SJN FRASER UNIVERSITY

Summer Semester 2003

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EDUC 323

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Adam Horvath

Introduction to Counselling Theories

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Office: EDB 8556

Phone: 291-3624

Tuesdays 13:00-15:50

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adam_horvath@sfu.ca

EDB 7500B

PREREQUISITE:

Educ 220 or equivalent and 60 credit hours. Students who have credit for Educ 425 cannot take Educ 323 for

further credit.

Course description:

This course is designed to introduce the student to theories undergirding the work of counsellors and teachers

working with children with emotional difficulties. The course will cover theories based on existential, behavioral,

dynamic and systemic frameworks.

Students will have an opportunity to examine these perspectives and their relation to counselling strategies and

interventions. The course will offer a combination of lectures, seminars and offer an opportunity to apply of

these theoretical lenses to case histories drawn from history and literary sources.

Evaluation will be base on student presentation (30%), brief position papers (20%), and a term assignment

(50%).

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