Entry requirementsEntry Requirements: Usually a degree or an approved professional qualification, though applications are welcome from candidates with substantial employment experience who do not meet these requirements, but who can demonstrate the potential to benefit from the course.
Academic titleMSc/PgD Diploma Careers Guidance
Course descriptionThe Career Guidance programme at Glamorgan provides a route to initial qualification as a careers adviser. The programme is based on UK practice.
Students are offered the opportunity to complete both the University’s academic programme and the professional Qualification in Career Guidance (QCG), awarded by the Institute of Career Guidance. The award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Career Guidance and completion of a portfolio of evidence leads to the award of the QCG.
Course Content
Postgraduate Diploma
* Equal Opportunities, Values and Ethics in Guidance
* Effective Guidance Interviewing
* Leading and Facilitating Groups
* Networking with Agencies and Communities
* Designing and Planning Careers Education
* Conducting Research/Independent Study
MSc
* Dissertation
How To Study
Teaching methods are varied and incorporate lectures, workshops, seminars, student presentations and practical experience in the workplace. A wide range of assessment strategies are employed, appropriate to both the academic and professional learning outcomes of the programme. Self-assessment and reflection, peer assessment, and issuing and receiving constructive criticism are essential parts of the student experience.
Other programs related to educational counselling (guidance counselling)