COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name Code Semester T+A+L (hour/week) Type (C / O) Local Credit ECTS
Psychological Applications I PSYC 490 Fall-Spring 02+02+00 Elective 3 6
Academic Unit: Psychology
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Prerequisites: No prerequisite
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: - -
Course Objectives: To teach students the following: 1. To develop an awareness of the principles of helpful listening interactions. 2. To develop the capacity to engage effectively in basic listening skills. 3. To develop an awareness of contextual factors that affect everyday interactions. 4. To develop an awareness of ethical principles and multi-cultural issues relevant to everyday interactions.
Course Contents: This course is designed to provide an overview of essential listening skills required in a variety of situations and settings (from listening to your friend in need to listening to your employee with a grievance). Course content includes the development of accurate listening, empathy, reflection, and inquiry skills. The course will have an applied and experiential focus; during class students will be expected to practice these skills on an ongoing basis.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):
  • 1- To develop an awareness of the principles of helpful listening interactions.
  • 2- To develop the capacity to engage effectively in basic listening skills.
  • 3- To develop an awareness of contextual factors that affect everyday interactions.
  • 4- To develop an awareness of ethical principles and multi-cultural issues relevant to everyday interactions.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: Lecture, classroom exercises, discussion


WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS

WeekSubjectsRelated Preperation
1 Introduction
2 Importance of talking/disclosure
3 Engagement and Disengagement
4 Listening
5 Core Interviewing Skills: OARS
6 Feeling vocabulary & Universal Expression of Feelings
7 Midterm I
8 Mixed Messages
9 Effective Inquiry I- Questions
10 Eliciting Change talk
11 Evoking
12 Responding to change talk
13 Evoking hope
14 Review


REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING

- Miller, W. R. and Rollnick S. (2013). Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change (3rd Ed). The Guilford Press: New York. - Egan, G. (1998). The skilled helper: A problem management approach to helping. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.—ONLY Chapters 4 &5


OTHER COURSE RESOURCES

Rollnick S, Miller WR. What is motivational interviewing? Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy 1995;23(4):325-334. 3. Butler, C. C., Rollnick, S., Cohen, D., Bachmann, M., Russell, I., & Stott, N. (1999). Motivational consulting versus brief advice for smokers in general practice: a randomized trial. The British Journal of General Practice, 49(445), 611. Rollnick S, Butler CC, Stott N. Helping smokers make decisions: The enhancement of brief intervention for general medical practice. Patient Education & Counseling 1997;31(3):191-203.


ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Semester RequirementsNumberPercentage of Grade (%)
Attendance / Participation 14 3
Project 6 12
Other Practices (seminar, studio critics, workshop etc.) 3 2
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes 2 42
Final Exam 1 41
Total: 26 100


WORKLOAD

EventsCountDuration (Hours)Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours14342
Practice / Exercise25.511
Project3515
Homework Assigments6530
Preparation for Presentation / Jury4312
Other Practices (seminar,studio critics,workshop, etc.)3515
Extra-Class Activities (reading,individiual work, etc.)2510
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes2612
Final Exam133
Total Workload (hour):150


THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)

# PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12
LO1 1 2 1               1 2
LO2               1 3   1  
LO3                     3 2
LO4                 3 3