COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COLLEGE COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5185 COLLEGE COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ASLI UZ BAŞ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to acknowledge about college counseling and guidance and understand prevention and intervention skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Remember developmental needs of college students
2   2. Understand the role and functions of college counselors
3   3. Aware of major problem areas of college students
4   4. Evaluate relations between problem areas and effective prevention and intervention services among university students
5   5. Evaluate college counseling research.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course description
2 Developmental needs of college students
3 History and aims of college guidance and counseling services
4 College counseling centers
5 College counseling services: Individual interviews, psychiatric referral, crisis interventions and emergency action procedures
6 Group works, seminars and peer counseling
7 Services for Family and staff; supervision
8 Problem areas among college students: Depression, anxiety and suicide
9 Addictions (drug, cigarette, technological)
10 Romantic relations (dating violence)
11 Career issues (career stress, career indecision)
12 Intervention studies among college students (depression, anxiety and suicide)
13 Studies that aim to increase wellbeing among college students
14 Course evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Davis, D.C. and Homphrey, K.M. (2000). College Counseling: Issues and Strategies for a New Millennium American Counseling Association, VA, U.S.A.

Yurtseven, F. Ve Paker, M. (2015). Üniversitede psikolojik danışmanlık el kitabı. Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assigment and presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asli.uzbas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 3
Student Presentations 2 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 4
Project Final Presentation 2 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 0

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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