Unit of Study COUN1002 Ethical Issues in Practice (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Unit description

This unit comprehensively equips counselling students to understand and comply with the requirements and expectations associated with being a professional counsellor practising in Australia.

Unit content

Introduction to ethics
Ethical and legal Issues in counselling
Professional ethics
Moral theory
Ethics theory
Decision-making

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term2	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

recognise the significance of ethics within counselling practice, underpinned by an understanding of moral theory and ethical principles and responsibilities

examine key concepts of ethical and legal issues in counselling

utilise a decision-making framework for resolving ethical dilemmas arising in counselling

demonstrate an understanding of the legal requirements and ethical obligations as a professional counsellor

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Decision-making Task	60%
Case study	40%

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Domestic

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