Psychology (PSYC) 347

Overview

Psychology 347: Introduction to Feminist Counselling is about feminist theory and the development of a feminist model of counselling. It is also about your development as a feminist and as a counsellor. Some of you may be taking this course to broaden your counselling perspectives; others may be taking the course because they are feminists and want to apply feminist philosophy and theory to their work in the helping professions.

Outline

Unit 1: The Role of Theory

Unit 2: Principles of Feminist Counselling

Unit 3: Feminist or Gender Neutral

Unit 4: Radical Social Change: Implications

Unit 5: The Role of Culture

Unit 6: Women of Colour

Unit 7: Toward a Transnational Feminist Understanding

Unit 8: Feminist Postmodernism

Unit 9: The Future of Feminist Counselling

Evaluation

To receive credit for PSYC 347, you must achieve a minimum grade of “D” (50 percent) on Assessment Activity 4 and an overall grade of “D” (50 per cent) or better for the entire course. The weightings for each activity are as follows:

Assessment Activity 1: Three short essays	Assessment Activity 2: Examination	Assessment Activity 3: Major Essay	Assessment Activity 4: Final Examination OR Research Proposal	Total
15%	25%	35%	25%	100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.