About BA (honours) Education With Psychology And Counselling in Sheffield Hallam University
- 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.
Prepare for a professional career in a wide range of educational and therapeutic professional contexts. Explore educational achievement in relation to social class, develop your understanding of social, developmental and cognitive psychology, and learn and practise counselling skills.
You learn through
- lectures
- seminar discussions
- practical classes and workshops
- simulation and roleplay
- microteaching
- co-counselling
- 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)
Work placements
Each year you gain valuable experience and professional skills with a two-day per week, seven week placement in a school, college or other education-related organisation.
We guarantee to find you a placement, unless you choose to source your own. In your second year there are opportunities to spend a month working abroad with one of our partner institutions. We have arrangements with universities in Germany, Spain and Las Vegas, USA.
Future careers
This course prepares you for a career in
- teaching
- social work
- youth work
- probation
- school counselling
Undergraduate programmes
Applicants with the following qualifications from India will be considered for entry on to undergraduate programmes
- Standard XII with an average score of 65 per cent
- A levels
- International Baccalaureate
- HND qualifications will be considered for entry to the second or third year of a relevant undergraduate degree
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Applicants who have completed the first year of an undergraduate degree at an Indian university may be considered for direct entry to Sheffield Hallam University undergraduate programmes.
For details of standard UCAS tariff points for undergraduate entry, please see the UG entry webpage.
Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from international school students taking the International Baccalaureate Diploma and those achieving 28 points or more will usually be successful in obtaining an offer of a place on our undergraduate programmes. For information about IB points equivalencies against the UCAS tariff please visit the UCAS website.
English Language entry requirements are listed in the entry requirements section of the online prospectus. The information provided below is intended to help you understand the different English Language qualifications we will accept.
Courses at NQF Level 6 and above (includes BA, BSc, MA, MSc, MPhil, PhD)
We consider the following English language qualifications for courses at degree level (NQF Level 6) or above requiring
an IELTS for UKVI* 6.0 or equivalent entry requirement (*IELTS may be accepted if you do not require a Tier 4 student visa)
IELTS for UKVI*
- IELTS for UKVI* 6.0
- Listening: minimum level 5.5
- Speaking: minimum level 5.5
- Reading: minimum level 5.5
- Writing: minimum level 5.5
TOEFL
- Internet based 79
- Listening: minimum level 17
- Speaking: minimum level 20
- Reading: minimum level 18
- Writing: minimum level 17
Pearson
- PTE 52
- Listening: minimum level 51
- Speaking: minimum level 51
- Reading: minimum level 51
- Writing: minimum level 51
Cambridge IGCSE English as a First Language (Syllabus 0500 and 0522)
- Grade C
- Listening: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
- Speaking: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
- Reading: minimum Grade E
- Writing: minimum Grade E
Sheffield Hallam University Highlights
Institution Type |
Public |
Student Population |
60,000 |
FAFSA Code |
N/A |
Application Cost |
UCAS application fee is 20 -26 GBP while the direct application is free |
Accreditation |
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management, and others |
Accommodation |
Available |
Financial aid |
Scholarships, loans, discounts |
Sheffield Hallam University The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses
Program |
Fees (GBP) |
International Foundation Program |
10,250 - 12,310 |
Placement year |
1,200 |
Undergraduate |
13,650 |
Postgraduate taught |
13,900 – 15,500 |
MBA |
15,965 |
PGCEs |
13,905 |
Fees |
Undergraduate (GBP) |
Postgraduate (GBP) |
Tuition Fees |
13,650 |
13,900 – 15,965 |
Placement |
1,200 |
1,200 |
Accommodation |
3,740 to 6,292 |
3,740 to 6,292 |
*the costs are estimated and may vary.