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“Facilitating Small Group Conflict and Collaboration”

Students who earn this 16-credit certificate will have completed comprehensive professional training as entry level dialogue facilitators.

Penn State undergraduate certificates are designed to be a convenient way to take a few courses that will help you achieve your career goals, within or in addition to your major field of study.

During their tenure with WinC, student facilitators develop unique competencies that prepare them to lead and manage groups across all professional fields. What we know from our alumni from the past 20 years is that the practicum experience at the core of their training opens doors in professions as varied as Science, Medicine, Social Policy, Business Management, Marketing, Social Work, Law, and Education.

WinC employs an apprenticeship model of learning where students learn and build their skills in the act of facilitating real dialogues.

Through live observation, video recordings, debriefs, written essays, and one-on-one “coaching” sessions, a student’s facilitation skills are observed, assessed, and re-assessed by a dedicated team of faculty, staff, and peers.

THREE-SEMESTER TRACK TO EARN CERTIFICATE:

Foundations Semester: SOC 369 (4 credit) : Foundational Theory and Practice in Small Group Facilitation

Fulfills the following course requirements:
Bachelor of Arts: Social and Behavioral Sciences
International Cultures (IL)
United States Cultures (US)
General Education: Humanities (GH)

Intermediate Semester: SOC 469 (3 credit): Advanced Theory and Practice in Small Group Facilitation

Fulfills the following course requirements:
Bachelor of Arts: Social and Behavioral Sciences
International Cultures (IL)
United States Cultures (US)
General Education: Social & Behavioral Science (GS)

Advanced Semester: second semester of SOC 469 (3 credit)

A student must maintain a “B” average or better in the courses ABOVE.

certificate learning objectiveS

• SOCRATIC INQUIRY

  Exhibit skillful use of a version of the Socratic method that enables interaction, candidness, and the expression of varied of viewpoints, as well as imaginative thinking.

• CONNECTION BUILDING

  Demonstrate the ability to activate connections between people who don’t know each other so they can interact autonomously, thoughtfully, and with greater appreciation of their divergent views.
  

• SMALL-GROUP MANAGEMENT

  Demonstrate the ability to guide a group towards its highest goal and purpose by employing skills that build trust, open communication, order, and interpersonal respect

• REFLECTIVE LISTENING

  Demonstrate advanced skill in using various listening modalities to understand and navigate implicit and explicit forms of communication.

• RAPPORT-BUILDING

  Demonstrate the ability to build relationships that allow for constructive interactions between people in a group setting.

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