PTC 691 Course at a Glance (2025)
Culminating Seminar
Lectures By: Alasdair Groves
2 Credits
Course Description
Culminating Seminar draws together all the strands of teaching from the MAC program to help each student personally maximize his or her ability to put what they have learned into practice after graduation. In highly interactive, seminar-sized groups, students will work closely with one another and their faculty cohort leader through role plays and student counseling video review to identify strengths and weaknesses of their own counseling practice and to grow the skill of providing feedback on the counseling of others.
Books to Purchase
The books listed below are required readings which students should acquire by the start of the term. Additional required readings will be listed in the course syllabus and available electronically in Canvas.
Estimated Workload
| Lectures | Readings | Assignments |
| 0.25 | 1-3 | 3.5 |
| Hours Per Week | Pages Per Week | Hours Per Week |
Course Assignments
The assignments listed below are provided for general guidance for students to reference as they plan and register. Please reach out to support@wts.edu if you have any questions.
- Student Counseling Review [4-6* - 90min Live Class Meetings]
- Self-Assessment (Survey and 1-hr mtg with faculty)
- Peer Counseling Practice Meetings [4-6* - 90min mtgs with 2 pg reflection]
- Mutual Assessment (4-8 pgs total)
- Final Reflection Paper (5-10 pgs)
- *The number of meetings is determined by your cohort size which will be between 4-6
Synchronous Meeting Times
Please note the synchronous sessions listed below. These sessions are live class meetings where you will meet with your instructor and fellow classmates.
The number of student counseling review sessions will be determined by the number of members in your cohort (between 4-6). If you have 5 members in your cohort, then you would drop the week 2 meeting. If you ahve 4 members in your cohort, then you would drop weeks 2 and 9.
Missing more than two live meetings will result in failing the course.
Sync Schedule for Student Counseling Reviews:
- Week 2: Student Counseling Review (90min live meeting)
- Week 3: Student Counseling Review (90min live meeting)
- Week 4: Student Counseling Review (90min live meeting)
- Week 7: Student Counseling Review (90min live meeting)
- Week 8: Student Counseling Review (90min live meeting)
- Week 9: Student Counseling Review (90min live meeting)
Sync Schedule for Peer Counseling Practice Meetings:
- Week 2: Peer Counseling Practice Meeting (90min mtg)
- Week 3: Peer Counseling Practice Meeting (90min mtg)
- Week 4: Peer Counseling Practice Meeting (90min mtg)
- Week 7: Peer Counseling Practice Meeting (90min mtg)
- Week 8: Peer Counseling Practice Meeting (90min mtg)
- Week 9: Peer Counseling Practice Meeting (90min mtg)
Students will schedule One Live Meeting with a Faculty Member:
- Self Assessment Meeting with Faculty (60min live mtg either week 5 or 6)