Our Psychology and Counselling BSc Honours is accredited by the British Psychological Society. It provides you with a broad contemporary education in psychology and counselling within a vibrant, global learning environment situated in the heart of London.
Our course team includes qualified and practising counsellors and psychotherapists who are passionate about sharing their experience, knowledge and skills of therapy.
Our programme of study has been designed to meet the requirements for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society. This aspect will prepare you for postgraduate training on the path to becoming a Chartered Psychologist.
In addition to psychology, you’ll study counselling and psychotherapeutic theories and approaches, and you’ll have the opportunity to develop practical skills such as active listening and effective questioning. Our course is also designed to help you to think creatively and critically, developing the problem-solving skills that will enable you to apply psychology and counselling to address a wide range of personal, professional and societal needs.
There will also be trips organised throughout the course with previous trips including visits to the Freud Museum, the Wellcome Trust, and the Bethlem Museum. In addition to this, film nights will be organised focusing on the themes of psychology and counselling.
Our Psychology and Counselling BSc offers you the opportunity to follow your own interests through an attractive range of option modules. A distinctive feature of the option modules we offer is that the majority are focused on professional practice. This provides you not only with a chance to specialise, but also to investigate potential career paths as a graduate psychologist.
On graduation, you’ll be suitably equipped to embark on professional training in counselling psychology and psychotherapy, as well as to work in a wide range of professional settings. Our Psychology and Counselling BSc provides a pathway towards personal and professional growth and development.
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Learning takes place through a combination of face-to-face teaching and independent study, including lectures, seminars and project work. Your experience will be further enriched by opportunities for research participation, counselling skills practice and work-based learning.
You’ll focus on active and often collaborative project work, which includes carrying out research practicals, allowing you to engage first hand with research practice and the knowledge base of our discipline. It also includes other kinds of enquiry-based learning, in which you learn through tackling realistic problems similar to those faced by practising counselling psychologists.
The following subjects are indicative of what you will study on this course.
YEAR 1
Subjects of study include:
Credit Level 4
YEAR 2
Subjects of study include:
Credit Level 5
PLACEMENT YEAR
Professional experience or study abroad year
Between Years 2 and 3, you’ll have the opportunity to undertake a professional placement year in industry. Completing the placement year will lead to the final award Bachelor of Science with Honours – Psychology and Counselling with professional Experience.
Alternatively, you can undertake a period of study abroad at one of Westminster’s partner institutions. Successful completion will lead to the final award Bachelor of Science with Honours – Psychology and Counselling with International Experience.
YEAR 3
Subjects of study include:
Credit Level 6
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
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In addition to one of the above, you should have:
If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.
We also welcome applications from students who are taking a combination of qualifications listed above. For further information, please contact Course Enquiries.
View more information about our entry requirements and the application process.
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If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.
Need to improve your English before starting your course? We offer summer pre-sessional English programmes to help develop your English language skills.
This course is accredited by the British Psychological Society. It has been designed to meet the requirements for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC), provided that the minimum standard of a Lower Second Class Honours is achieved and the empirical project has been passed. This is the first step towards becoming a Chartered Psychologist.
Our Psychology and Counselling BSc Honours course is accredited by the professional body that oversees psychology in the United Kingdom, the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Providing you meet the minimum standard of a Lower Second Class Honours level you are eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartered (GBC) membership of the BPS. GBC is the first stage necessary for becoming a chartered practitioner in the areas of counselling psychology, clinical psychology, forensic psychology, educational psychology, health psychology, occupational psychology and sport and exercise psychology.
If wishing to train as a qualified counsellor, graduates are well prepared to undertake a further professional qualification, such as Counselling PgDip following successful completion of this degree. As well as careers in psychology, counselling and psychotherapy, the Psychology and Counselling course is suitable for careers in teaching, health and social care, human resources, advertising, marketing and business.
This course will prepare you for roles such as:
Graduates from this course have found employment in areas including:
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UK tuition fee: £9,250 (Price per academic year)
When you have enrolled with us, your annual tuition fees will remain the same throughout your studies with us. We do not increase your tuition fees each year.
Find out how we set our tuition fees.
As well as tuition fee loans, there is a range of funding available to help you fund your studies.
Find out about undergraduate student funding options.
The University is dedicated to supporting ambitious and outstanding students and we offer a variety of scholarships to eligible undergraduate students, which cover all or part of your tuition fees.
Find out if you qualify for one of our scholarships.
See what you may need to pay for separately and what your tuition fees cover.
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International tuition fee: £15,400 (Price per academic year)
When you have enrolled with us, your annual tuition fees will remain the same throughout your studies with us. We do not increase your tuition fees each year.
Find out how we set our tuition fees.
If you are an international student accepted on an undergraduate programme starting in September 2024 or September 2025 at level 3 (Foundation) or level 4 (first year) on the basis of an eligible EU qualification only, you will be awarded a tuition fee reduction which will align your fee more closely to the one for UK students. For more information, see the EU Qualifications Welcome Award Scheme.
Find out about funding for international students.
See what you may need to pay for separately and what your tuition fees cover.
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