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CHC Courses

BSc Hons Communication and Counselling Studies

Offers practical skills and a robust understanding of the importance of effective communication within counselling, health and other contexts

Course Director

Dr Maggie Long: m.long@ulster.ac.uk

Course Description

The emphasis in this course is on developing an understanding of the emotional and psychological development of the person within family, social and cultural settings. The course also emphasises the importance of rigorous and reflective ethical decision-making practices for working with vulnerable populations and clients within counselling and healthcare settings.
Students take a range of core and optional modules which provide a firm grounding in theories, practices, skills and capacities needed for effective communication in interpersonal and professional contexts. Each module combines lectures, seminars and group tasks to facilitate students gaining a comprehensive intellectual knowledge, while learning from experience.
Our programme facilitates participation and interaction. Thus, this course also offers students opportunities to apply theory to practice in the composition of a range of assignments (case studies, work-based learning report, reflective journal, essays, presentations, dissertation). Students will be encouraged and supported to become independent learners who can understand, evaluate and challenge new ideas and concepts.

Modules

Students take a range of modules across the three years including, for example, Interpersonal Communication, Understanding Ourselves and Others, Lifespan Development, Social Psychology of Communication, Communication and Language, Communication in Relationships, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Media and Mental Health, Counselling Theory, Professional Issues in Counselling, Psychosocial Issues, Research Methods, Reflections on Workplace Experience, Advanced Interpersonal Experience, Researching Talk and Social Interaction, Gender and Representation, Rethinking Communication, and Groups, Identities and Relations. All students undertake and write a research dissertation.

Lecturing Team

This course is team-taught by staff across the School of Communication and Media, all of whom are highly-experienced, internationally-recognised experts in their respective fields of teaching and research: Counselling & Health Communication, Communication Studies, Media & Cultural Studies, and Language & Linguistics: Dr Paula Brogan, Professor Sarah Edge, Dr Julie Gerard, Dr Noreen Giffney, Dr Adrian Kerrison, Dr Jolene Mairs Dyer, Mrs Kerry-Ann Porter, Dr Maggie Long, Dr Anne Moorhead, Dr Fred Morrison, Dr Catrin Rhys and Dr Karyn Stapleton

Careers

The course provides a solid academic grounding for students who wish to pursue professional counselling or psychotherapy training and accreditation following graduation. It is also an excellent platform for graduates who wish to pursue further training in a range of professions, for example, social work, social care, nursing, youth work, community work and teaching. The course can be used as a route into the area of graduate schemes, such as the civil service, police, retail management or human resource management. Graduates will be in a strong position to apply for a Masters degree.

Entry Requirements

The entry requirements are available in the undergraduate prospectus.

BSc Hons Professional Development in Counselling

Course Director

Dr Maggie Long: m.long@ulster.ac.uk

Course Description

Modules

Students take a range of modules including, for example, Professional Issues in Counselling, Psychosocial Issues, Research Methods, Rethinking Communication, and Groups, Identities and Relations. All students undertake and write a research dissertation.

Lecturing Team

This course is team-taught by staff across the School of Communication and Media, all of whom are highly-experienced, internationally-recognised experts in their respective fields of teaching and research: Counselling & Health Communication, Communication Studies, Media & Cultural Studies, and Language & Linguistics: Dr Paula Brogan, Dr Julie Gerard, Dr Noreen Giffney, Dr Adrian Kerrison, Mrs Kerry-Ann Porter, Dr Maggie Long, Dr Anne Moorhead and Dr Fred Morrison.

Careers

The course provides a solid academic grounding for students who wish to pursue professional counselling or psychotherapy training and accreditation following graduation. It is also an excellent platform for graduates who wish to pursue further training in a range of professions, for example, social work, social care, nursing, youth work, community work and teaching. The course can be used as a route into the area of graduate schemes, such as the civil service, police, retail management or human resource management. Graduates will be in a strong position to apply for a Masters degree.

Entry Requirements

The entry requirements are available in the undergraduate prospectus.

MSc Counselling Studies and Health Communication

Course Director

Dr Anne Moorhead: a.moorhead@ulster.ac.uk

Course Description

Modules

Students take a range of core modules including, for example, An Introduction to Counselling, Health Communication, The Counselling and Therapeutic Framework, Humanistic Counselling, Integrative Approaches, Psychodynamic Approaches, Human Growth and Development, and Research Methods. All students undertake and write a research dissertation.

Lecturing Team

This course is team-taught by staff from the Counselling & Health Communication Team, all of whom are practitioners and highly-experienced, internationally-recognised experts in their respective fields of teaching and research: Dr Paula Brogan, Dr Noreen Giffney, Dr Maggie Long, Dr Anne Moorhead

Careers

The course provides a solid academic grounding for students who wish to pursue professional counselling or psychotherapy training and accreditation following graduation. It is also an excellent platform for graduates who wish to pursue further training in a range of professions, for example, social work, social care, nursing, youth work, community work and teaching. The course can be used as a route into the area of graduate schemes, such as the civil service, police, retail management or human resource management. Graduates will be in a strong position to apply for a Masters degree.

Entry Requirements

The entry requirements are available in the postgraduate prospectus.

PhD Research with Members of the CHC Supervisory Team

Counselling Practice Training Courses Validated by Ulster University

Faculty Partnership Manger

Dr Paula Brogan, Ulster University, Jordanstown: pm.brogan@ulster.ac.uk

Course Directors

Course Description

Modules

Lecturing Team

Careers

Entry Requirements

The entry requirements are available in