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PY3104 - Counselling Principles and Practice for Diverse Environments
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2019 |
| 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.
| Prerequisites: | PY1101 OR PY1102 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
PY3083 |
Availabilities |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2019 | |
| 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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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); assignments (30%); case study (30%); case notes (10%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2019 | |
| 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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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); assignments (30%); case study (30%); case notes (10%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 08-Aug-2019 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Divjyot Kaur. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); assignments (30%); case study (30%); case notes (10%). |
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