Bachelor of Counselling
Course Overview
Help people with their mental health and emotional wellbeing. The program is designed to provide the skills to become a professionally accredited counsellor. You will be equipped with a wealth of counselling knowledge applicable to a variety of career pathways, as well as being taught skills to work ethically with clients who seek help.
In this program you will:
- Explore counselling theories and skills, positive psychology, communication and relationships, family counselling and crisis intervention, grief and loss and cultural diversity
- Learn with like-minded peers at either our Sunshine Coast or Moreton Bay campuses, delivered by blended learning
Course Structure
Introductory courses (8) 96 units
ART100 Communicating Your World: Research and Communication in HASS
COU100 Counselling for Addiction Disorders
COU101 Theories of Counselling: From Freud to Integrative Practice
COU176 Group Processes and Practice
COU180 Therapeutic Communication Skills
PSY100 Introduction to Psychology A
PSY101 Introduction to Psychology B
SCS130 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
Developing courses (8) 96 units
COU200 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Skills and Applications
COU201 Counselling Children and Youth
COU202 Counselling Integrative Practice
COU265 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
PSY203 Introduction to Human Development
SCS225 Social Research
SCS290 Understanding Cultural Diversity
SWK278 Ethics, Law and the Helping Professions
Graduate courses (6) 96 units
COU300 Counselling for Crisis, Trauma and Loss
COU301 Positive Psychology for Counselling
COU302 Counselling Older Australians
COU303 Counselling Placement and Development 1(24 units)
COU304 Counselling Placement and Development 2(24 units)
COU381 Developmental and Family Counselling
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all UniSC courses are available on every UniSC campus.
Entry Requirement
| Admission Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Academic Entry Requirements | Students must be at least 17 or have completed Year 12 or equivalent. |
| Language Requirement | |
|---|---|
| IELTS Score (Minimum) | Overall score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each subtest |
| TOEFL-IBT Score (Minimum) | Overall score of 76 with a minimum score of 18 for writing |
| PTE Score (Minimum) | Overall score of 50 with no subscore less than 50 |
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities
- Addiction Services
- Aged services
- Child protection
- Counsellor
- Disability services
- Families and groups
- Mental health
- Range of human services