Bachelor of Counselling

Griffith University - Gold Coast

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Overview

You will gain skills in providing professional counselling to assist others in resolving personal or professional problems. Working in the counselling profession involves guiding and empowering people to develop self-understanding and to make changes in their lives in order to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals. Counsellors assist people by offering them a structured and focused way of addressing their problems, and work with clients on developing strategies to overcome obstacles and personal challenges that they are facing. Students gain advanced theoretical knowledge and counselling skills by completing courses in counselling skills theory and practice, methods of coaching, group facilitation, career counselling, positive psychology, lifespan development, ethics and case management. This degree includes placements where you’ll work with real clients in counselling organisations. For more course information, visit Bachelor of Counselling at GU.
Combined diploma/degrees: Refer to entry under Griffith College for: D Social and Psychological Science/B Counselling.

Prerequisites

Potential Career Outcomes

Graduates will be skilled in a range of counselling approaches with their clients and can develop careers in specific areas, including family and relationship counselling, career counselling, and telephone/internet counselling, correctional counselling, addiction counselling, domestic violence counselling, and student advising.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer84.0590.70
Median rank to receive an offer76.4581.50
Lowest rank to receive an offer71.2076.45

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Griffith University website for admission criteria information.

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University

Griffith University

Campus

Gold Coast

Course Type

Bachelors Degree

Study Area

Arts

Indicative ATAR

71.20

Delivery Mode

On-campus

Duration

Full-time: 3 years, Part-time: 6 years

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