PSY 647 - Diversity and Multicultural Considerations

This course of advanced study is designed to add depth of understanding to the student’s knowledge of multicultural issues salient to the field while also enhancing the individual student’s capacity to successfully employ skills essential to multicultural populations he/she may encounter and serve. Ultimately, the student upon successful completion of this course will be better positioned to provide multicultural counseling competencies in a culturally relevant, sensitive, and effective manner to respective diverse populations. Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to demonstrate and articulate awareness of his/her own assumptions, values, and biases, an understanding of the worldview of diverse clients, and a better appreciation of his/her own limitations and strengths when engaged in multicultural professional relationships.