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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
PDR 6185	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 explaine the relationship between culture and counseling, and to develop culturally sensitive counseling skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	1. Understand culture and relational concepts.
2	2. Explaine the differences between individualism and collectivism.
3	3. Examine the culture s role in counseling.
4	4. Examine multicultural counseling theories.
5	5. Develop 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	Culture and mental health
3	The multicultural movement
4	Individualism and collectivism
5	Multucultural approach in counseling
6	Berry's Acculturation Theory
7	Hofstede Cultural Dimensions
8	Microaggression
9	Multıcultural Counseling Competencies
10	Multicultural Counseling Techniques
11	Student presentaions
12	Student presentations
13	Students presentaions
14	Student presentations

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.

Kağnıcı, Y. (2021). Kültür ve Psikolojik Danışma. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık.

Erkan, S. (2020). Kültüre Duyarlı Psikolojik Danışma. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Learning and Teaching Strategies: 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

Presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asliuzbas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Always available via text and emails.

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	5	75
Preparing presentations	4	6	24
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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