Applications to our full-time undergraduate courses must be made through UCAS. To apply for this course please visit ucas.com using the institution code for Warwickshire College and University Centre: W25 and the course code listed above.
If you will not be registering or applying for a Higher Education course through UCAS, then you can apply directly to us by selecting "Apply now" to complete an online application form.
This course meets professional standards required to practise as a psychological counsellor with clients of all ages and in a range of settings.
Students taking the BSc (Hons) course will achieve their qualification at level 6 after three years full-time study. An alternative route is to study for the FdSc course with qualification at level 5 and then progress to the top-up course to achieve the full level 6 while in practice.
Linking theory to practice on a clinically-supervised placement, and offering a choice of Person-Centred (PC) or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) pathways, the course will develop your skills to work with a wide range of clients, including children and young people (CYP), couples and relationships*, and clients with complex issues. In addition, this course will provide you with the professional and academic training to become a reflective practitioner who can meet changing needs within the counselling profession.
Our BSc course is National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) accredited and meets the NCPS requirements for our graduates to apply to its accredited register. Our courses also meet the requirements of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) for graduates to take the Certificate of Proficiency and pursue post-qualification individual membership. The CYP element of the course is delivered in accordance with BACP competencies and can contribute to application to the NCPS CYPT register post-qualification by portfolio route.
*Couples and relationship counselling is covered at level 6 only.
This course is delivered and awarded by Warwickshire College and is regulated by the Office for Students (OfS).
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All students must complete an additional 120 hours of work-based learning to achieve their qualification. This comprises 100 appropriately supervised clinical placement hours across the duration of the course and 20 hours to be completed at Level 4 which includes personal therapy and additional online learning.
For further details about this course, please refer to the programme specification here: Download the programme specification
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated, please contact us for the latest information.
A range of formative and summative assessments include practical skills assessments, essays, presentations, reports, blogs, timed assessments and a final dissertation project.
Applicants will have achieved a full level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills before the start of the course. However, applicants with a level 2 in Counselling Skills will be considered, provided that they are deemed to have sufficient transferable experience AND alternative relevant qualifications at Level 3 or above.
In order to complete the mandatory clinical placement, students will be required to obtain a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which is usually paid for by the placement provider.
All applicants will be expected to provide evidence of their qualifications, a personal statement and a robust supportive reference from their course tutor confirming academic and psychological readiness. All applicants will be assessed on their potential to meet training standards required by the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS).
Applicants may be invited to attend an online application meeting where they will be asked questions to establish sufficient readiness and robustness to undertake this academic and work-based learning programme and to meet the emotional demands of the course.
Applicants who have been made an offer will be invited to attend an online Q&A session with the course leader, which is usually held in June.
Supervised clinical practice is an integral and essential part of the course and students are responsible for securing and completing an approved placement to complete a minimum 100 clinical hours, once they are enrolled on the course.
WCUC welcomes all students and will always aim to make reasonable adjustments to meet any specific needs or difficulties. In exceptional circumstances, the learning outcomes of some courses may mean that such adjustments are not possible and the college cannot guarantee that every requirement can be supported. Failure to disclose specific needs or difficulties to the college at an early stage in your application may delay the college in its ability to make reasonable adjustments or may prevent them altogether.
There are also opportunities to visit our college(s) at a Degree Open Event and meet tutors, ask questions and view our facilities. See the Degree Open Events webpage for more information and to book your place at an upcoming Degree Open Event.
For our Higher Education Terms and Conditions please visit the Terms and Conditions webpage.
A range of opportunities within the industry and private practice. Alternatively postgraduate study in specialist topics leading to specialist roles in the NHS.
Below are examples of potential careers and study routes after completing this course*. Salary information on the first slide is from 2023. The average salary displayed on the third slide is based on live job vacancies for the selected occupation and may include predicted earnings and FTE (full-time equivalent) salaries for jobs where part-time hours are typical.
*Based upon data from multiple sources.
The taught sessions will be delivered at Royal Leamington Spa College or at Pershore College with additional individual academic, pastoral and dissertation tutorials. Further commitment is required for self-directed study and assessment.
For the September 2025 intake, classes for the full time course in Year 1 will be held on Tuesdays from 9.00am to 5.30pm and Wednesday afternoons from 1.30pm to 5.30pm.
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Every year, we welcome students from across the world to our college.
For further information about the services our International Team provides, then please visit our International webpage.
The tuition fees for our full time degree courses, for non-UK students are £11,950 per academic year.
WCUC tuition fees are listed per academic year and will remain as those shown at the top of this page, for the duration of your course.
The following course-related costs are not included in the fees:
This information can be obtained from our Accommodation webpage.
If you receive funding from Student Finance you may be eligible to apply for additional benefits. Details can be obtained from our HE fees and financial support webpage.
WCG also provides bursaries for undergraduate students, for which you may be eligible to apply. You can check your eligibility for these types of financial support, along with their value and application deadlines, at our HE fees and financial support webpage.
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We try to make all details about our courses accurate.
WCG reserves the right to change dates and times of sessions.
On occasion there may be circumstances outside our control (e.g. the Covid pandemic) which result in us having to make additional changes to the details about the courses we have advertised. These changes could affect fees, dates and how the course is taught. Courses may be taught in different ways and could include both face to face and remote delivery. Remote delivery means learning through logging into classes through a computer.
Sometimes, there are not enough people wanting to do a course to make it possible for us to run that course. If this happens, applicants will be offered another course in a similar subject area.
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