Program Overview
The Master in Counselling course provides you with an in-depth knowledge base and practice skills in professional counselling. This programme achieves this through the encouragement of scholarship in counselling, professional skills training and attention to the recognition of the counsellor as person. The programme is intended if you desire to develop knowledge, skills and competencies for professional practice in counselling. Graduates will be able to use the skills to competently serve individuals, couples, families, and groups in the community. This programme also promotes the professional status, identity and visibility of counsellors within different cultural contexts and seeks to extend students' abilities to consider counselling within the broader social context as well as within individual client work. The Master in Counselling course provides you with an in-depth knowledge base and practice skills in professional counselling. This programme achieves this through the encouragement of scholarship in counselling, professional skills training and attention to the recognition of the counsellor as person. The programme is intended if you desire to develop knowledge, skills and competencies for professional practice in counselling. Graduates will be able to use the skills to competently serve individuals, couples, families, and groups in the community. This programme also promotes the professional status, identity and visibility of counsellors within different cultural contexts and seeks to extend students' abilities to consider counselling within the broader social context as well as within individual client work.
Career Opportunities
As a successful student, you will be able to work as a counsellor in government and private institutions and NGO's. You will also be able to develop your own private practice.
Program Curriculum
Year 1 Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) COU5134 Counselling Skills: An Introduction 5 ECTS COU5142 Practicum 1 5 ECTS Semester 1 Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) COU5102 Development Across the Lifespan 5 ECTS COU5227 Introduction to Counselling for Personal and Professional Development 5 ECTS Semester 2 Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) COU5136 Psychopathology for Counsellors 5 ECTS COU5144 Transcultural Counselling 5 ECTS Requirement for regular progression to Year 2: 30 ECTS credits Year 2 Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) COU5133 Counselling Theory and Techniques 10 ECTS COU5223 Practicum 2 5 ECTS Semester 1 Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) COU5128 Introduction to Counselling Children and Adolescents 5 ECTS COU5225 Counselling Skills: Advanced 5 ECTS Requirement for regular progression to Year 3: 25 ECTS credits Year 3 Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) COU5306 Practicum 3 5 ECTS COU5307 Advanced Research Methods for Counselling 10 ECTS Semester 1 Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) COU5138 Group Counselling and Facilitation 5 ECTS COU5140 Advanced Ethical and Professional Issues 5 ECTS Semester 2 Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) COU5121 * Dissertation 30 ECTS COU5151 Assessment in Counselling 5 ECTS * Work on the dissertation is expected to start in semester two of academic year 2028-29 and continues up to the end of the course. Requirement for regular progression to Year 4: 30 ECTS credits Year 4 Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2
Admission Requirements
Refer to the list of country-specific qualifications Notes and any other requirements The Course shall be open to applicants in possession of a Bachelor's degree with at least Second Class Honours or Category II in one of the human and/or social sciences, or an area of study deemed relevant by the Board, together with a minimum of one year’s experience working directly in a formal human or psycho-social setting. All applicants shall be required to demonstrate that they have the necessary aptitude and disposition to follow the Course with profit. Professional aptitude and disposition shall be measured by means of exercises involving an extended personal interview and personality test. Applicants who obtain less than 60% for the professional aptitude and the disposition criterion shall automatically not be admitted into the Course. The maximum number of students shall be limited to 26 students. When the number is so limited and the number of eligible applicants exceeds the number of places available, applicants shall be selected according to the following criteria, which shall be weighted as follows: (a) degree type and classification - 30% (b) experience in areas related to counselling - 15% (c) postgraduate qualifications in a relevant area - 5% and (d) professional aptitude and disposition - 50%. The interviewing board appointed by the Board shall be composed of at least three members. For the purpose of selection, applicants whose qualifications as stipulated above were obtained by 31 August preceding the commencement of the Course shall be considered first. Requires the submission of a Police Certificate of Conduct. You are viewing the entry requirements for International applicants. Switch to Local qualifications. You can submit your application online . The deadlines for submission of applications vary according to the intake and courses. We encourage all international applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible. This is especially important if
Tuition & Financial Information
Tuition Fee
€21,600 (Non-EU)
About University of Malta
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
TheUniversity of Malta(Maltese:L-Università ta' Malta;UM; formerlyUOM) is apublic research universityin the towns ofMsidaandValletta, Malta. It serves as theflagshipandnational universityof...
University Profile- Start Date October
- Language English
- Duration 4 years
- Credits 120
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