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Bachelor of Psychological Science and Counselling
Bachelor of Psychological Science and Counselling

Bachelor of Psychological Science and Counselling

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  • Level:3-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

Meet one of the following criteria:

  • Participate in a screening interview (typically by phone though online can be arranged if required); and

  • Be 18 years or above at the date of commencement; and

  • Completion of a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (or equivalent); or

  • Completion of a Diploma or above (or equivalent); or

  • Admission to an undergraduate degree at an Australian University (or equivalent)

Overseas qualifications must be deemed by ACAP as equivalent to Australian qualifications.

English Requirements

International student IELTS requirement: Academic IELTS minimum overall band of 6.0 with no individual band below 5.5 completed in the last two years (or equivalent).

Course Information

The BPsySciCou provides students with the opportunity to complete an Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) accredited three year sequence featuring a major in psychology and a major in counselling. Students undertaking this program must follow a specified sequence of units from the Discipline of Psychological Sciences and the Discipline of Counselling. This specified sequence of units comprises the double major.

The psychology major provides students with a comprehensive education in the theories and models that underpin the scientific discipline of psychology, critical and analytical thinking, and research methodology, design and analysis necessary for conducting and evaluating psychological research. The psychology major also introduces students to the applications of psychological theory. It’s also the first three of six years training required if you want to work as a registered psychologist.

The counselling major provides students with a comprehensive education in the knowledge, theoretical concepts and best practices pertinent to counselling, specifically in areas relating to theoretical approaches to therapeutic change, clinical skills, approaches to understanding mental health, counselling practice in fields of alcohol and other drugs and in grief and trauma. The course also provides substantial counselling experience via two trimesters of placement. The counselling major complements students’ knowledge of psychology and their understanding of behaviour through psychological approaches.

Data from the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing indicates that about one in four to five Australians will meet criteria for a mental illness in a 12-month period. The double major provides the first three years of the six years of training required for registration as a psychologist. The double major will also be of benefit to students seeking to working in counselling roles by increasing their overall employability. Moreover, this degree will also provide a pathway into graduate-entry studies in a range of fields, such as occupational therapy and rehabilitation counselling. 

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Recommended sequence of enrolments for students commencing full time study based on trimester commencement

Year 1

First trimester

  • MULT1025 Professions and Society

  • MULT1035 Sustainability and Helping Professionals

  • PSYC1042 Psychology: History, Science and Application 1,

Second trimester

  • MULT1015 Applications in Context

  • PSYC1052 Foundational Psychological Processes

  • COUN1211 Professional Reflection and Self-Care,

Third trimester

  • PSYC2102 Psychology: History, Science and Application 2

  • COUN1231 Counselling Skills Training 1

  • COUN1251 Counselling Theory

Year 2

First trimester

  • PSYC2112 Foundational Perspectives: Cognition

  • COUN2221 Counselling Skills Training 2

  • COUN2271 Trauma Informed Counselling Practice,

Second trimester

  • PSYC2122 Foundational Perspectives: Biological Bases

  • COUN2241 Grief and Loss Counselling

  • COUN2301 Group Work Counselling,

Third trimester

  • PSYC2132 Foundational Perspectives: Lifespan Development

  • COUN3211 Contemporary Counselling Orientations and Research

  • COUN3231 Counselling Skills Training 3

Year 3

First trimester

  • PSYC3102 Psychology: History, Science and Application 3

  • PSYC3112 Individual Differences and Assessment

  • COUN3311 Work Placement, Experience and Supervision 1,

Second trimester

  • PSYC3122 Abnormal Psychology and Intervention

  • PSYC3132 Social and Community Psychology

  • COUN3321 Work Placement, Experience and Supervision 2,  

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OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year

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