Women's and Gender Studies (WGST) 425
Feminist Family Therapy (Revision 1)
WGST 425 replaces WMST 425.
Delivery Mode: Individualized study online
Credits: 3
Area of Study: Social Science
Prerequisite: WGST 302 and WGST 310 or permission of the professor.
Precluded Course: WMST 425. (WGST 425 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for WMST 425.)
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
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WGST 425 is not available for challenge.
Overview
WGST 425: Feminist Family Therapy is a three-credit, senior-level course that describes the development and evolution of feminist family therapy and examines the ways in which feminist therapy challenges traditional views of family therapy. This course highlights the role of power in relationships and demonstrates the intertwined ways in which ethnicity, class, and other variables affect women’s lives and influence family therapy.
Outline
Unit 1: Laying the Foundations
Unit 2: Theory Behind Feminist Family Therapy
Unit 3: The Practice of Feminist Family Therapy
Unit 4: Life Cycle: Children, Adolescents, Couples, Families, and the Elderly
Unit 5: Special Issues in Working with Families
Unit 6: Working Across and Within Non-Mainstream Cultures
Unit 7: The Media and the Message: Families and the Popular Media
Evaluation
To receive credit for WGST 425, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least "D" (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Assign. 1 | Assign. 2 | Assign. 3 | Assign. 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15% | 20% | 30% | 35% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Textbook
Silverstein, L.B. & Goodrich, T.J. (Eds.). (2003). Feminist Family Therapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Other Material
Course materials include reading file, and a study guide.
The Student Manual (online only) provides general information about taking courses at Athabasca University and the services that are available to you as a student. Please read it carefully before you proceed with the course.
The Digital Reading Room (online only) contains other required readings for this course and carefully selected articles on issues in feminist family therapy.
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 1, January 16, 2009.
Last updated by SAS 02/13/2013 08:42:44
