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Degree Programme Table: Counselling (MCouns) (Part-time) - 4 years (PTMCOCOUNS1P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
1. All courses in Year 1, including Readiness for Counselling Training (CNST11093) must be passed to progress to Year 2 of the programme.
2. Exit award of PG Cert Counselling Studies if exiting at end of Year 1.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Listening, Attunement and Empathy
CNST11084 20 credits
Self, Others and Society
CNST11085 20 credits
Ethics, Boundaries and Supervision
CNST11012 20 credits
Readiness for Counselling Training
CNST11093 0 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
1. Readiness for Counselling Practice (CNST11098) must be passed in order to commence Counselling and Psychotherapy Placement 1A (CNST12021).
2. Counselling and Psychotherapy Placement 1A (CNST12021) must be passed to allow progression to Year 3 of the programme.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
The Counselling Relationship: Theory, Practice and Process (MCouns)
CNST11040 20 credits
Developing Narratives of Self
CNST11041 20 credits
The Group in the Development of the Self and Others : A Person-Centred Perspective (MCouns)
CNST11042 20 credits
Difference, diversity and power in counselling practice (20 credits)
CNST11068 20 credits
Counselling and Psychotherapy Placement 1A
CNST12021 10 credits
Counselling and Psychotherapy Placement 1B
CNST12023 10 credits
Readiness for Counselling Practice
CNST11098 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
Exit award of PG Dip Counselling. Must pass all courses and complete counselling placement.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
From Two Person to Three Person to the Group: A Psychodynamic Perspective
CNST11043 20 credits
Psychological vulnerabilities and distress in counselling practice
CNST11062 20 credits
Transitions, Endings and Beginnings
CNST12012 20 credits
Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice 2
CNST12019 20 credits
Counselling and Psychotherapy Placement 2
CNST12017 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
MSc Dissertation (Counselling)
CNST11014 60 credits
Between Counselling and Research 1: Approaches, Issues and Debates (L12)
CNST12007 20 credits
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