Course Syllabus
Athabasca University
Women's Studies (WMST) 302
Communication Skills—Feminist Practice (Revision 3)
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Delivery mode: Individualized study; video component.*
*Overseas students, please contact the University Library before registering in a course that has an audio/visual component.
Credits: 3 - Social Science
Prerequisite: WMST 266 or equivalent.
Precluded course: None
Centre: Centre for Work and Community Studies
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 counsellors’ roles and responsibilities.
Outline
Unit 1: The Communication Process
Unit 2: Developing 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 WMST 302, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least"D" (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Unit 1: Telephone Quiz | 10% |
| Unit 2: Telephone Quiz | 10% |
| Unit 3: Telephone Quiz | 10% |
| Unit 4: Telephone Quiz | 10% |
| Unit 5: Process Recordings (giving a detailed analysis of verbal and non-verbal responses and evaluations in a role-play situation of a helping relationship). | 20% |
| Unit 6: Ethics Paper | 15% |
| Unit 7: Videotape or Audiotape | 25% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
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.
Other materials
In addition to the textbooks, the course materials include a study guide, student manual, a book of readings, and a video, “Basic Communication Skills & Beginning Counselling Skills.”