Introductory courses (7) 84 units

CRM101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety
COU101 Introduction to Criminology
COU176 Theories of Counselling: From Freud to Integrative Practice
COU180 Group Processes and Practice
PSY100 Therapeutic Communication Skills
PSY101 Introduction to Psychology A
SCS130 Introduction to Psychology B

Developing and Graduate courses (13) 156 units

COU200 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
COU265 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Skills and Applications
COU300 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
COU301 Counselling for Crisis, Trauma and Loss
COU361 Positive Psychology for Counselling
COU362 Counselling Development and Supervision 1
COU363 Counselling Development and Supervision 2
COU364 Counselling Placement 1
COU381 Counselling Placement 2
PSY203 Developmental and Family Counselling
SCS225 Social Research
SCS290 Understanding Cultural Diversity
SWK278 Ethics, Law and the Helping Professions

Elective courses (4) 48 units

Select 4 elective courses (48 units) from the undergraduate elective course options. Of these electives 1 course (12 units) must be developing or graduate level (200/300 coded).

Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all UniSC courses are available on every UniSC campus.

In order to graduate you must:

• Successfully complete 288 units as outlined in the Program Structure
• Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses

In order to commence field education placement you must:

• Hold a valid Blue Card, throughout the duration of your program, which is issued by the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (CCYPCG). You should allow 12 weeks for CCYPCG to issue the card. Note: students who do not possess a valid Blue Card will be unable to complete the field education component of their program and will be unable to meet graduation requirements
• Have a National Criminal History check (by Queensland Police Service or other state/territory authority)
• Travel to attend field education placements
• Please note, while all endeavours will be made to place students in a given semester, this is not guaranteed and students may need to enrol at a later time should a position in an agency be unavailable in the preferred semester

Program notes

• Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses) and following the recommended study sequence
• Most courses are valued at 12 units unless otherwise specified
• Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods which may include essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations
• As part of your UniSC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
• Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
• Refer to the Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.

Credit precedents

• The profession of counselling is accredited by two peak professional associations in Australia; the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). Both of these peak bodies endorse the Bachelor of Counselling at UniSC. Compliance with the training standards of ACA and PACFA is necessary to maintain endorsement. In regard to awarding course credit, the PACFA training standard (standard 4.2) states that no academic credit is allowed for the client contact and clinical supervision requirements which takes place during training. At UniSC, this pertains to two courses – COU363 and COU364. However, given that COU361 and COU362 are co-requisites for COU363 and COU364 respectively, it includes them indirectly. E.g. you cannot enrol in COU363 without also studying its co-requisite, COU361. Other courses (not placement related courses) in the program can be considered for credit.