COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MULTICULTURAL FAMILY COUNSELING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
APD 5024 MULTICULTURAL FAMILY COUNSELING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor'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 multicultural family counseling, and to develop culturally sensitive counseling skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand culture and relational concepts.
2   Understand the importance of culture in terms of family counseling.
3   Understand multicultural family counseling approaches.
4   Develop multicultural family 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 Culture and families
5 Multicultural families
6 Multicultural marriages
7 Multicultural family counseling
8 General Review, Course Assessment, Midterm
9 Multicultural family counseling approaches
10 Multicultural family counseling interventions
11 Multicultural family counseling interventions
12 Multicultural family counseling competencies
13 Multicultural family counseling competencies
14 Multicultural family counseling competencies
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Çınarbaş, D. C. (2022). Psikoterapide Kültürel Konular. Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık

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

Kağnıcı, D. Y. (2022). Kültür ve Psikolojik Danışma. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık.

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.

Wehrly, B, Kenney, K.R, and Kenney, M. E. (1999). Counseling Multiracial Families. California, Sage Publications.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Direct instruction, question-answer, disscussion, homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Examination

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

At least 70% attendance is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asli.uzbas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Always available via Sakai messages. According to the weekly course schedule, face -to -face conversations can be done in the office at the specified hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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