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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Health in Social Science : Counselling Studies

Postgraduate Course: Nature, Green Space and Mental Health (CNST11072)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Health in Social Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaCounselling Studies Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course will bring together research and insights from counselling, psychotherapy, psychology, outdoor education, landscape architecture and human geography to provide
- a critical overview of evidence for the impact (both negative and positive) of nature and outdoor activities on mental health;
- an overview of the ways in which nature and the outdoors are enrolled in a variety of therapeutic practices;
- a discussion of the contributions counselling, psychotherapy and psychology might make to addressing environmental issues and to supporting people and communities in transitioning to more sustainable lifestyles.

It will also provide an opportunity for students to reflect upon their own relationship with nature and outdoor activities and to explore how they might practically use what they learn in the course in their own practices as counsellors, psychotherapists, educators and activists.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 186 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 75 %, Practical Exam 25 %
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. critically assess the evidence for the impact of nature and outdoor activities on mental health
2. evaluate the ways in which practitioners in counselling, psychotherapy, and wilderness and adventure therapy work with nature and outdoor activities in therapeutic work
3. appreciate the breadth of ways in which counselling and psychotherapy might contribute to supporting transitions to more sustainable lifestyles and to responding to the impacts of environmental crises
4. have the capacity to make informed choices about working with nature and/or outdoor activities in their own practice (or prospective practice)
5. critically reflect on their own relationship to nature and outdoor activities
Assessment Information
25% for a 1500 word literature review on a topic of interest, which students will present during the second block.
75% on a 2,500 word final essay that draws critically on relevant academic literature and on the student's reflective course journal and which puts forward a proposal for how he or she will engage with nature and/or outdoor activities in his or her current or future practice. This will be handed in at the end of semester two.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Alette Willis
Tel: (0131 6)50 3881
Email: a.willis@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Sue Larsen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6671
Email: Sue.Larsen@ed.ac.uk
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