1.The helping relationship
2. The helping process
3. Communication skills in the therapeutic dialogue
Lecture and skills demonstration/practice of specific counselling skills will be the primary methods of instruction. The course may also involve other methods of instructions such as small group activities, group discussion, computer simulations, video/DVDs, and guest lectures.
Evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. Evaluation will be based on course objectives and include some of the following:
The instructor will provide a written course outline with specific evaluation at the beginning of the semester.
Students may conduct research with human participants as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving human subjects.
An example of a possible evaluation scheme is as follows:
Exams - 25%
Three video tapes of skill demonstrations and transcripts - 20%, 25%, 25%
Attendance - 5%
Total - 100%
Upon completion of this course, the successful student should be able to:
Texts will be updated periodically. A typical example of a text is:
Egan, G. and Reese, R.J. (2019). The skilled helper: A problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping. (11th ed.) Boston: Cengage.
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
| Institution | Transfer Details for PSYC 4370 |
|---|---|
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | No credit |
| Langara College (LANG) | LANG PSYC 2XXX (3) |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU EDUC 423 (3) |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU PSYC 4XXX (3) |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU PSYC 340 (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO PSYO 2nd (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV CNPS 362 (3) |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC PSYC 4XX (3) |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV HSER 200 (3) or UFV PSYC 491S (3) |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC ED-D 4XX (1.5) |
| Vancouver Community College (VCC) | VCC PSYC 2XXX (3) |
| Vancouver Community College (VCC) | No credit |
Students should plan to be available on-line at scheduled course times. This course will include synchronous on-line activities.