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Degree Programme Table: Counselling Studies (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCCOUST1F)

Jump to: Year 1

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Listening, Attunement and Empathy

Must be taken during Semester 1

CNST11084 20 credits
Self, Others and Society

Must be taken during Semester 2

CNST11085 20 credits
Ethics, Boundaries and Supervision

Must be taken during Semester 2

CNST11012 20 credits
MSc Dissertation (Counselling)

Must be taken during Full Year

CNST11014 60 credits
Between Counselling and Research 1: Approaches, Issues and Debates (L12)

Must be taken during Semester 1

CNST12007 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

School of Health in Social Science - Counselling Studies (MSc) - Level 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Prerequisites may apply to some of the optional courses. Please note that some option courses may not be running each year.
Body Talk: Embodiment, Physical Dialogue and Authentic Movement
CNST11053 20 credits
Autoethnographic Research Methods in the Social Sciences
CNST11079 20 credits
Humanities and Arts-informed Research Methods in the Social Sciences
CNST11087 20 credits
Counselling across languages and cultures
CNST11090 20 credits
Counselling Across Borders
CNST11095 20 credits
Queering Health and Social Sciences: LGBTQIA+ Perspectives
CNST11096 20 credits
Decolonising Self, Therapy and Society: Psychosocial Reflections
CNST11099 20 credits
Between Counselling and Research 2: Qualitative Methodologies
CNST12013 20 credits
AND

Social/Political Studies- Counselling Studies (MSc) - Level 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that some option courses may not be running each year. Please read the course descriptions carefully for more information. Enrollment is not guaranteed and will depend on course quotas and student numbers.
Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy
IPHP11002 20 credits
Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork
PGSP11188 20 credits
Intimate Relationships
PGSP11229 20 credits
Sociology of Emotions
PGSP11367 20 credits
Researching Digital Life
PGSP11469 20 credits
Critical approaches to Global Mental Health and Social Change
PGSP11562 20 credits
Culture and Mental Health in a Global Perspective
PGSP11563 20 credits
Refugees, Health and Humanitarian Action
PGSP11576 20 credits
Global Perspectives on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
PGSP11602 20 credits
AND

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
You may take, as an option course, one level 11 course from anywhere in the university, provided you have the approval of the Programme Director and Course Organiser.
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