Students are required to take 31 credits (5 Required Subjects, 4 Elective Subjects, and 1 AIE Subject) to be eligible for the award of Master of Arts in Mental Health.

Students who have successfully completed 22 credits (5 Required Subjects,  2 Elective Subjects, and 1 AIE Subject) can apply early to exit the programme with Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health.

Required Subjects (5 subjects, 15 credits)

• Adolescent Mental Health
• Mental Health and the Aged
• Mental Health Practice
• Practice Research
• Psychopathology: Holistic and Humanistic Orientations

Elective Subjects (any 5 subjects including an option of a practicum, 15 credits)

• Advanced Practice Methods: Brief Therapy
• Advanced Practice Methods: Cognitive Behavioural Intervention
• Delinquency and Family
• Evolution in Family Therapy: Structural & Systemic Approaches
• Guidance and Counselling for Students with Special Needs
• Individual and Group Counselling Skills Workshop
  
• Integrative Project
• Mental Health Practice and Interpersonal Neurobiology: Attachment, Trauma and Healing in the Context of Relationships
• Mental Health Policy
• Mindfulness-based Programme in Mental Health and Social Care
• Narrative Therapy
• Practicum in Mental Health Care ^
• Social Constructionism and Collaborative Dialogic Approach
• Use of Creative Arts in Mental Health Care
• Use of Drama in Mental Health Care
• Violence in Intimate Relationships

^ If students who do not have a social work or counselling degree with a one-semester course in micro clinical skill training, they should take "Individual and Group Counseling Skills Workshop" as a pre-requisite.

Remarks:

1. In addition to the above subjects, students are required to complete a 1-credit subject on Academic Integrity and Ethics (AIE). No tuition fee is required for this subject.
2. Programme structure and content are subject to continual review and changes.
3. Not all elective subjects will be offered every year and registration is subject to the availability of quota.