Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University

COU6322 15 Credit Points
Group Dynamics: Theory and Skills
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Prerequisite :
COU5210 Personal Issues in Counselling
Students will be presented with the theory and practice of
groupwork. Theoretical perspectives on the structure, processes
and dynamics of counselling groups and counselling education
groups will be provided and evaluated. Skills of group facilitation
will be developed.
COU6402 15 Credit Points
Couples and Family Therapy: Theories and Interventions
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Prerequisite :
COU5303 Couples and Family Therapy
The first part of this unit will provide a critical analysis of a range
of interventions commonly used in couples and family therapy,
together with the development of skills in using these
interventions. In the second part of the unit, the focus will be on
the rationale for using particular interventive strategies with a
number of problems commonly presenting for marital or family
therapy.
COU6410 15 Credit Points
Research and Evaluation Methods in Counselling
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit aims to enable students to make critical use of research
and evaluation studies in the field of counselling to inform and
develop their practice. The emphasis is on producing discerning
consumers of research rather than preparing students to be
researchers. Students will consider the roles and limitations of
quantitative and qualitative methodologies in counselling
research, and will critically evaluate a number of research reports.
COU6423 15 Credit Points
Clinical Practice 2
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Prerequisite :
COU5321 Clinical Practice 1
With an agency context, this unit aims to develop within the
student roles relating to the assessment of the presenting situation,
choice of appropriate interventions, and evaluation of the outcome
of the session. There will be an emphasis on the application of
recent theoretical developments in therapeutic work.
COU6424 15 Credit Points
Field Placement 1
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit provides an opportunity for the student to receive
supervised practice in an agency setting. Students will spend one
day per week in an agency setting and will carry a client load
allocated by the agency. This unit aims to develop the full identity
and competence of the counsellor and will include conducting
counselling sessions, participating in a team, receiving
supervision for work and participation in following agency policy
and procedures.
COU6425 15 Credit Points
Field Placement 2
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Prerequisite :
COU6424 Field Placement 1
This unit provides an opportunity for the student to receive
supervised practice in an agency setting. Students will spend one
day per week in an agency setting and will carry a client load
allocated by the agency. This unit aims to provide the opportunity
to refine and extend theoretical and clinical understanding as well
as more complex intervention skills.
COU6426 15 Credit Points
Short Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Prerequisite :
COU5326 Perspectives in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
This unit develops a conceptual framework for individual short
term psychodynamic psychotherapy. It focuses on the
development of skills and understanding in using psychodynamic
interventions in short term work. In addition the unit critically
evaluates the different models of short term psychodynamic
psychotherapy. There is a particular focus on Levenson’s Time-
Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy and Davanloo’s Short-Term
Dynamic Psychotherapy.
COU6427 15 Credit Points
Counselling Research: Project Preparation
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Prerequisites :
COU6423 Clinical Practice 2
COU6402 Couples and Family Therapy: Theories and
Interventions , or
COU6426 Short Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Students will select a topic for their research project, which will
be focused on an aspect of clinical practice in counselling or
psychotherapy. They will review the relevant literature, identify
and justify the objectives of the proposed study, including an
appropriate methodology, and produce a plan for the
implementation of their project,.
CPE5106 15 Credit Points
Principles of Computer-Supported Learning
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit introduces students to the field of educational computing
and encourages the development of a comprehensive knowledge
base concerning computer-supported learning. The unit includes:
evaluating computer-based products with a particular focus on
pedagogical and interface issues; familiarising students with
research, researchers and issues in the field of educational
computing; and, providing students with the opportunity to pursue
areas of special interest and/or expertise.
CRI5113 15 Credit Points
Investigation Management in Law Enforcement and
Compliance
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This unit will examine the logic of investigation in law
enforcement and compliance, and will introduce and revise the
fundamental approaches to an investigation. The unit will
examine how to discover facts, distinguish relevant material from
irrelevant material, the legal context of investigation, and how to
determine what is acceptable in court under the rules of evidence.
Ethical matters with regard to obtaining and protecting
information, for example from document analysis, crime scene
analysis and digital forensics, including information from
witnesses, persons of interest and informants will be learned. The
practical matters of properly organising and presenting the results
of an investigation for legal proceedings or other purposes are
presented. Other aspects that support investigation, including
project management and allocating and managing physical,
individual and group resources will be covered. Case examples
from well known investigations available in the public domain
will be analysed.
CRI5600 15 Credit Points
Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Harm Minimisation: The
Role of Police
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This unit examines the nature of illicit drug and alcohol use in
Australia, the impact on policing services and the role of police in
preventing and minimising the harms associated with illicit drug
and alcohol use. Specific strategies are canvassed that police
might engage in to facilitate prevention and harm minimisation.
Factors within and external to the police sector that influence the
nature and amount of police activity afforded to illicit drug and
alcohol harm minimisation are also discussed.
214 ECU Postgraduate Course Guide 2008