Faculty Contact Information:
Faculty Contact Information:
agorg@faculty.ed.umuc.edu
Phone from the US: 011-49- 176-22 00 21 67
Phone from Europe: 49-176-22002167
Phone from Germany 0176-22002167 | |
Consultation:
By e-mail or phone.
Secondary email: Goerga@aol.com | |
Required Texts and Readings:
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Sue, D.W. & Sue, D. (2002). Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice. (4th Edition). New York: Wiley. | |
Supplementary Readings:
Second book, that is also required to be read: Understanding Diversity - A Learning as Practice Primer. CA: Brooks/Cole.
Other Readings:
McGoldrick, M., Giordano. J., Pearce, J.K. (1996) Ethnicity and family therapy. (2nd Edition). New York: The Gulford Press.
McGoldrick, M. (1998). Re-visioning family therapy, race, culture, and gender in clinical practice. New York: The Guilford Press.
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Recommended Journals:
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A variety of full-text, online, free-of-charge and pay-per-view academic journals are listed on the Counseling Webboard at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/graduate/webboards/
Okun, B.F., Fried, J., Okun, M.L. (1999). Understanding Diversity. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. | |
Course Description:
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This course is designed to develop appropriate skills, competencies, and knowledge bases and to examine the beliefs of counselors working with people across cultures. The course focuses on researching, reading, and developing an understanding of cultures, customs, languages, traditions, religions, and spiritualities of people across cultures. Emphasis is given to the understanding of counseling individuals in a very diverse world. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: GUCO 533 or EDCP 612. | |
Course Goals:
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The goal of this course is to familarize students with various theories, counseling techniques, and a wide range of issues regarding fair, ethical and effective counseling in a world of cultural differences. A broad goal is to expand cultural awareness and knowledge in order to facilitate an appreciation of diversity in lifestyle and orientation, including culture, race, ethnicity, disability, age, language, gender, and sexual preference issues. | |
Course Objectives:
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By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Understand and discuss current theories of multi-cultural counseling.
- Discuss issues of diversity as they relate to counseling practice.
- Be familiar with current literature and research pertaining to the social patterns and counseling needs of various minority populations.
- Develop a more culturally sensitive perspective in the role of professional counselor.
- Describe the impact of the western "world-view" on American society.
- Understand and discuss personal cultural heritage and its impact on the development of counseling skills.
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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 UMUC does not use “D” for graduate students. The grade “F” is used to designate academic failure. “F” is used to designate failure for non-completion. Grades of Incomplete “I” or Withdrawal “W” are governed by UMUC-Europe policies. For further details, please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog, available in your local Education Center or online at
http://www.ed.umuc.edu/generalinfo/publications/catalogs.
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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. | |
Description of 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 promote excellence in academic scholarship through thoughtful inquiry and the skilful 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, the following is required:
20% - Term Paper/Project
20% - Participation (responses to other students online)
40% - Reaction papers
10% - Reflection on professional article
10% - Self-evaluation paper
Student participation:
Student’s reponses to other classmates count as student participation. This includes writing two responses to other students about their work.
Responses that might be examples of feedback to them.
Reflection on Professional Article:
Write a five, single-spaced page reflection (50% summary of the article, 50% what you think of the article) on a professional article of your choice on the topic of this class. You can find the article on the UMUC online library. The website is on the first page of this syllabus.
Research Paper:
Students will research a particular topic of interest in the field of cross-cultural counselling and psychology. Because effective writing is a critical part of graduate work, all written assignments should be clear and concise, with proper grammar and spelling. Students will also have to complete a Research Paper. This research paper must be five to seven pages long and should be in proper APA format and properly referenced.
Self-Evaluation:
The self-evaluation paper is a one- or two-page, single-spaced paper describing the things that you are discovering though this course that you have to improve in order to become a more effective multicultural counselor.
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Course Schedule:
Week 1 to week 2:
January 24th to February 4th
Read: Understanding Diversity - A Learning as Practice Primer, Chapter 1 to chapter 2.
Read: Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice, Chapter 1 and Chapter 4.
Complete a “Reaction Paper” of the assigned chapters for week 1 and week 2. The paper is approximately 5 to 7 pages in length, single-spaced. The length of the paper will not determine the grade, only the content will. I prefer a quality 3-page work versus a “not so good” 7-page work. So do not feel pressured that it has to be 7 pages in order to get a good grade on it. It has to focus on what the student has learned that specific week and how that learning will be personally and professionally beneficial. The due date is on February 4th.
Complete student responses. Please respond to other classmates. This counts as student participation. This includes writing two responses to other students about their work. Responses that might be examples of feedback to them. These is due February 4th.
Week 3 to week 4:
February 5th to February 18th
Read: Understanding Diversity - A Learning as Practice Primer, chapter 3 to chapter 4.
Read: Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice, Chapter 5 to chapter 7.
Complete a “Reaction Paper” of the assigned chapter for week 3 to 4 on February 18.
Complete student responses on February 18.
Week 5 to week 6:
February 19 to March 4
Read: Understanding Diversity - A Learning as Practice Primer, chapter 5. Read: Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice, Chapter 8 to 10.
Complete a “Reaction Paper” of the assigned chapter for week 5 to week 6 on March 4th.
Complete student responses on March 4th.
Week 7 to week 8:
March 5 to March 25
Read: Understanding Diversity - A Learning as Practice Primer chapter 6.
Read: Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice, chapter 11 to chapter 13.
Complete a “Reaction Paper” of the assigned chapter for week 7 to week 8 on March 25th.
Complete student responses on March 25th.
Week 9 to week 10:
March 26 to April 18
Read: Understanding Diversity - A Learning as Practice Primer, Chapter 7. Read: Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice, chapter 14 to chapter 17.
Complete a “Reaction Paper” of the assigned chapters for week 9 to week 10 on April 18.
Complete student responses on April 18.
Week 11 to week 12:
April 19 to April 29
Read: Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice, chapter 18 to chapter 20.
Complete a “Reaction Paper” of the assigned chapter for week 11 to week 12 on April 29.
Complete student responses on April 29.
Week 13 to week 14:
April 30 to May 12
Research paper due on May 12
Reaction paper of a professional article due on May 12
Self-evaluation paper due on May 12
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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. Asia Gorg is a licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Florida. She is a National Board Certified Counselor and is a Certified Guidance Counselor in the State of Florida. Dr. Gorg has practiced as a school counselor for over 12 years. She has worked as a school counselor and as a psychotherapist in private practice, churches, and mental health institutions in Miami, Florida for over 12 years. She has worked as a school counselor in the elementary, secondary, and vocational schools dealing with a variety of multicultural issues. She has been able to work as psychotherapist and provided many psycho-educational workshops through exploring and serving the multicultural population in Miami in the field of cross-cultural counseling and psychology. As a psychotherapist in Miami, she has dealt with clients that experience many issues of multicultural concerns. Her Doctoral Degree is in the area of Multicultural Counselling. Her special interests are in issues of Multiculturalism and Diversity, Multicultural Issues in Education, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Abuse Victims, Psychopharmacology, Bibliotherapy, Health and Wellness Psychology. She is presently living in Germany.
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