Degree
Major
80 credit points
Major in Mental Health and Counselling
Overview
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Degree/s offering this major
Bachelor of Health Sciences, Bachelor of Psychology
Summary
Key features
- Get an interdisciplinary and future-focused education
Combine insights from a range of fields by tapping into the University’s diverse expertise and be set for a versatile career.
- Harness top academics and the Macquarie University Health edge
Learn to address mental health issues and provide targeted support by leveraging our extensive expertise in psychology.
- Form important connections with our mental health experts
Learn from professionals with expertise in areas such as behaviour, developmental psychology, psychopathology and wellbeing.
- Enhance your employability by completing a double major
Combine with a major from health sciences or a complementary area such as human resources, management, psychology or social science.
Career outcomes
With a rapidly evolving job market, graduate employability remains our priority. We’re working closely with a range of industries and sectors to ensure you’re job-ready when you graduate. View graduate professions and potential employers.
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Major structure
What you’ll study
A major allows you to focus on an area of study, such as Mental Health and Counselling, within more generalist degrees. It’s recorded on your testamur and academic transcript.
Major requirements
80 credit points
Essential Units
60 credit points
Complete each of the following units
Essential units are units that you must complete to qualify for your degree.
Elective Units
10 credit points
Complete 10 credit points from the following options.
Elective units allow you to customise your degree by choosing units within or outside your area of study.
Elective Units
10 credit points
Complete 10 credit points from the following options.
Elective units allow you to customise your degree by choosing units within or outside your area of study.
How can I study this major?
Mental Health and Counselling is available as a major as part of the below degree/s:
Guide to University terminology
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Career outcomes
Set your career in motion
Professions
- Advocacy and welfare officer
- Allied health professional
- Counsellor (after further study)
- Crisis intervention specialist
- Employee engagement specialist
- Family support worker
- Health researcher
- Integrated healthcare professional
- Mediator
- Mental health support worker
- Sexual assault support worker
- Welfare officer
- Workplace relations officer
Employers
- Community health centres
- Dementia units
- Disability support organisations
- Health organisations
- Hospitals
- Indigenous support organisations
- Migrant and refugee support organisations
- NSW Health
- National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
- Private health sector
- Public health sector
Career information
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