Faculty Contact Information:
bwazlavek@faculty.ed.umuc.edu (checked daily Monday-Thursday)
Office hours: After class and by appointment | |
Consultation:
| After class and by appointment. | |
Required Texts and Readings:
Corey, G. (1996). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy. (5th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Egan, G. (1998). The Skilled Helper. (7th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
The accompanying Student Manuals for both texts are also required.
Additional materials will be provided by the Instructor. | |
Supplementary Readings:
| All graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library. The library contains a large number of full text academic journals that are free of charge and immediately available. The library homepage also contains a number of links related to improving students’ research and writing skills. | |
Recommended Journals:
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Course Description:
| In this course several of the major approaches to counseling will be examined using a multicultural approach. Pragmatic interviewing approaches based on their major theoretical concepts will be analyzed. The theories studied include Psychoanalytic, Jungian, Adlerian, Existential, Person-Centered, Gestalt, Behavior, Family Systems, and Cognitive-Behavior approaches. Students will become familiar with on-line library search techniques and APA documentation styles. | |
Course Goals:
| This course is designed to enable students to become familiar with both the art and the science of counseling. It will assist students in continuing the process of integrating personal style and philosophy into an effective counseling approach. | |
Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Understand the personal and professional characteristics of effective counselors.
2. Know ethical standards and appreciate the complexity of ethical issues in the field of counseling.
3. Understand the therapeutic applications related to a variety of personality, learning, systems and eclectic/integrative theories in counseling and psychology, including multi-cultural counseling theory.
4. Integrate and synthesize across various therapeutic models as they are applied to the complexities of actual individuals, couples, families, and systems.
5. Understand and apply the several core counselor attributes that contribute to successful helping relationships, including values, observation, listening and communication skills, and empathy.
6. Understand and apply Egan's model in effectively helping the client define their present situation, conceptualize and commit to a preferred situation, and develop, implement and evaluate actions leading to valued outcomes.
7. Appreciate the importance of intentional personal growth through a commitment to continuing self-awareness activities. | |
Grading Information:
Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:
A 92%
B 80 – 91%
C 70 – 79%
F Below 70%
Please note that Bowie State University does not use "D" for graduate students. The grade F(a) is used to designate academic failure. F(n) is used to designate failure for non-completion. Grades of Incomplete or Withdrawal are governed by UMUC-Europe policies. For further details, please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog. Hard copies of the catalog are available in your local Education Center. | |
Course Requirements:
Graduate school at the masters level focuses on helping students obtain the education needed for success as professionals in their chosen fields. Thus, UMUC-Europe Graduate Programs and Bowie State University share the common goals of promoting excellence in academic scholarship through thoughtful inquiry and the skillful application of knowledge and theory for the betterment of society. In order to maximize your graduate educational experience in general and this course in particular, you are required to:
Participate in classroom discussions 20%
Write graduate level paper 30%
Orally/visually present prepared material 10%
Reaction papers 20%
Workbook assignments 20% | |
Description of Course Requirements:
Participate in classroom discussions: You are expected to come to class prepared to engage in all discussions in a professional and informed manner. Usually this requires two to three hours of additional for every hour of a face-to-face class. It is critical students attend all class sessions!
Write graduate level papers in APA-style. You are required to conduct professional-level research, including appropriately citing works of others and avoiding plagiarism. Resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC, UMUC-Europe or BSU), partially or in its entirety, is not acceptable in this course and will result in an automatic failure on the assignment. Plan on committing approximately 150 hours over the duration of this course to producing professional level deliverables. Papers which are turned in late will be severely penalized losing 5% points for each day the paper is late and papers will not be accpepted one week after the due date.
Orally/visually present prepared material: You are required to present your research in a professional manner. In a face-to-face course, this typically means an oral presentation that is organized, has been well-prepared, and includes discussion questions for the class.
Reaction papers: Students will be required to write a 3-4 page paper summarizing what they learned from each weekend which will be due Wednesday of the following week. | |
Course Schedule:
This class will meet for four weekends. Following is our schedule. Prior to each class, it is critical you have done the assigned reading and have the Corey manual for those chapters discussed.
Initial meeting:
Introductions
Review of syllabus
Clarification of goals, objectives and requirements
Orientation to subject
Corey Chapters 1-3, 7
Second meeting:
Corey Chapters 4-6, 8
Third meetng:
Corey Chapters 9-12
Fourth meeting:
Corey Chapters 13-16
Fith meeting:
Egan Chapters 1-7
Sixth meeting:
Egan Chapters 8-14
Seventh meeting:
Egan Chapters 15-21
Eigth meeting:
Student presentations
Overview
Course evaluations | |
Academic Policies:
Note: Any written assignment in this course may be submitted to TurnItIn.Com. This statement constitutes prior notice.
The official university policy on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty can be found at http://www.umuc.edu/policy/aa15025.shtml. Section I.C. states: "Faculty may determine if the resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC), partially or in its entirety, is acceptable when assigning a grade on that piece of course work. Faculty must provide this information in their written syllabi. If the resubmission of course work is deemed to be unacceptable, a charge may not be brought under this Policy and will be handled as indicated in the written syllabi."
Please refer to Description of Course Requirements for specific information on how resubmissions will be treated in this course and to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog for information on the following:
Academic Integrity
Course Load
Exception to Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Make-up Examinations
Nondiscrimination
Students with Disabilities
Hard copies of the catalog are available at your local Education Center. | |
Faculty Bio:
| Dr. Wazlavek received his B.A. in Psychology from Western Maryland College, M.A. in Experimental Psychology from Towson University and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Utah State University. After becoming a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Wisconsin he spent most of his career there in private outpatient psychological practice. Additionally, he has worked with an international firm of psychologists who provide business, organizational and management consulting services. He has also worked as a visiting professor of psychology in the former Soviet Union. Dr. Wazlavek particularly enjoys working with military and graduate students. | |