Course overview
This course aims to equip students with pre-professional skills in interpersonal communication and interviewing. In this course, the core skills of active listening, clarifying, reflecting, effective questioning, summarising and paraphrasing, developing rapport and empathic understanding will be introduced and developed. All skills will be embedded in culturally responsive and ethical practice and students will reflect on their current and future skill development. This course aligns with the program’s intent to demonstrate pre-professional competency in interpersonal and intercultural communication and interview skills, preparing learners for ethically and culturally appropriate practice in future work.
- Principles of interviewing and interpersonal skills
- Foundational interviewing and interpersonal skills
- Applying interviewing and interpersonal skills
Course learning outcomes
- Understand ethical and professional issues related to interviewing, reflective practice and cultural responsiveness.
- Demonstrate effective rapport-building skills.
- Demonstrate interviewing and interpersonal communication skills relevant to psychological practice and research.
- Identify culturally responsive practices in interviewing and interpersonal communication.
- Reflect on own competence in terms of interpersonal skills and identify areas and strategies for future skill development.
Degree list
The following degrees include this course