Programme Aims
The Master of Arts in Guidance and Counselling aims to train teachers, social workers, guidance and counselling practitioners, human resource management personnel and those who are intended to offer counselling services to address the diverse needs of their clientele in Hong Kong.
The programme uniquely connects micro and macro perspectives in training guidance and counselling practitioners, who will then be able to design and implement a range of preventive, remedial and developmental programmes. Students can expect the opportunity to generate new theoretical and practical insights into improving current practices.
Upon completion of the programme, graduates can expect to have enhanced both their professional and personal growth and acquire advanced levels of counselling and guidance competencies.
Characteristics
We offer a flexible learning path. Students can choose their preferred subjects from a pool that is specially designed for guidance and counselling practitioners. They may complete this programme in 2 years, even on a part-time basis if they take additional subjects per semester. On completion of 21 credits (7 subjects), students can apply to graduate with a Postgraduate Diploma.
Recognition & Prospects
This programme has been fully accredited by the Hong Kong Professional Counselling Association (HKPCA) as partial requirement for certification of HKPCA Certified Counsellor. Graduates are also eligible to apply for their membership.
Programme Structure
To be eligible for this award, students must complete 5 Required Core Subjects, 3 Elective Subjects, and pursue either the Practice Option or the Research Option.
Students who have successfully completed 21 credits including 5 Required Core Subjects and 2 Elective Subjects can exit the programme with a Postgraduate Diploma in Guidance and Counselling.
Core Areas of Study
Required Core Subjects (15 credits)
- Advanced Human Behaviour & Social Environment
- Counselling Assessment & Measurement
- Individual & Group Counselling Skills Workshop
- Social Context & Ethics
- Theories & Models of Counselling
and then EITHER
Practice Option (6 credits)
OR
Research Option (6 credits)
- Practice Research
- Integrative Project
Elective Subjects (any 3 subjects - 9 credits)
- Brief Therapy
- Career Counselling: Theories & Practice
- Cognitive Behavioural Intervention
- Delinquency & Family
- Evolution in Family Therapy: Structural & Systemic Approaches
- Expressive Psychotherapy
- Guidance & Counselling for Students with Special Needs
- Mindfulness in Counselling
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychopathology: Holistic & Humanistics Orientations
- Practice Research
- Social Policy Analysis & Social Accountability
- Workplace Counselling
- Violence in Intimate Relationships