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Graduate Certificate in Counselling

GradCertCouns

40 cp

Minimum duration: 1 year part-time.

Course available at: Sydney (Strathfield), NSW

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Admission Requirements1

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed:

  1. a Bachelor degree with substantial studies in an appropriate field2; and
  2. a satisfactory interview demonstrating suitability to undertake the course

2. Requirements for Completion of the Graduate Certificate

To qualify for the Graduate Certificate a student must complete 40 cp from Schedule of Unit Offerings.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
COUN500 10 Foundational Theories and Applications of Counselling
COUN501 10 Counselling in Practice
COUN502 10 Human Development and Contemporary Models of Counselling
(Pre: COUN500 Foundational Theories and Applications of Counselling)

Plus either:

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
COUN503 10 Interaction Groups

or

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
COUN504 10 Specialisations in Counselling I (Pre: COUN501 Counselling in Practice, COUN502 Human Development and Contemporary Models of Counselling)

 


1 A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.
2 For example counselling, psychology, social or behavioural science, social work, education or nursing.