of psychology to a range of exciting career paths and further learning opportunities.

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Modules

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Foundation level 

• Using Numeracy, IT and Data

• Research Skills and Using Information

• Values, Ethics and Working Collaboratively

• Developing Academic Skills

• Crime and Law in Context

• Psychology of Everyday Life

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Level 4 

• Introduction to Studying Psychology 

• Social Psychology 

• Introduction to Research Methods 

• Developmental Psychology 

• Biological Psychology 

• Cognitive Psychology 

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Level 5

• Qualitative Research Methods 

• Quantitative Research Methods 

• Positive Psychology 

• Personality and Intelligence 

• Introduction to Counselling Psychology

• Core Counselling Skills ​

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Level 6

• Health and Psychological Well-being 

• Psychological Assessment and Formulation

• Counselling Psychology, Mental Health and Illness 

• Managing the Therapeutic Process 

• Counselling Research Project

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