This course is available to be studied in several different study modes, including online or face-to-face. Check study modes offered in the 'course details’ section below.
In response to COVID-19, the University of Sydney has also reviewed the availability of the face-to-face version of this course, and this will be available for students to study remotely whilst the Australian border remains closed due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
About this course
Learn to help people improve their performance with a Graduate Diploma in Coaching Psychology. Providing a solid grounding in theory and practice, this unique course will give you the skills to enhance productivity and quality of life of individuals, organisations and the broader community.
The Graduate Diploma in Coaching Psychology teaches the applied science of human performance enhancement and coaching. This unique one-year course is a rare opportunity to be part of the fast growing and relatively new field of coaching psychology, which seeks to enhance human performance in work, relationships and life in general.
Coaching psychology is an applied positive psychology course and sits at the intersection of counselling, clinical and organisational psychology. This program provides you with a sound grounding in the theoretical and methodological aspects of coaching psychology and teaches fundamental applied coaching skills and leading-edge training in coaching practice.
Our focus is on coaching in business and organisational settings. The program aims to give you the knowledge to be a skilled coach, capable of coaching in an extensive variety of settings and with a wide range of clients including executive, management and personal coaching.
The Coaching Psychology program comprises the Master course, which offers the full range of subjects, and the Diploma and Certificate courses, which allow students to enrol in a subset of these units.
The Coaching Psychology program at the University of Sydney is the world's first and longest-running of the few postgraduate qualifications worldwide in coaching psychology.
The Coaching Psychology Unit at Sydney is recognised as a world leader in the development of both coaching theory and its real world application. Students receive the best available training, from internationally renowned practising coaching psychologists, and training and management consultants, with extensive experience in their specialised fields.
Program expectations
You can expect to gain both a sound grounding in the main psychological theories and principles that inform coaching practice and a foundation in the core skills of applied coaching.
These theoretical and applied skills include:
- an ability to implement coaching in a variety of settings
- an understanding of the strengths, limitations and applications of coaching methodologies
- an ability to design and implement coaching programs in organisational settings
- an understanding of how systems, groups and teams operate, and the application of coaching within complex systems
- an understanding of the central features of personal and organisational coaching
- an overview of the main forms of psychopathology found in coaching and how to deal appropriately with clients displaying mental health issues.
Online mode information for Semester 1, 2022
Our new online only offering is available to domestic and international students and will include a combination of live, recorded and alternative activity sessions. The indicative timetable should be used as a guide for students in different time zones.
International student visas are NOT available or required for students enrolling in the online only course. Part time study is available and recommended for all online and face to face students.