BA Guidance and Counselling
About this course
BA (Hons) Guidance and Counselling is an undergraduate degree focused on the theory and practice of support, mentoring, and helping interventions within professional contexts. Core topics include Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Ethics & Professional Practice. Students can choose to undertake an optional work placement year or a study abroad year between their second and final years. The first year introduces foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as Developing Skills and Strategies for Helping, Counselling Perspectives, Introduction to Academic Research, and Professional Contexts in Guidance and Counselling. The second year builds on this with modules including Mentoring: Theory and Practice, The Skilled Helper, Career Development Project, and Guidance and Counselling in Groups, alongside optional modules like Exploring Professional Practice, MAD Studies, and Creative Helping Practices. The final year covers advanced practice and research through compulsory modules such as Guidance and Counselling Project, Models of Career Guidance Practice, Engaging With Older Clients, Brief Approaches to Counselling and Helping, and Narrative Approaches to Counselling and Helping.
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Entry requirements
UCAS Tariff: 96 to 112 Tariff Points Subject requirements: There are no specific subject requirements for this course.
Modules
- Skills for Academic Success in a UK University
- Learning at University
- Developing Skills and Strategies for Helping
- Counselling Perspectives
- Introduction to Academic Research
- Professional Contexts in Guidance and Counselling
- The Social Self and Meaning Making
- Skills for Academic Success in a UK University
- Mentoring: Theory and Practice
- The Skilled Helper
- Career Development Project
- Guidance and Counselling in Groups
- Research in Practice
- Exploring Professional Practice
- MAD Studies
- Creative Helping Practices
- Guidance and Counselling: Year Abroad
- Guidance and Counselling: Work Placement Year
- Guidance and Counselling Placement Semester Long
- Guidance and Counselling Study Abroad Year out (semester long option)
- Skills for Academic Success in a UK University
- Guidance and Counselling Project
- Models of Career Guidance Practice
- Engaging with Older Clients
- Brief Approaches to Counselling and Helping
- Narrative Approaches to Counselling and Helping
Questions about this course
What grades do I need for BA Guidance and Counselling at Northumbria University?
The typical offer is CA at A level.