Graduate Certificate of Counselling (Foundations of Practice) 12 months Postgraduate Program By University of Southern Queensland |Top Universities
Program Duration

12 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

15,161 AUDTuition Fee/year

Scholarship

YesScholarships

Main Subject Area

PsychologyMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Psychology

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Online

Overview
  • Enhance your career and gain skills in counselling with UniSQ’s Graduate Certificate of Counselling (Foundations of Practice). Your studies will include national mental health standards, professional practice, risk management counselling frameworks, ethics and legislation.
  • The skills you will gain from your counselling studies will be transferable between nursing, psychology, teaching, welfare, human services or allied health practices.
  • Our online counselling degree is designed to develop your career within the health, psychology or human services profession.
  • Offered part-time, this degree is a professional development opportunity for psychologists and social workers.
  • There is a four-day mandatory residential school for each of the four Foundations of Practice courses.
  Further study
  • After completing the Graduate Certificate of Counselling, you have the option to take the credit from your studies and go on to complete UniSQ’s Graduate Diploma of Counselling or the Master of Counselling.

Program overview

Main Subject

Psychology

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Online

Overview
  • Enhance your career and gain skills in counselling with UniSQ’s Graduate Certificate of Counselling (Foundations of Practice). Your studies will include national mental health standards, professional practice, risk management counselling frameworks, ethics and legislation.
  • The skills you will gain from your counselling studies will be transferable between nursing, psychology, teaching, welfare, human services or allied health practices.
  • Our online counselling degree is designed to develop your career within the health, psychology or human services profession.
  • Offered part-time, this degree is a professional development opportunity for psychologists and social workers.
  • There is a four-day mandatory residential school for each of the four Foundations of Practice courses.
  Further study
  • After completing the Graduate Certificate of Counselling, you have the option to take the credit from your studies and go on to complete UniSQ’s Graduate Diploma of Counselling or the Master of Counselling.

Admission requirements

54+
6.5+
79+
A bachelor's degree from a recognised university.
1 Year
Feb
Jul

Tuition fee and scholarships

Domestic Students

12,880 AUD
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International Students

15,161 AUD
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