COURSE SYLLABUS

GROUP COUNSELING

1	Course Title:	GROUP COUNSELING
2	Course Code:	RPD3006
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. JALE ELDELEKLİOĞLU
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç Dr. Asuman YÜKSEL
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. JALE ELDELEKLİOĞLU e-mail: eldelek@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	This course aims to help the students to acquire general knowledge about psychological counseling with groups, principles and techniques related to counseling process, counseling process, skills and techniques used in the group
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Guidance and Psychological Counseling, which is the aim of the Guidance and Psychological Counseling Undergraduate Program, is a necessary course to train psychological counselors and guidance teachers who have knowledge, skills and attitudes.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to comprehend and apply the aims of group counseling;
2	Be able to recognize the differences and similarities between individual and group counseling;
3	To be able to comprehend the process and phases of psychological counseling with the group;
4	To be able to understand the benefits and limitations of group counseling;
5	Techniques that can be used in group psychological counseling;
6	To be able to comprehend ethical principles for group counseling;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Explanations of the course, explaining the sources to be used and explanations about the content of the homework and examinations
2	What is Group counseling?The aims and objectives of the group counseling,group types, theoretical framework for group counseling.
3	Group Leader (Group Counselor)
4	Ethical and legal issues in group counseling
5	Forming a Group
6	Initial Stage of aGroup
7	Study Week
8	Transition Stage of aGroup
9	Working stage of aGroup
10	Ending stage of aGroup
11	Group Members and Difficult Group Members
12	Use of Activities in Group Counseling
13	Application of Group Process to SpecificGroups(childeren,adolescents,adult)
14	Course Evaluation

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Acar, N. V. (2004). Grupla psikolojik danışma. Ankara: Nobel Yay. Diğer Kaynaklar -Acar, N. V. 2002. Grupla Psikolojik Danışmada Alıştırmalar Deneyler. Ankara: Nobel Yayınları -Demir, A., Koydemir,S. (2011). Grupla psikolojik Danışma. Ankara: Pegem Akademi. -Nar, R. 1987. Grup Psikoterapilerine İlk Adım, Erdem Kitapevi Yayınları. İzmir -Yalom, I.D. (1992). Grup Psikoterapistinin Teori ve Pratiği. İstanbul: Nobel Tıp Kitapevi
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Performance assignment, open-ended question
Information	The level of achievement of the students' course outcomes is evaluated with midterm, final exams and performance homework.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High