COUN 516 Social and Cultural Diversity
Issues and trends in counseling with multicultural and diverse populations within our society. This course is designed to promote understanding of social and cultural diversity through study of such issues as ethnicity, gender, race, socioeconomic status, religion/spirituality, sexual orientation, ability/disability, family structure and geographic location. Students will examine how their cultural identity impacts their beliefs, values and actions, and learn the skills for competent ethical practices with diverse populations.
Student Learning Outcomes
- The objectives for this course reflect the following accreditation standards from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs.
- Learn multicultural and pluralistic characteristics within and among diverse groups nationally and internationally.
- Understand and apply theories and models of multicultural counseling, cultural identity development, and social justice and advocacy.
- Meet multicultural counseling competencies.
- Understand the impact of heritage, attitudes, beliefs, understandings, and acculturative experiences on an individual’s views of others.
- Understand the effects of power and privilege for counselors and clients.
- Understand the help-seeking behaviors of diverse clients and the impact of spiritual beliefs on clients’ and counselors’ worldviews.
- Learn strategies for identifying and eliminating barriers, prejudices, and processes of intentional and unintentional oppression and discrimination.