Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Guidance Studies – PGDipCounGuidSt
Course details
| NZQF Level | 8 |
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About the course
With the Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Guidance Studies you will develop knowledge and understanding regarding counselling and guidance practice and roles. Are you already in a human services role encompassing counselling and guidance responsibilities? Considering moving more fully into this domain? This postgraduate diploma will advance your knowledge and understanding in this regard.
This qualification is a stand-alone academic programme that is not in itself a professional counselling credential. Its primary purpose is to provide comprehensive conceptual knowledge and understanding of the dimensions of guidance and counselling and their contributions to a wide variety of personal and professional contexts.
There will be some attention in the qualification to basic counselling skills learning, but more within the broad context of helping skills relevant to enhancing relationships, supporting, and developing individuals, groups and organisational systems.
Students will also develop knowledge, understanding, and abilities for critiquing and drawing on research relevant to helping and human service contexts.
Whilst a stand-alone qualification, it also functions as a comprehensive theoretical foundation for the Master of Counselling for students who gain admission into that qualification. As such it is the standard major academic prerequisite for entry into that professional counselling qualification.
Your qualification options.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Guidance does not in itself enable you to become a qualified counsellor.
Further study
This postgraduate diploma is an academic prerequisite if you are thinking of seeking admission into the advanced professional qualification, Master of Counselling. Completion of that qualification is a pathway for gaining membership into the national counselling professional body (the New Zealand Association of Counsellors) and to practise as a professional counsellor.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
Admission to Massey
All students must meet university entrance requirements to be admitted to the University.
Specific requirements
To enter the Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Guidance Studies you will have been awarded or qualified for a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, or equivalent.
You will need to provide copies of all official academic transcripts for studies taken at all universities other than Massey University.
English language requirements
To study this qualification you must meet Massey University's English language standards.
Prior learning, credit and exemptions
For information on prior learning, exemptions and transfer of credit or other questions:
- review the Recognition of Prior Learning regulations
- contact us through the Get advice button on this page.
English language skills
If you need help with your English language skills before you start university, see our English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses.
Maximum time limits for completion
There are maximum time limits to complete postgraduate qualifications. If you do not complete within the maximum time, you may be required to re-apply for the qualification if you wish to continue your studies.
Official regulations
To understand what you need to study and must complete to graduate read the official rules and regulations for this qualification.
You should read these together with all other relevant Statutes and Regulations of the University including the General Regulations for Postgraduate Degrees, Postgraduate Diplomas, and Postgraduate Certificates.
Returning students
For returning students, there may be changes to the majors and minors available and the courses you need to take. Go to the section called ‘Transitional Provisions’ in the Regulations to find out more.
In some cases the qualification or specialisation you enrolled in may no longer be taking new enrolments, so may not appear on these web pages. To find information on the regulations for these qualifications go to the Massey University Calendar.
Please contact us through the Get advice button on this page if you have any questions.
About the provider
Massey University - Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa is a leading New Zealand university, world-renowned for unique practical qualifications, ground-breaking research, and online courses.
Each year over 5,000 international students from more than 100 countries find a warm welcome at Massey. We are ranked in the top 250 universities in the world by QS World Rankings and have a well-established reputation for academic leadership, research excellence and innovative teaching.