BA Counselling Skills and Sociology
Entry requirements
UCAS points: 112 points A level: Typical offer – BCC-BBC IB: 28 points
About this course
BA (Hons) in Occupational Therapy BSc (Hons) and Sociology, combining practical counselling skills training with the study of social life and inequality. Core topics include Social & Cultural Analysis, Communication & Writing, Research Methods, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The course includes a compulsory work placement of 4-7 weeks with an external employer. In the final year, students complete an independent research project supervised by an academic.
Modules
- Discovering Sociology: The Study of Social Life
- Introduction to Theory and Practice of Counselling Skills
- Media and the Representation of Deviance
- Ethical Issues in the Helping Relationship
- Spanish: Communication in Practice
- French: Intermediate Language Development
- Spanish: Intermediate Language Development
- Chinese: Intermediate Language Development
- German: Communication in Practice
- French: Communication in Practice
- Subsidiary Language
- Working with Client Issues in Counselling Skills
- Counselling Skills in Practice
- Beyond the Surface: Doing Critical Sociology
- Race, Ethnicity, Migration and Injustice
- Experiential Learning: Social Impact Leadership in Action
- Work Placement (School of Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Upper Intermediate Language Development and Global Employability
- Advanced Language Development and Global Sustainability
- Post Beginner Language Development and Global Cultures
- Experiential Overseas Learning
- Developing Intercultural Literacy and Cross-Cultural Skills
- Study Abroad Immersive Year
- Applied Counselling Theory and Skills
- Major Project: Applied Research Design and Analysis
- Social Science for Social Change
- Consumer Culture and Everyday Life
- Deconstructing the International Political Economy
- Developing Multicultural Competence
- Using Counselling Skills in the Workplace