Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Spring 2020 - EDUC 324 E100

Foundations of Multicultural Counselling (3)

Class Number: 7559

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2020: Wed, 5:30–8:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    EDUC 220 or PSYC 250 and 60 units.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Provides an introduction to multicultural counselling and human diversity with an emphasis on culture, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religion, age, and abilities.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course is designed to strengthen students' multicultural counselling competencies by way of increasing awareness of their own as well as clients' cultural attitudes, beliefs, biases, knowledge, skills, and values.

Students will be given ample instructional opportunities to gain multicultural competencies through different modes of teaching and learning. Over the 13 weeks, students will be asked to have a dialogue about constructs such as culture, identity, physical appearance and ability, sexual orientation, SES, etc.

It is the intent of this course to assist students who would like to work as counsellors/psychotherapists in acquiring the pedagogical contents, so that students will be able to show an increased awareness of clients' worldviews and biases and understand how to work with clients to solve their presenting challenges.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

The goals of this class are:

  • To explore multicultural and pluralistic characteristics within and among diverse groups.
  • To facilitate students' own awareness of the perceived or actual cultural bias in relation to other ethnic, racial and cultural backgrounds.
  • To learn about the concept of therapies and alternative interventions across cultural boundaries.
  • To learn ways to articulate presenting problems from different cultural points of view.
  • To increase students' own awareness of the complexity of culture-related issues in counselling.

Grading

  • Participation (in-class and online) 10%
  • Learning Log(s) 10%
  • Presentation (in small groups) 25%
  • Assignments 35%
  • Tests 20%

NOTES:

Please check SFU Mail because emails will be sent to enrolled students so that they can prepare for assignments in advance.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Hays, D. G., & Erford, B. T. (Eds.). (2018). Developing multicultural counseling competence: A systems approach (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

E-textbook is also acceptable.
ISBN: 9780134523804

Registrar Notes:

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