UndergraduatePsychology
Bachelor of Counselling
University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, WA / Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Counselling is a fully integrated program focused on an individual's psychosocial, personal and spiritual development across the lifespan. Students study theories and approaches to counselling, explore personal values and belief systems, and develop practical counselling skills before specialising in counselling children, adolescents, couples and families, and older people. The degree includes a placement in a counselling agency, and graduates are entitled to register as professional counsellors with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), the program's external accrediting body. A second-year entry pathway is available for students who have completed a Diploma of Counselling (CHC51015), giving one year of full-time equivalent credit.
Fees & duration
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Course structure
Year one
- ABOR1000Aboriginal People
- Academic Writing
- ARTS1000Communication and Research
- COUN1002Formation of the Professional Counsellor Milestone 1
- COUN1003Theories and Approaches to Counselling
- COUN1004Counselling Skills Training 1
- COUN1005Introduction to Personal and Professional Ethics
- COUN2001Lifespan Development (PSYC2170). Year two: Formation of the Professional Counsellor Milestone 2
- Counselling Skills Training 2 and 3 (COUN2002, COUN2003)
- COUN2004Counselling and Children
- COUN2005Grief and Loss Counselling
- COUN2006Counselling Adolescents
- COUN2007Trauma and Addiction Counselling
- COUN3001Mental Health (COUN2008). Year three: Formation of the Professional Counsellor Milestone 3
- Placement and Supervision A and B (COUN3002, COUN3003)
- COUN3005Counselling Older People
- Counselling Couples and Families (COUN3006). The degree includes 200 hours of practical placement
- comprising at least 80 hours of direct client contact and 20 hours of clinical supervision. Every degree also includes the Core Curriculum: CORE I Foundations of Wisdom and a CORE II elective in philosophy and/or theology
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Admissions
For the Fremantle (WA) intake, applicants with recent secondary education need an indicative ATAR/Selection Rank of 70 or an International Baccalaureate score of 25. Alternative pathways include successful completion of 2 subjects at undergraduate level or higher, completion of the Notre Dame Tertiary Pathway Program or an equivalent tertiary preparation program, an AQF Certificate IV or higher from an accredited VET provider, or direct entry via work and life experience (minimum age 20, at least two years of relevant work experience, and a Special Tertiary Admissions Test score of at least 135 in Multiple Choice and 140 in Written English). A number of places are reserved for eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants and applicants from low socio-economic status areas.
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