COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5572 MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ASLI UZ BAŞ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis (Evening)

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   1. Understand culture and relational concepts.
2   2. Understand the differences between individualism and collectivism.
3   3. Comprehend the culture s role in counseling.
4   4. Learn multicultural counseling theories.
5   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 Cultural awareness and cultural sensitivity
7 Microaggression and midterm
8 Students presentations
9 Students presentations
10 Students presentations
11 Students presentations
12 Students presentations
13 Students presentations
14 Course 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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework 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 14 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2
Project Assignment 2 10
Project Final Presentation 2 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 0

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15554245234
LO.25554245234
LO.35554245234
LO.45554245234
LO.55554245234