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Programme Requirements
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Students are required to complete a total of 24 units for graduation. In addition, all students are required to meet the requirement of IT proficiency prescribed by the University. Courses to be offered include:
counselling Core Courses

  • Theories of counselling
  • counselling Process, Techniques, and Ethics

Specialization Courses
counselling

  • counselling Strategies
  • Practicum
  • Project in counselling
  • Group counselling: Theory and Practice
  • Personal Growth
  • Career Development and Intervention

Comprehensive Guidance

  • Principles of Comprehensive Guidance System
  • Practicum
  • Project in School Guidance
  • Group counselling: Theory and Practice
  • Personal Growth
  • Career Development and Intervention

Special Needs

  • counselling Students with Developmental and Physical Challenges
  • Practicum
  • Project in Helping Students with Special Needs
  • Interventions for Children with ADHD and other Behavior Problems
  • Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties
  • Special-Needs Education: The Whole-School Approach
  • Interventions for Children with Emotional and Social Problems

Specific Learning Difficulties

  • Concealing Students with Developmental and Physical Challenges
  • Practicum
  • Project in Specific Learning Difficulties
  • Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties
  • Foundations of Reading Acquisition and Reading Instruction
  • Developing Educational Plans for Students with Specific Learning Difficulties

Elective Courses

  • Professional and Personal Development of Teachers
  • Principles of School Discipline
  • Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention
  • counselling Skills for Teachers
  • counselling with Families
  • Career Exploration and Assessment Tools
  • Cross-Cultural counselling
  • Selected Topics in Special Needs Education
  • Selected Topics in Guidance and counselling
  • Common Psychological Disorders in counselling and Clinical Settings

Study Scheme

1) Coursework Requirement

(i) counselling Core Courses 6 units
(ii) Specialization Courses 12 units
(iii) Methods of Educational Research 3 units
(iv) Elective Courses 3 units
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2) Other Requirements

    (a) IT Proficiency Test prescribed by the University;
    (b) Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.

Class Schedule

There are two terms in one academic year. Term 1 is from September to December, while Term 2 is from January to April. Classes are usually offered in the evenings of Monday to Friday, and on Saturday. Depending on the availability of suitable teachers, limited summer courses might be offered.¡@