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PY3104 - Counselling Principles and Practice for Diverse Environments
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | College of Healthcare Sciences |
The objective of this subject is to provide students with a systematic introduction to the theory and practice of counselling in a multicultural society. Informed by a multicultural counselling perspective students will explore mechanisms for engaging with issues related to culture and diversity when working with clients from different cultural backgrounds.
Learning Outcomes
- evaluate ethical and legal issues as they relate to professional counselling practice;
- discuss a range of philosophical and theoretical approaches to counselling culturally diverse populations;
- demonstrate knowledge and practice of the basic microskills necessary for counsellors.
Subject Assessment
- end of semester exam (30%)
- assignments (30%)
- case study (30%)
- case notes (10%).
| Prerequisites: | PY1101 OR PY1102 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
PY3083 |
Availabilities |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 26-Mar-2020 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Divjyot Kaur |
| Lecturers: | Dr Sarah Lutkin, Dr Divjyot Kaur. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 26-Mar-2020 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Divjyot Kaur |
| Lecturers: | Dr Carolyn Timms, Dr Divjyot Kaur. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 09-Apr-2020 | |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 03-Dec-2020 | |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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