Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling

Catalog description

This course emphasizes theories of multicultural counseling, identity development, and social justice. Students learn about multicultural and pluralistic trends, such as characteristics and concerns within and among diverse groups, nationally and internationally. Also, attitudes, beliefs, understandings, and acculturative experiences, including specific experiential learning activities designed to foster students’ understanding of self and culturally diverse clients. The counselors’ roles in developing cultural self-awareness, promoting cultural diversity, social justice, advocacy, and other culturally supported behaviors that promote optimal wellness and growth of the human spirit, mind, or body, and counselors’ roles in eliminating biases, prejudices, and processes of intentional and unintentional oppression and discrimination are reviewed. PREREQ: Admission to the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program or the Professional School Counseling program.