COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 6116 MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ASLI UZ BAŞ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to aware of the relationship between culture and counseling, and to develop culturally sensitive counseling skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand culture and relational concepts.
2   Understand the differences between individualism and collectivism.
3   Comprehend the culture s role in counseling.
4   Learn multicultural counseling theories.
5   Understand multicultural counseling competencies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Content, Importance, Rules and Requisities
2 Definition of culture
3 The multicultural movement
4 Individualism and collectivism
5 Culture and counseling
6 Multicultural counseling competencies
7 Multicultural counseling theories
8 Multicultural counseling theories
9 Multicultural counseling theories
10 Multicultural counseling theories
11 Multicultural counseling theories
12 Multicultural counseling theories
13 Multicultural counseling theories
14 Multicultural counseling theories
15 Multicultural counseling theories
16 End-of-term evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Pedersen, P. (1994). A handbook for developing multicultural awareness. Alexandria, VA:
American Counseling Association.

Ivey, A. E., D Andrea, M., Ivey, M. B. and Morgan, L. S. (2002). Theories of counseling
and psychotherapy: A multicultural perspective, 5th ed. Boston, MA.: Allyn &
Bacon.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Direct instruction, question-answer, disscussion, report preparation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Presendation and research

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Mandatory attendance

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asli.uzbas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 11.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 3 30
Tutorials 5 3 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 4 60
Preparing presentations 4 5 20
Preparing assignments 4 5 20
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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