CED 7153: Social & Cultural Issues in Counseling

3 Credit Hours. This course provides an overview of cultural context of relationships, issues, and trends in a multicultural society and relates these to the professional field of counseling. Theories of multicultural counseling, identity development, and social justice are presented. The course includes experiential learning activities and significant content material on multicultural competencies, including diversity, diversity and pluralistic issues, social barriers that impede equity and success for clients; detrimental culturally supported behaviors; gender and power issues; bias and prejudice; and religious and spiritual issues in counseling and relates these concepts to the counselor’s roles in developing cultural awareness.

Note: Please reference the syllabus for your specific section to ensure you're completing the correct readings. The readings listed here represent a comprehensive list from all current sections of this course, and may not match each section exactly.