MQF Level
7
Duration and Credits
8 Semesters
120 ECTS
Mode of Study
Part-time Evening
The Master in Counselling course provides you with an in-depth knowledge base and practice skills in professional counselling. This programme achieves this through the encouragement of scholarship in counselling, professional skills training and attention to the recognition of the counsellor as person. The programme is intended if you desire to develop knowledge, skills and competencies for professional practice in counselling. Graduates will be able to use the skills to competently serve individuals, couples, families, and groups in the community. This programme also promotes the professional status, identity and visibility of counsellors within different cultural contexts and seeks to extend students' abilities to consider counselling within the broader social context as well as within individual client work.
The Course shall be open to applicants in possession of a Bachelor's degree with at least Second Class Honours or Category II in one of the human and/or social sciences, or an area of study deemed relevant by the Board, together with a minimum of one year’s experience working directly in a formal human or psycho-social setting. All applicants shall be required to demonstrate that they have the necessary aptitude and disposition to follow the Course with profit. Professional aptitude and disposition shall be measured by means of exercises involving an extended personal interview and personality test. Applicants who obtain less than 60% for the professional aptitude and the disposition criterion shall automatically not be admitted into the Course. The maximum number of students shall be limited to 26 students. When the number is so limited and the number of eligible applicants exceeds the number of places available, applicants shall be selected according to the following criteria, which shall be weighted as follows: (a) degree type and classification - 30% (b) experience in areas related to counselling - 15% (c) postgraduate qualifications in a relevant area - 5% and (d) professional aptitude and disposition - 50%. The interviewing board appointed by the Board shall be composed of at least three members. For the purpose of selection, applicants whose qualifications as stipulated above were obtained by 31 August preceding the commencement of the Course shall be considered first. Requires the submission of a Police Certificate of Conduct.
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By the end of the course, you will be able to: • Recognise the role of the counselling profession in the value and advancement of individuals, communities, and organisations. • Demonstrate cross-cultural competencies and skills. • Contribute to the advancement of mental health care for all clients. • Develop appropriate skills competence for an eclectic theoretical model. • Demonstrate excellence in critical thinking and problem-solving analysis • Deliver contextually appropriate counselling skills and interventions. More information available {lhttps://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/file/0004/481261/masterincounsellinggozo20211109.pdfl}.
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Total Tuition Fees: Eur 21,600 Fee per academic year: Eur 5,400
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As a successful student, you will be able to work as a counsellor in government and private institutions and NGO's. You will also be able to develop your own private practice.
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