BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling at Teesside University

A BPS-accredited psychology degree combined with counselling, studying the scope of practising counsellors and counselling psychologists and building psychological research skills for mental health, education or social support careers.

Duration: 3 years full-time (4 years with foundation year); part-time up to 5 years  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 includes Introduction to Counselling and Counselling Theories and Introduction to Mental Health and Psychopathologies. Year 2 includes Applying Counselling Theories, Skills, and Techniques plus core psychology modules. The final year has Multicultural Counselling and Service Evaluation, a Psychology Dissertation and three options.

Career pathways

Graduates who achieve a 2.2 or above can apply for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society and are suited to postgraduate training as a Chartered Psychologist; they can also enter health and social welfare, the probation and prison services, the police, voluntary organisations and the public sector.

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