Women's and Gender Studies (WGST) 302
Communication Skills—Feminist Practice (Revision 5)
Revision 5 is closed for registrations, replaced by current version
WGST 302 replaces WMST 302
Delivery Mode: Individualized study online with a video component.*
*Overseas students, please contact the University Library before registering in a course that has an audio/visual component.
Credits: 3
Area of Study: Social Science
Prerequisite: WGST 266 (or equivalent course from another institution).
Precluded Course: WMST 302. (WGST 302 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for WMST 302.)
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
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WGST 302 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Overview
This course provides an introduction to communication skills within the context of feminist counselling theory and practice. The course focuses particularly on increasing communications knowledge and skills, and developing beginning counselling. Emphasis is placed on enhancing self-awareness, skill development, and understanding counsellors’ roles and responsibilities.
Outline
- Unit 1: The Communication Process
- Unit 2: Enhancing Interpersonal Skills
- Unit 3: The Counselling Process
- Unit 4: Introduction to Feminist Counselling
- Unit 5: Skill Development in Counselling
- Unit 6: Ethical Issues
- Unit 7: Evaluating Risks and Accessing Resources
Evaluation
To receive credit for WGST 302, you must complete six assignments, achieve a minimum overall composite grade of “D” (50 percent) and an overall grade of “D” (50 per cent) or better on Assignment 2.
| Assignment 1: Unit 1 Quiz | 10% |
| Assignment 2: Unit 2 Quiz | 10% |
| Assignment 3: Unit 3 Quiz | 10% |
| Assignment 4: Unit 4 Quiz | 10% |
| Assignment 5: Case Study | 25% |
| Assignment 6: Demonstration & Process Recording | 35% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Textbooks
Adler, R.B., Proctor, R.F., Towne, N., & Rolls, J. A. (2008). Looking out/Looking in (3rd Canadian ed.). Scarborough, ON: Thomson/Nelson.
Adler, R.B., Proctor, R. F., Towne, N., & Towne, Rolls, J. A. 2008). Activities manual/study guide to accompany Looking out/Looking in (3rd Canadian ed.). Scarborough, ON: Thomson/Nelson.
Other Materials
In addition to the textbooks, the course materials include a study guide, reading file, and a videorecording.
Challenge for Credit Course Overview
The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.
Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
- Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
- Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures
Challenge Evaluation
To receive credit for the WGST 302 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “D” (50 percent) or greater on the research essay to be eligible to write the challenge examination. A cumulative average of 50 percent on both activities is required. Credit is awarded on a pass/fail basis only.
Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 5, May 31, 2010.
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