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BSc (Hons)

Psychology with Psychotherapy & Counselling

Duration
3 years
Start
September 2025
UCAS Code
C8B9
Delivery
In-person
Foundation year available

This course is designed to help you move towards a career where you can help people to understand and work through their problems. It enables you to explore a range of psychological and counselling approaches and develop your own counselling skills on this accredited course.

Why study with us

  • You may also choose to study this course at our Burnley Campus, where a greater focus is placed upon Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
  • You’ll have various opportunities for work experience – in voluntary positions, paid employment or on placements across the region.
  • You can get involved in research – whether participating or assisting – with paid internships, placements and part-time roles.
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What you'll do

  • While you’ll study core modules in both psychology and counselling, you’ll also have some flexibility to choose option modules throughout the course.
  • We offer you the chance to take a sandwich year between your second and third year – whether working on placement to build experience or studying abroad to broaden your horizons.
  • In your final year, you’ll take on a major psychology research project, taking an in-depth look at a topic of your choice.

Want to be a qualified counsellor?

You might also be interested in our BSc (Hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy programme which offers the fastest route to becoming a qualified Counsellor.

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Modules

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Accreditations

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The staff members on my course have been absolutely incredible. I have been provided help every step of the way whenever I needed.
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Rahila Shah
BSc (Hons) Psychology with Psychotherapy and Counselling

Future careers

When you finish this course, you should leave us with excellent observation, analysis, critical thinking and people skills – all highly sought after by prospective employers. You’ll find our graduates working almost anywhere there are people with social or emotional problems to be supported and resolved.

Entry requirements

We will consider your educational achievements, predicted grades, work experience and personal statement. If you don't meet the grades for your chosen course, we will consider you for other programmes.

We know that many factors can influence the grades you achieve in school or college. If your life experience has affected your academic studies, we can take this into account. Use the UCAS Points Calculator below to check whether you are eligible.

Unsure if you meet our entry requirements? Contact our friendly Course Enquiries team to talk through your options.

Applications for advanced entry to the course will be considered on an individual basis. We can recognise prior learning from other institutions but must ensure all our graduates have covered the curriculum required by the British Psychological Society for the award of Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC). No exemptions can be made against the empirical project.

  • UCAS: 104-120 points at A2
  • BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM-DDM
  • BTEC Diploma: D*D-D*D*
  • Pass Access Course: 104 -120 UCAS points
  • International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass including 104 -120 points from Higher Level Subjects
  • T Level: M
  • IELTS: 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5
  • GCSEs: 5 at grade C/4 including Maths and English or equivalent

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Our courses with a foundation year could be exactly what you're looking for. They provide an alternative route to study for this degree.

Find out more about our courses with a foundation year.

Fees and funding

2024/25
UK
Full-time£9,250 per year
Sandwich year£1,500 for the sandwich year
Part-time£1,540 per 20 credits
International
Full-time£16,500 per year
2025/26
UK
Full-time£9,250 per year
Sandwich year£1,575 for the sandwich year
Part-time£1,540 per 20 credits
International
Full-time£17,325 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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This course is delivered by the School of Psychology and Humanities

For information on possible changes to course information, see our essential and important course information

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