Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Education with Psychology and Counselling with Foundation Year (with Placement Year) Sheffield Hallam University - City Campus, UK

Take a critical approach to the study of education, psychology and counselling, with an initial foundation year to prepare for the course.

• Prepare for your degree with an extra foundation year at the start
• Develop your knowledge and understanding of discourses and practices in education, psychology and counselling.
• Enhance your ability to critically reflect on and theorise personal experiences and practices.
• Optimise your employment opportunities by developing your counselling skills and transferable skills.

This foundation year has been designed to enhance your knowledge in advance of undergraduate study. You will prepare for a professional career in a wide range of educational and therapeutic professional contexts whilst developing your understanding of social, developmental and cognitive psychology.

How you learn
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

This foundation year is suitable if you don't meet the entry requirements for our BA (Honours) Education with Psychology and Counselling course, or you want extra preparation before starting degree-level study.

You will share the foundation year with other Psychology, Sociology, Politics, Applied Social Science, Law, Criminology and Policing foundation students, before moving on to your degree.

You are taught by academics with specialist knowledge and expertise in a range of areas within education, psychology and counselling.

You learn through

• Lectures
• Seminar discussions
• Practical classes and workshops
• Simulation and roleplay
• Microteaching
• Counselling skills practice
• Presentations
• Group and individual tutorials
• Guided independent study
• Peer tutoring
• Tutor demonstration
• Fieldwork and project work
• External visits
• Work-based learning placement (including overseas placement)