TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	7
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Associate Professor Aylin Demirli Yıldız
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Know basic concepts about culture. 2) Acquire culturally sensitive counseling competencies. 3) Describe the process and skills of culture-sensitive psychological counseling.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No
COURSE DEFINITION	Understanding the importance of cultural differences. Theories and methods in culturally sensitive counseling. Education, professional and ethical issues in culturally sensitive counseling. Developing cultural awareness and cultural sensitivity. Evaluating adaptation of counseling theories to different cultures.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introducing the course and explaining the general purposes 2nd Week Culture, multiculturalism and cultural diversity in Turkey 3rd Week Culture and psychological counseling 4th Week Culture centered theories and applications. 5th Week Activities preparing counselor toward culturally sensitive counseling 6th Week Culturally sensitive basic attention skills 7th Week Culturally sensitive paraphrasing, summarizing and encouragement skills 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Ability to ask questions on cultural sensitive counseling 10th Week Ability to reflect emotions and content within context of cultural sensitive counseling 11th Week Facing, focusing and directing and interpreting skills 12th Week Culturally sensitive counseling practices 13th Week Culturally sensitive counseling practices 14th Week Culturally sensitive counseling practices. 15th Week Final Examination
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	1. Carroll M. R. and Wiggins, J. D. (2008). Grupla psikolojik danışmanın temel öğeleri: Kavramlar, ilkeler ve uygulamalar. (S. Doğan, Çev.). Ankara: PEGEM Akademi. 2. Corey, M. S. and Corey, G. (2006) Groups: Process and practice (seventh edition). Belmont, CA: Thompson Higher Education. 3. Demir, A. ve Koydemir, S. (Eds) (2011). Grupla psikolojik danışma. Ankara: Pegem Yayıncılık. 4. Voltan-Acar, N. (2010). Grupla psikolojik danışmada alıştırmalar-deneyler (4. Basım). Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık. 5. Voltan-Acar, N. (2012). Grupla psikolojik danışma ilke ve teknikleri (9. Basım). Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Assignment 3 100 Total(%) 100 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam Homework 2 20 40 Article 9 9 81 Total Workload 226 Total Workload / 30 7,53 ECTS Credits of the Course 7
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No