Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Counselling Skills and Sociology

Chester has a long-established national reputation for the provision of counselling education. They are linked to an exciting and cutting edge research community and the course is delivered by practitioners and researchers who draw on their own professional and academic expertise. They seek to ensure that their students have the best experience possible. The teaching is largely experiential with a strong practical component. This is enhanced by guest lecturers who bring in knowledge and skills from the wider professional and academic community. Through studying Sociology at Chester, students will be given the skills and support they need in order to develop a ‘sociological imagination’ of their own. Students will be introduced to cutting-edge research and theoretical perspectives that will help them to challenge dominant understandings of social problems, issues and debates