The BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling provides students in Singapore with the opportunity to gain a recognised British honours degree.

The Psychology with Counselling degree seeks to enable students to understand mind and behaviour through experimentation, observation and measurement. The degree includes: the study of perception, memory and emotion in adults and children; the socio-psychological processes that shape our relationships with each other and society; the development of language, behaviour, personality and thought in children; the biological processes that underpin behaviour; and the causes and treatment of abnormal behaviour.

Graduates may apply to the British Psychological Society (BPS) for Graduate Basis Registration (GBR). GBR is necessary if students intend to pursue psychology as a career, especially if they are interested in becoming a Chartered Psychologist.

To complete the programme, students need to undertake 6 courses and the compulsory project stated below:

• Psychology Project
  The main aims of this module are to:
  • Allow students to demonstrate the ability to transfer and expand existing psychological knowledge and research skills in the design, running and writing up of a piece of psychological research.
  • Provide students with the experience of working independently on a single project under staff supervision.

  Assessment:
  100% Coursework

• Advanced Counselling Theory
  The main aims of this module are to:
  • Enable students to critically evaluate mainstream counseling theories and to identify how these inform and influence clinical practice.
  • Facilitate students to explore aspects of the historical development of different counselling modalities and link this to an understanding of the current interests of these modalities.
  • Enable students to understand the complex relationship between these theories and clinical counseling practice.

  Assessment:
  100% Coursework

• Counselling Skills
  Students will be taught a range of transferable counseling skills which can then form the basis of therapeutic one-to-one counseling or can be applied in any work situation which includes an element of interviewing clients. Students will be encouraged to utilise these skills in their current work situation and/or in class exercises.

  Assessment:
  100% Coursework

• Social Psychology 3: Current Social Issues
  The main aims of this module are to:
  • Extend student’s knowledge and understanding of the social psychological nature and causes of behaviour in a range of complex social situations.
  • Critically evaluate theoretical explanations, methodological approaches and research findings in social psychology by testing them against a number of significant social issues.
  • Extend the students understanding and confidence in using social psychology theories, methods and research findings in attempting to understand social phenomena.

  Assessment:
  100% Coursework

• Introduction to Health Psychology
  The main aims of this module are to:
  • Develop and extend the student’s knowledge and understanding of a range of theories in health psychology, reflect on their relevance to practice and learn how to start to apply them.
  • Develop a critical understanding of the various methods used within health psychology including their strengths and weaknesses.

  Assessment:
  100% Exam

• Introduction to Educational Psychology
  The aim of this module is to introduce some aspects of psychology that are relevant to human learning, performance and behaviour. The main objectives are to develop an understanding of theoretical underpinnings to some psychological processes in education and to explore their application in educational contexts. The main focus of the module is on school based learning.

  Assessment:
  100% Exam

• Relationships in Adulthood
  The main aims of this module are to:
  • Develop and extend the student’s knowledge and understanding of a range of theories in the study of adult relationships.
  • Develop a critical understanding of the various research methods used within this area including their strengths and weaknesses.

  Assessment:
  100% Exam

Students with the following (or related) Polytechnic Diploma will be considered for direct final year entry but may have to take several ‘bridging’ modules prior to entry to the final year:

The degree also provides Non-honours Psychology graduates with the opportunity to obtain an honours degree.