Bachelor

THE BACHELOR OF COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY
The Bachelor of Counselling Psychology programme at the University of Iringa is a three years fulltime covering 380 credits, intensive Counselling Psychology undergraduate degree programme designed to prepare candidates for professional action oriented psychological counselling in a wide range of Counselling psychology fields.
                                     
Programme Learning Outcomes
This programme aims to:
·      Train students in psychological counselling skills and prepare them for a variety of helping roles:  Psychological counselling of individuals, couples and families; facilitating personal development groups; counselling at work places, mediation and conflict resolution.
·      Provide adequate knowledge of relevant disciplines as solid scientific foundations for students to build their counselling skills upon.
·      Provide both personal and professional development in the context of vibrant, supportive learning community of faculty and students.
·                        Integrate theory and practice in a highly interactive learning community.

Nature of the Programme
The programme consists of four interrelated strands:
·      Theoretical studies
·      Practicum (Skills development via peer skills practice and clinical internship)
·      Personal development

·      Supervision and research report

Background

The Faculty of Psychology at University of Iringa (UoI) was recently founded in 2013. Before it has been the Depar...