12 courses in the 1977–78 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
An exploratory introduction to the field of human relations with emphasis upon contemporary life and conditions. A survey of principles of human relations as they relate to such contemporary topics as family life, human potential and development, the meaning of work, education, technology, and social change.
Models and conceptions of the nature of man. A study of approaches to understanding human nature in its social context.
An introduction to theory, method, and resource development in personal counselling.
No prereq.
HRCS 202 | OES)
Counselling Process and Personal Facilitation 2 A continuation of 201
Prereq: HRCS 201
Study of intensive group experience, process patterns
and effects — with special reference to groups intended to facilitate personal and relational learning. Class sections will be small to permit direct learning from experience and observation as well as from discussion, research and writing in the field.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
Organizational Processes
Organizations as systems of human relations. Case-studies, for example, industrial, educational, and human service organizations, with comparison of differing systems. Human relations analysis of organizations and the concept of intrinsically beneficial systems. Counsellors and change-agents as organizational ‘‘helpers.”
Prereq: Psych 253, or consent of instructor
Course Descriptions
Visions of ideal or alternative human communities. Significant attempts in deliberate creation of such communities. Learnings from experiments and practice in special communities. Problems in the design of communities for human weil-being, emphasizing aspects of personal and community life. Inquiry toward a concept of optimal community.
Prereq: Consent of Instructor
A broad attempt to delineate and understand the origins of contemporary humanism with special emphasis on the institutions and philosophy of humanism in Canada. By way of an examination of the humanistic perspective, readings will be selected from among the following: Freud, Fromm, Maslow and Szasz.
An in-depth interdisciplinary analysis of the personal dimensions and consequences of social systems and relations which create, maintain and exacerbate inequalities that hinder and cripple existential growth and human development.
An examination of how the creation of personal meaning and identity is affected by authoritarianism and movements for social liberation. Exploration of the personal impact of encounters with authoritarian systems and libertarian movements. Readings from some of the following: Bettelhgim, Coles, Erikson, Fanon, Keniston, Lifton, Marcuse, Reich, and Vallieres. Prereq: Consent of instructor
The primary focus will be on understanding covert processes which operate in groups and which may facilitate or hinder functioning of innovative change and development. The course is designed to provide the participants with opportunities to experience directly and to analyze the effects of authority upon themselves and others.
Prereq: HRCS 201 and consent of instructor
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A study of such methods of self change as: meditation, contemplation, relaxation, self-analysis, dream work, behavioral self control, and bio-feedback. A survey of theories of self change in personal counselling, and the interaction between self change and social change. Prereq: HRCS 120, 201 or consent of instructor
An examination of the work of Gendlin, Perils, Binswanger, May, Rogers, Boss, Whitaker and other contributors to experiential foundations of counselling. Dyadic and group counselling theory and practice from such experiential approaches as Gestalt, existentialism, and Daseins-analysis.
Prereq: HRCS 120, 201 or consent of instructor
Human Relations and Counselling Studies