BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling and Psychotherapy

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BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling and Psychotherapy

Manchester Metropolitan University

United Kingdom, Manchester

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Manchester Metropolitan University

United Kingdom , Manchester

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

P358

Campuses

Manchester

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake DeadlinesSeptember-2026

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Duration 3 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 21,500 / year

Next Intake September-2026

BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling and Psychotherapy

About

Traumatic experiences, prolonged suffering and developmental or existential crises can have a lasting impact on our psychological and physical health. This distress may present itself in many ways for example, as relationship difficulties, as problems with food and eating or as feelings of depression and anxiety.

Counselling and psychotherapy are terms for a wide variety of evidence-based talking and listening approaches that apply established theories to promote psychological change.

Our course also covers all core elements of psychological study as required by the British Psychological Society (BPS), from lifespan development and research methods to social, biological, and cognitive psychology.

Alongside the main discipline of psychology, each year of this course offers speciali

Course information

The department offers a diverse psychology teaching curriculum. We cover a wide spectrum of subjects including individual differences, mental health, child development, and biopsychology.

You’ll have plenty of variety each week, as you’ll experience different teaching methods across each psychology topic. You’ll usually have days with a blend of lectures and workshops and learn key practice skills using role play activities to develop counselling skills, evaluate videos of therapeutic work and learn about what happens during a psychological assessment.

In your final year of study, you’ll be able to choose option modules in areas that you’re particularly interested in, with themes such as educational psychology, health and psychological interventions, clinical issues in psychology, and sport psychology.

Assessment is through course work which may include essays, reports, group and individual presentations.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

128

UCAS tariff points

GCE A levels - grades ABB or equivalent, to include at least one relevant subject. Relevant subjects exclude: Art, Design or Performance subjects; Media Studies; General Studies.

Pearson BTEC National Extended Diploma - grade DDM. Acceptable subjects include: Applied Law; Applied Science; Business; Children's Care, Learning Development; Children's Play, Learning and Development; Enterprise and Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Forensic and Criminal Investigation; Health and Social Care; Health Sciences; Personal and Business Finance; Pharmaceutical Science; Public Services; Sport and Exercise Sciences.

Access to HE Diploma - Pass overall with a minimum 128 UCAS Tariff points. Acceptable subjects are Psychology, Social Sciences, Biology/Human Sciences and Health Professions.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma - grade DDM. Acceptable subjects include: Business; Health and Social Care; Public Services.

T level - We welcome applications from students undertaking T level qualifications in Education and Childcare; Health; Healthcare Science; Science. Eligible applicants will be asked to achieve a minimum overall grade of Distinction as a condition of offer

IB Diploma - Pass overall with a minimum overall score of 32 or minimum 128 UCAS Tariff points from three Higher Level subjects

Other Level 3 qualifications equivalent to GCE A level are also considered.

A maximum of three A level-equivalent qualifications will be accepted towards meeting the UCAS tariff requirement.

AS levels, or qualifications equivalent to AS level, are not accepted. The Extended Project qualification (EPQ) may be accepted towards entry, in conjunction with two A-level equivalent qualifications.

Please contact the University directly if you are unsure whether you meet the minimum entry requirements for the course.

We do not accept CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Early Years Education and Care (Early Years Educator - VRQ)

International Baccalaureate points

Pass the IB Diploma with a minimum overall score of 32, or 128 UCAS Tariff points from three Higher Level subjects. If you plan to meet the Level 2 course requirements through your IB Diploma you will need to achieve Higher Level 4 or Standard Level 5 in English and Higher Level 4 or Standard Level 4 in Mathematics

IELTS score required for international students

IELTS 6.0 with no component below 5.5, taken within two years of course start date

There’s further information for international students on our international website if you’re applying with non-UK qualifications.

Further information

This course does not accept applications for advanced entry to Year 2 or Year 3.

English Program Requirements

IELTS 6.0 with no component below 5.5, taken within two years of course start date

Career

Career prospects

As a psychology graduate there are many career paths available to you. You may decide to continue in the therapeutic fields of psychology and pursue further training and qualifications in professional psychology or counselling and psychotherapy. However, you many decide to move into a completely different area of psychology such as health or sports and exercise psychology. Although you will have specialised in counselling and psychotherapy this does not foreclose the opportunity for you to move into other fields of applied psychological practice.

If at the end of your degree, you decide that a psychology related career is not for you, then you will still have many excellent transferrable skills to take to other settings including education, business, law and the corporate sector.

Graduating with a 2:2 honours classification or higher, and passing your dissertation project, you’ll be eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) from the British Psychological Society (BPS). This is the first step towards becoming a chartered psychologist.

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