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Psychology and Coaching

BSc (Single Honours)

Start date:

September 2024

You'll need:

112 UCAS points (or equivalent)

UCAS code:

C809

A unique opportunity to earn a degree in psychology and gain valuable skills in coaching as you explore the emerging field of Coaching Psychology.

Did you know

Half of the course is taught in small groups.


You'll acquire 100 hours of coaching practice throughout your degree, and practice a wide range of coaching methods across a variety of settings, such as career, personal, work, and health coaching    

This is a new course for September 2024. More details regarding modules will be added shortly. Please contact us if you have any questions.

  • Develop the academic skills to progress throughout your studies at university.
  • Discover the core areas of psychology and the fundamentals of coaching, as you start learning the skills to coach individuals for success

Psychology of Resilience and Success

Introduction to Psychological Research

The Evolution of Psychology

Understanding Human Behaviour

Fundamentals of Coaching and Coaching Psychology

Coaching in Practice

This is a new course for September 2024. More details regarding modules will be added shortly. Please contact us if you have any questions.

  • Advance your sense of personal responsibility and decision making.
  • Expand your psychological and coaching knowledge.
  • Build skills in critical reasoning, analysis, and communication, and increase your confidence by conducting research and experiments.

Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience

Understanding the Individual and Society

Development and Transitions Across the Lifespan

Psychological Research: Design, Analysis and Impact

Coaching Tools and Techniques

Reflective Practice

This course offers all students the option of a one-year paid work placement, to boost your employability even further. If you choose this route, you will take the placement following year two of your course, and then return to complete your degree.

Why take a placement?

A placement year is the perfect opportunity to gain valuable work experience, to build on the career skills we will teach you on this degree. The connections you make on the placement will improve your career prospects further, and equip you with the skills you need to secure graduate-level employment.

How we support you

The University's Placement and Work Experience Team are experts at helping you to secure a placement. They will work closely with you from the start, helping you research potential employers, discover placement opportunities, create and pitch your CV, and will coach you to perform well in interviews. We aren't able to guarantee a placement, but our sector-leading advisors will give you the best possible chance of securing one.

Find out more about how we'll support you

We understand that your plans might change once you start your programme. If you decide not to do a placement, you will have the option of completing the three year version of your programme.

Whatever your choice, you will have access to many opportunities for work experience through our Placement and Work Experience Team, and access to face-to-face and 24/7 online careers support.

This is a new course for September 2024. More details regarding modules will be added shortly. Please contact us if you have any questions.

  • Continue to develop your knowledge from your first two years at Roehampton to confidently debate theories and concepts in specialised areas.
  • Complete your own research project.
  • Apply your personal and professional skills in the workplace in our integrated work experience module.

Psychological Practice for Communities and Industry

Positive Psychology

Independent Research Project

Coaching in Professional Contexts

Group Coaching and Team Dynamics

Skills

Understand human behaviour and the related cognitive and emotional processes. 

Develop key coaching skills and graduate with a degree that reflects the needs of a future-orientated job market. 

On this degree you will:

  • Develop key coaching skills in work, health, personal and career coaching settings.
  • Learn to apply psychology to empower people to achieve their goals.
  • Master the skills to effectively communicate to individuals and groups. 

You will graduate from Roehampton with the knowledge to practice coaching and will have a unique edge in pursuing careers in coaching, psychology, business, and beyond.

By choosing this specialised degree, you will learn to understand human psychology and behaviour, whist developing professional coaching skills to support different Individual, group and organisational needs.

You will also have the opportunity to practice your coaching skills in a professional environment as part of your degree.

This programme is seeking accreditation by the British Psychological Society (BPS). This means, if you graduate with at least a 2:2 you’ll be eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the BPS – which is an essential first step if you want to go on to become a Chartered Psychologist.

The programme is also seeking accreditation with the (European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). Becoming an accredited coach means receiving recognition of competence and experience as a coach.

EMCC Global Accreditation gives your clients and employers, your peers and your community reassurance about how you are maintaining professional standards and are adhering to a shared Global Code of Ethics. For more information, visit the EMCC Global Accreditation website

Learning

You’ll learn across a mixture of lectures and small group seminars.

Half of your teaching will be in small group seminars, lab classes or workshops, giving you tailored teaching and contact time with your lecturers.

You’ll be learning from our enthusiastic and supportive academic tutors, who are also practitioners and involved in the latest research. 

  • Lectures – Learn the theories and research that underpin psychology and coaching
  • Seminars – apply concepts from lectures, whilst advancing your knowledge through discussions and workshops with your classmates.
  • Experiential learning – develop the practical coaching skills you need to support people in various contexts.

Assessment

Your assessments reflect the real-world of psychology and coaching, so you develop the confidence to progress.

There are very few formal examinations. Instead, your assessments will include portfolios, reflections, design interventions, case studies, presentations and research summaries.

Between Years 2 and 3, you can also opt for a professional placement year, meaning you have the opportunity to apply for a placement and gain valuable real-world experience.

Career

You could go on to become a health and wellness, personal, career or work coach. 

You could also go onto further study to become a chartered coaching, occupational, health, counselling, sport, occupational, educational, clinical or counselling psychologist.

Your future role could also be in:

  • Psychometric and psychological testing
  • Talent management
  • Learning and development
  • Youth and community work
  • Education
  • Mental Health
  • Social services
  • Human resources

Open days

Get a real taste of our campus, community and what it’s like to study at Roehampton

Full-time UK undergraduate students apply through UCAS.

Course subject to curriculum review and validation.

Entry tariff

112 UCAS points (or equivalent)

Specific entry requirements

GCSE (or equivalent) requirement: Maths, Grade C/4.

September 2024 entry tuition fees

Year one fees

We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our 2024 financial support pages for UK students.

We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.

International undergraduate students apply through our direct application system.

Course subject to curriculum review and validation.

Entry tariff

112 UCAS points (or equivalent)

Specific entry requirements

GCSE (or equivalent) requirement: Maths, Grade C/4.

September 2024 entry tuition fees

Year one fees

EU and International: £15,750
Placement year: £998

We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our 2024 financial support pages for international students.

We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.

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