HLTH481-18W (C) Whole Year 2018

Counselling and Psychology: Theories and Skills

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 18 November 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 7 September 2018

Description

Studies of counselling and psychological theories and their implications for practice. Practice in the skills of an intentional interviewing model of helping.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of School

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

Lois Tonkin

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Online Skills Test 15% The aim of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to identify skills, and their intention, and evaluate their effect when viewing a counselling excerpt. The test will be available from 14 May 2018 and be due by 18 May 2018.
Integrated Theory Assignment 45% Part A: Class Participation/Group presentations (Tues Jul 24th) 5%. Part B: Written Integrated Theory Assignment (Fri Aug 10th) 40%. The aim of this assignment is to enable you to demonstrate your ability to integrate elements of the theories covered in the course into a coherent and personalised integrated theory of counselling. Keeping a learning journal and recording your responses to the "Inner reflections" questions in each chapter of the course text as you progress through the course will greatly assist you to prepare for this assignment.
Video and Analysis 14 Sep 2018 40% The video assignment is one in which you demonstrate your ability to use a range of purposeful counselling skills and interpret their impact in a counselling interview. Specific instructions for this assignment will be distributed in Semester 2.

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Corey, Marianne Schneider,1942- , Corey, Gerald., Corey, Cindy; Groups :Process and Practice ; Tenth edition; Cengage Learning, 2016.

Additional Course Outline Information

Assessment and grading system

Grading Scale
Grade    GPA Value        Marks

A+              9            90 – 100
A                8            85 – 89.99
A-               7            80 – 84.99
B+              6            75 – 79.99
B                5            70 – 74.99
B-               4            65 – 69.99
C+              3            60 – 64.99
C                2            55 – 59.99
C-               1            50 – 54.99
D                0            40 – 49.99
E               -1             0 – 39.99

A Pass is 50 marks or over

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,811.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

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