Gippsland campus
The course is offered by the Gippsland section of the Department of Psychology as a two-year part-time distance education program for students who hold a first degree with a major in psychology.
The course provides an introduction to the professional practice of psychology and aims to establish a foundation of knowledge in counselling and related disciplines. The guiding orientation of the course is towards helping individuals with socio-emotional problems and includes the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of psychological difficulties other than psychotic illness, and the promotion and maintenance of psychological well-being.
The content of the course is designed for individuals wishing to work in the field of counselling psychology and community development. The course is particularly relevant for people working in community health centres, community welfare agencies and educational establishments.
A limited number of places in some subjects in the Graduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology are available for single subject enrolment for applicants who have already completed an approved fourth-year in psychology.
Students are required to attend a five-day residential program on the Gippsland campus each semester. The residential schools are devoted to counselling and other experiential components of the curriculum, and attendance is compulsory. The residential schools are normally held in April and July.
Admission to the course is open to applicants who possess a bachelors degree with a major in psychology from any course accredited by the Australian Psychological Society. Applicants are required to have a sound knowledge of abnormal psychology.
Students will be liable for exclusion if they do not pass at least two subjects per year (except where two or fewer subjects remain to complete the degree and one is failed and is the only failure to date).
The normal course structure for completing the course in minimum time is listed below. The subjects are described in the chapter `Subjects'.
In accordance with usual policy the Australian Psychological Society (APsS) has given provisional accreditation for the teaching of this course in the distance education mode.
Further details may be obtained from the administrative officer, Department of Psychology, Gippsland campus.
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