Clinical Psychology Diploma

1. Module: MPSC010: Introduction to psychology

Sub-Module 1: Introduction to Psychology
Sub-Module 2: Personal Growth and Development
Sub-Module 3: Motivation
Sub-Module 4: Personality
Sub-Module 5: Perception
Sub-Module 6: Learning
Sub-Module 7: Intelligence
Sub-Module 8: Memory

2. Module: MCSP020: Counselling Skills and Process

Sub module: 1: psychosocial wellbeing, intervention and CBI (community based
intervention)
Sub module: 2: Counseling approaches
Sub module 3: Basics of counseling
Sub module 4: Applying counseling Skills
Sub module 5: Counseling process
Sub module 6: Alternative Tools and Skills

3. Module: MPIN030: Psychosocial Intervention

Sub module: 1: Mental Health
Sub module: 2: Culture and Counseling
Sub module: 3: Human Development
Sub module: 4: Special Issues
Sub module 5: The principles in counselling

4. Module: MM040: Methodology

Sub module: 1: Communication Skills
Sub module: 2: Introduction to Research
Sub module: 3: Report writing Skills

5. Couple counselling as a professional module-MCC050

 Sub module: 1: Introduction to Couple Counselling
Sub module: 2: Marriage trend in Africa
Sub module: 3: Challenges in Marriage
Sub module: 4: Specific Couple Therapy Techniques
Sub module: 5: Conflict Resolutions and Forgiveness in Relationship
Sub module: 6: Key Therapies in Couple Counselling

6. Module: MIS060: Introduction to Sociology

Sub module: 1: Introduction
Sub module: 2: Social Theories
Sub module: 3: Society and Culture
Sub module: 4: Socialisation
Sub module: 5: Social Organisation and Social Interaction
Sub module: 6: Social Processes
Sub module: 7: Methods of Social Action and Intervention
Sub module: 8: Importance of sociology to counselling

7. Module MCTA070: Counselling Theories and Approaches

Sub module 1: Introduction to counselling theory
Sub module 2: The psychodynamic approach
Sub module 3: The behavioral approach
Sub module 4: The cognitive approach
Sub module 5: The person-centered approach
Sub module 6: Other counselling approaches

8. Module: MEIC090: Ethical Issues in Counselling

Sub module: 1: Definition of Ethics
Sub module: 2: Ethical Principals in Counselling
Sub module: 3: The Rights of Clients
Sub module: 4: The Do’s and Dont’s in Counselling
Sub module: 5: Professional Conduct and Professional Affiliations
9. Module: MCP100: Introduction to Clinical Psychology
Sub module: 1: History and perspectives of clinical psychology
Sub module: 2: Who is a clinical psychologist
Sub module: 3: How does Clinical Psychology differ from related fields
Sub module: 4: Mental health disorders
Sub module: 5: Models of care
Sub module: 6: Diagnosis and evaluation
Sub module: 7: Treatment
Sub module: 8: Cultural and special issues in clinical psychology

10. Module: MICT110: Introduction to ICT & Entrepreneurship

Sub module: 1: Introduction to ICT
Sub module: 2: Computer software and hardware
Sub module: 3: Computer safety
Sub module: 4: ICT ethics and legislation
Sub module: 5: ICT and Mental health
Sub module: 6. Overview on entrepreneurship
Sib module: 7. Introduction to business plan
Sub module: 8. Emerging trends and issues in business
Sub module: 9. Private practice in Therapy

11. Module: MPD120: Psychological Disorders

Sub module: 1: Overview of mental disorders
Sub module: 2: Mental health in African culture
Sub module: 3: Classification and assessment of mental health disorders
Sub module: 4: Treatment and Care

12. Module: MIP130: Introduction to philosophy

Sub module: 1: Introduction
Sub module: 2: Philosophical Counselling Concepts
Sub module: 3: Issues in Philosophical Counselling
Sub module: 4: The Role of Philosophy Counselling

13. Module: MCP030: Contemporary Psychology

Sub module: 1: An overview of contemporary psychology
Sub module: 2: Biological perspective
Sub module: 3: Evolution perspective
Sub module: 4: Cognitive perspective
Sub module: 5: Humanistic perspective
Sub module: 6: Psychoanalytic perspective
Sub module: 7: Social perspective
Sub module: 8: Cross-cultural approach

14. Module: MAP040: Abnormal Psychology

Sub module: 1: Overview
Sub module: 2: Understanding abnormal behaviors
Sub module: 3: Identification and classification of abnormal behavior
Sub module: 4: The DSM-IV classification system
Sub module: 5: Criticism of abnormal psychology

15. Module: MBE050: Bioethics

Sub module: 1: Definition and scope
Sub module: 2: Ideology and Methodology
Sub module: 3: Principles of bioethics
Sub module: 4: Bioethical issues
Sub module: 5. Bioethics niche

16. Module: MME060: Motivation and Emotions

Sub module: 1: Understanding motivation
Sub module: 2: Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Sub module: 3: Work and Success
Sub module: 4: Understanding emotions
Sub module: 5: Autonomic nervous system
Sub module: 6 : Fight or flight syndrome
Sub module: 7: Emotional expressions – inmate and learned
Sub module: 8: Sociocultural aspects of emotions
17. Module: MP070 Psychometrics
Sub module: 1: Origins and background of psychometrics
Sub module: 2: Psychometrics in practice
Sub module: 3: Psychometrics assessment
Sub module: 4: Psychometrics test types
Sub module: 5: Methods used in psychometric assessment

18. Module: MHP080: Health Psychology

Sub module: 1: Definition of health psychology
Sub module: 2: The mind-body relationship; a brief history
Sub module: 3: Health beliefs and behaviors
Sub module: 4: Illness beliefs
Sub module: 5: The stress-illness link
Sub module: 6: Chronic illness

19. Module: MGT090: Group Therapy

Sub module: 1: Types of therapies
Sub module: 2: Overview of group therapy
Sub module: 3: Strategies in group therapy
Sub module: 4: Group therapy and substance abuse treatment
Sub module: 5: Individual therapy and substance abuse treatment

20. Module: MPP100: Special Issues in Psychological Practice

Sub module: 1: Working with children and families
Sub module: 2: Working with adults in psychological difficulty
Sub module: 3. Extreme mental health disorders
21. Module MPR110: Practicum and Report
22. Project Management as a professional module-MPM120
23. Research Paper