The programme has been titled "transcultural" to reflect the international nature of both the programme faculty and expected student population. While the new curriculum continues to provide students with extensive traditional counsellor training, the international composition of the programme will also provide them with a wider exchange of cultural viewpoints and experiences surrounding contemporary counselling theory and practice. Students will: 1. Have a wide range of counselling skills, which they make use of in individual and group counselling, within different settings and cultural contexts 2. Be able to successfully apply counselling skills in helping situations whilst applying sound ethical and professional judgments by fully respecting client autonomy and working within approved ethical codes and standards. 3. Make appropriate choices by applying counselling, psychological and cross-cultural principles in counselling situations 4. Have the basic necessary skills to work professionally as counsellors and to further their learning.

The Course shall be open to applicants in possession of a Bachelor's degree with at least Second Class Honours or Category II in one of the human and/or social sciences, or an area of study deemed relevant by the Board. All applicants shall be required to demonstrate that they have the necessary aptitude and disposition to follow the Course with profit. Professional aptitude and disposition shall be measured by means of exercises involving (i) group discussion, and (ii) a personal interview. Applicants who obtain less than 60% for the professional aptitude and the disposition criterion shall automatically not be admitted into the Course. The maximum number of students shall be limited to 25 students. When the number is so limited and the number of eligible applicants exceeds the number of places available, applicants shall be selected during an interview, according to the following criteria which shall be published at the time of the call for applications: (a) degree type and classification – 30% (b) experience in the area – 15% and (c) professional aptitude and disposition – 55% The interviewing board shall be appointed by the Board and shall be composed of at least three members. On acceptance on the Course, applicants will be asked to submit an original Police Certificate of Conduct (not more than 6 months old) to the Faculty for Social Wellbeing.