Course overview
This course develops foundational communication and counselling-informed skills applicable across diverse academic, professional, and interpersonal contexts. It focuses on evidence-informed communication practices, including active listening, purposeful questioning, and responsive dialogue, to support effective engagement with others. Through experiential learning, structured practice, and reflective activities, students develop self-awareness, confidence, and the ability to communicate respectfully and ethically within defined professional boundaries. The course emphasises the application of communication strategies across a range of interpersonal situations, enabling students to interpret, respond to, and influence interactions in collaborative settings.
- Interpersonal communication
- Core communication
- Ethics, boundaries, cultural responsiveness
Course learning outcomes
- Identify and select appropriate evidence-informed communication strategies for use in academic, professional, and interpersonal scenarios.
- Analyse interpersonal interactions to evaluate how communication styles, behaviours, and assumptions influence understanding and collaborative outcomes, using relevant concepts and frameworks.
- Apply and reflect on communication practices in simulated or real interactions, using feedback to demonstrate improvement in clarity, responsiveness, and ethical engagement over time.