Athabasca University: Course Syllabus, Women's Studies 302

Women's Studies (WMST) 302
Communication Skills: Feminist Practice (Revision 2)

This version of WMST 302 closed Dec. 15/03. To current version.

Delivery mode:	Individualized study
Credits:	3 - Social Science
Prerequisite:	WMST 266, WMST 267, WMST 300 or equivalent.
Centre:	Centre for Work and Community Studies
Precluded course:	None
Challenge for Credit:	WMST 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 of counsellors’ roles and responsibilities.

Outline

Unit I The Communication Process
Unit II Developing Interpersonal Skills
Unit III The Counselling process
Unit IV Introduction to Feminist Counselling
Unit V Focus on Skill Development in Counselling
Unit VI Ethical issues
Unit VII Evaluating Risks / Accessing Resources / Case Management

Evaluation

To receive credit for WMST 302, students must achieve a course composite grade of at least "D" (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

Telephone Quiz	10%
Telephone Quiz	10%
Telephone Quiz	10%
Paper (describing how you would plan to incorporate the principles that guide feminist theory in an applied beginning counselling role)	15%
Process Recording (giving a detailed analysis of verbal and non-verbal responses and evaluations in a role-play situation of a helping relationship).	15%
Paper	15%
Audiotape or Videotape demonstrating beginning counselling skills	25%
Total	100%

Textbooks

Alder, B.A., Towne, N., & Rolls, J. A. (2001). Looking Out/Looking In: Interpersonal Communication. First Canadian Edition. Toronto: Harcourt College Publishers.

Wiemann, M.O., & Rolls, J. A. (2001). Activities Manual / Study Guide. Looking Out/Looking In. First Canadian Edition. Toronto: Harcourt College Publishers.

Course Materials

In addition to the textbooks, course materials include a Study Guide, Student Manual, a Book of Readings, and a video, “Basic Communication Skills & Beginning Counselling Skills.”

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.