BA Applied Psychosocial and Psychotherapy Studies
Goldsmiths, University of London
Entry requirements
A level: CCC IB: 27 points overall with three HL subjects at 555
About this course
BA in Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, combining counselling and psychotherapy with social and cultural contexts. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Ethics & Professional Practice. The degree includes a final-year dissertation project and fieldwork placement through volunteering with charitable organisations and the public sector. Optional modules cover areas including education, youth justice and social change.
Modules
- Contemporary Approaches to the Theory and Practice of Psychotherapy and Counselling
- Theories of Individual Development
- Culture and Identity
- Critical Thinking
- Researching our Lives and Worlds
- Pathologies of the Modern Self
- Applied Social Research Methods
- Mental Health And Trauma: Critical and Clinical Explorations
- The Goldsmiths Project
- The Goldsmiths Elective
- Introduction to Art, Play and Drama Therapy
- Basic Counselling Skills
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Youth Justice
- Dissertation
- The Political Significance of Freud's Legacy
- Multiculturalism, Identity and Difference
- Conflict Transformation
- Art and Psychodynamic Thinking I
- Theory and practice of Dance Movement Psychotherapy
- Fieldwork Practice