A master's of science degree in counselling psychology of University of Iringa is a 180 credits which prepares students for work in private and public practice, Universities, industries, mental health and mental retardation centres, orphanages, rehabilitation and hospitals setting. The programme is designed to help students meet requirements for licensure as professional counsellors or psychotherapists.
Nature and Design of the Programme
The programme runs for two academic years and is divided into two parts: Part one consists of comprehensive course work with written examination and in the form of a case Studies. The parts of the case studies include; phase one which involves a written treatment plan for a psychological counselling case; the second phase which involves an oral defense/presentation of the case to a committee of faculty members
Part
two is basically divided into two parts, part one is the practicum in counselling
psychology which once students have a sound knowledge of psychological theory
and appropriate skill training, they are placed in practicum
positions. University of Iringa has established a reliable network with a
number of recognized organizations and clinics prepared to accept students for
internship. Students need to accumulate 50 credits of supervised fieldwork in
order to complete the programme.
Practicum is the culminating experience in counseling/Psychotherapy
education, preparing students to apply classroom learning to real world
concerns. Success in these courses is a requirement for graduation. Again a
student is required to do the research dissertation where by he/she must enroll
in 80 credits of dissertation. The dissertation allows students to get involved
as an active participant in research under the supervision of a faculty mentor.
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
Introduction:
This is a professional
Counselling Psychology Diploma programme. It is a skill – oriented programme
built on a firm theoretical knowledge base. It allows the learners to acquire
competence in the knowledge and counselling skills and to utilize the blended
competences in counselling fields of the students’ choice, both in class and in
the community.
The Diploma programme covers 260
credits and the courses, the learning outcomes, the learning units, the
teaching and learning tasks and their evaluations have been drawn from the
current Bachelor of Counselling Psychology degree programme.
INTRODUCTION:
INTRODUCTION:
The certificate programme in
counselling psychology is a skill – oriented programme built on a firm
theoretical knowledge base. It allows the learners to acquire competence in the
knowledge of psychology and counselling skills and to utilize the blended
competences in counselling psychology fields of the students’ choice, both in
class and in the community.
The programme covers 140 credits
and its courses, the learning outcomes, the content areas, the teaching and
learning tasks and their evaluations have been drawn from the current Diploma
in Counselling Psychology programme. The Certificate programme therefore
enables its graduates who after having worked as beginning counsellors and or
additional to other qualifications such as nursing, social work and teaching
for two to three years or so and want a Diploma in counselling psychology may
come back and be allowed to start the diploma programme, at a fee.
