Faculty Contact Information:
clement.marcantonio@lnd.amedd.army.mil
Phone: 06371-15917 (H), 06371-86-8141/8518 (0) | |
Consultation:
| Prior to class; after class on day one; or by appointment. | |
Required Texts and Readings:
| Sue, D.W. & Sue, D. (2002). Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice. (4th Edition). New York, NY: Wiley. | |
Supplementary Readings:
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All graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library at http://www.umuc.edu/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.
Hardy, Kenneth V., Laszloffy, Tracey A., The cultural genogram: Key to training culturally competent family therapists, Journal of Marital
and Family Therapy 1995. Vol. 21. No. 3. 227-237 (available to students on first day of class).
McGoldrick, M., Giordano, J., Pearce, J K., (l996) Ethnicity and family therapy, Second Edition, The Guilford Press, New York.
McGoldrick, M., (l998), Revisioning family therapy, race, culture, and gender in clinical practice, The Guilford Press, New York.
Okun, B.F., Fried, J., Okun, M.L. (1999). Understanding Diversity. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. | |
Recommended Journals:
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/
Psychotherapy NETWORKER, http://www.psychotherapynetworker.org
Journal of Multicultural Counseling Development, http://www.edu/~jmcdl/index.html
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Course Description:
| 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:
| 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:
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. | |
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, available in your local Education Center or online at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs. | |
Course Requirements:
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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:
. Midterm Examination 25%
. Final Examination 25%
. Term/Project 25%
. Class Attendance & Participation 25%
The project and written assignment will be discussed on the first day of class. | |
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 and approximately ten hours of preparation per week for a DE class.
Write graduate level papers or case studies: 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.
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 accompanied by appropriate visual material. In a DE class, this means creating a visual/textual presentation for your instructor and classmates.
Complete one or more written examination(s): The examination process in this class will assist you in developing the writing and critical thinking skills necessary to successfully passing the comprehensive exam required of all graduate students. The questions used for this course will either be taken directly from past comprehensive exams or written as though to be included on a comprehensive exam.
The weekend format of the course suggests a combination of a lecture and group approach to learning. It is the style and orientation of the instructor to make use of the classroom as vehicle for personal learning and growth as counselors. Because the experiential approach offers the best chance for the students to become part of the leearning process, every effort will be made to relate what is academic and abstract to an expression fo the human experience. Therefore, the students enrolled in GUCO533 are expected to do the following:
. Attend all sessions: this requirement is especially important because absence affects the weekend format of the class as welll as th person who misses the class.
. Participate in the class in an active way: this requirement stresses the importance on the part of the students of being willing to talk about themselves and their concerns. It's all about taking ownership of the learing process.
. Complet WebBoard Assignments: There will be assignments to be posted on the GUCO 533 WebBoard. Primary amongst these are "Reaction Papers": at the end of each of the first weekends, each student willwrite a reaction paper of the weekend experience. The paper is approximately one page in length and is to focus on what the student has learned in that weekend, and how that learning will be personally and professionally beneficial. Thsi can also be a critical reaction to the weekend identifying what has been useful, and what would be useful in future classes. The Reaction Paper is to be posted on the Web Board by Wednesday following each weekend. WebBoard assignments will count as part of the class participation.
. Follow APA format: because efffective writing is criticla part of graduate work, essay assignments should be clear and concise, with proper grammar and spelling. Term Paper should be in proper APA format and properly referenced.
. It is imperative that the students be prepared to discuss the assigned readings. Special attention is directed to assigned readings for the WEEKEND I. | |
Course Schedule:
This schedule presents 16 units or modules, with each unit corresponding to a regular three-hour weekday meeting, a half-day on weekends, or a full week of DE.
Weekends 21-22 AUG, 11 Sept, 18-19 Sept, 2-3 Oct from 0900 to 1700 hrs
WEEKEND ONE
Session 1
a. Course Overview: Expectations and Assignment.
Why a course in Multiculral Counseling?
Session 2
Getting in Touch with Your Heritage
Class Exercises and simulations
Session 3
Historical Influences
The Conceptual Dimentions of Multicultural Counseling/Therapy
Clinical applications
Session 4
b. The Politics of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Sociopolitical Considerations of Trust and Mistrust
Class exercises
Reading Assigments:
Cultural Genogram (K Hardy, T. Laszloffy)
A Genogram with an Attitude (J. Halevy)
Ethnicity and Family Therapy (McGoldrick) Preface and Chapter 1
Counseling the Culturally Diverse (Sue) Chapters 1,2,3
WEEKEND TWO
Session 5
a. Barriers to Effective Multicultural Couseling/Therapy
Sources of Conflict: Culture-Bound Values, Class-Bound Values
Class exercises
Session 6
Communication Styles
Sociopolitacl Facets of Nonverbal Communication
Counseling and Therapy as Communication Style
Class exercises
Session 7
b. Issues in Workiing with Ethnic Minority Family
Bioculturalism, Ethnic Differences in Minority Status
Session 8
Multicultural Family Counseling/Therapy: A Conceptual Model
Class exercises
Reading Assignments: Textbook (Sue) Chapters 4,5,6
Hand-outs, articles
WEEKEND THREE
Session 9
a. MIDTERM EXAM
Review, Q&A
Session 10
Racial/Cultural Idenity Development Models: Black, Asian and Latino
Therapeutic Implications of the R/CID Model
Implications for Clinical Practice
Session 11
b. White Racial Identity: Implications for Clinical Practice
Class Presentations of Cultural Genogram
Class discussion and feedback
Reading Assigments: Textbook (Sue) Chapters 8,9
Articles distributed by instructor
WEEKEND FOUR
Session 12
a. Dimensions of Worldviews
Locus of Control
Locus of Responsibility
Class Presentations
Session 13
Formation of Worldviews
Implications for Clinical Practice
Class Presenations of Cultural Genogram
Session 14
b. Counseling African, Asian,
Group Presentations
Session 15
Counseling Native and Latino Americans
Guidelines for Clinical Practice.
Assigned Readings: Textbook (Sue), Chapters 10,11,12,13,14
Sessions 16
Class Presentations
Class Evaluations
FINAL Exam
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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. Clement Marcantonio earned Doctor Of Education degree in Psychology, Marriage and Family at the University of Northern Colorado; pursued Post-Doctoral work at the Graduate School of Marriage and Family Therapy at St. Rafael, CA and at the Mental Research Institute of Palo Alto, Ca; trained at the Milano Institute of Systemic Family Therapy; he is a clinical member and Approved Supersivor for the Americal Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and National Certified Counselor; has taught graduate courses in excess of 20 years for the University of Southern Cal, Boston University and UMUC-Europe. WELCOME TO GUCO 533 MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING! | |