Bachelor of Social ScienceWith a Major in Behavioural Studies

Unit code: COM10003
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit will introduce fundamentals of communication and learning in an online environment. Students will gain increased capability in a range of skills such as online written communication, collaboration in individual and group work, and critiquing and analysing a variety of information sources. Students will be encouraged to draw on their own understanding and experience while contributing and sharing ideas with peers.

Content

• Social media and communication technologies
• Models of online communication
• Current and evolving learning theories
• Identifying and evaluating sources of knowledge
• Critical analysis skills
• Referencing and attributing sources
• Creating and publishing in the online environment
• Strategies for reflecting on your own and others work

This unit is found in:

• Bachelor of Media and Communication with a Major in Media Studies.
• Bachelor of Media and Communication with a Major in Public Relations.
• Bachelor of Media and Communication with a Major in Advertising.
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Criminology.
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Behavioural Studies.
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Security and International Relations.
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Security and Counter Terrorism.
• Bachelor of Psychological Sciences.
• Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood).
• Bachelor of Education (Primary).

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Unit code: POL10001
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit of study aims to provide a critical and analytical introduction to the Australian political system in an international context and the challenges it faces from globalisation, oppositional social movements and growing discontent among voters.

Content

Students will acquire a body of knowledge about the system of government in Australia in an international context. This will include the basic organising principles of the system, the institutions that express those principles and the processes by which voters elect representatives to transfer the people’s will into responsible government.

As students move through the unit, it will be apparent that the organising principles of the system do not always deliver their intended outcomes. By examining some contemporary political issues such as citizenship and republicanism, industrial relations, the role of political parties in expressing voters’ aspirations and the electoral system’s ability to deliver workable parliamentary repesentation, the unit will test the effectiveness of those principles and assess in general terms how the system is working. It also explores the reasons many citizens have turned away from institutional politics and engaged in political activism through social movements and other organisations in civil society.

The unit will offer a broad, long-term perspective against which students can analyse and interpret not just current policy issues, but the effectiveness of the whole system.

This unit is found in:

• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Criminology
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Security and Counter Terrorism
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Security and International Relations
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Behavioural Studies

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Unit code: PSY10007
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 – 12 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit introduces students to the structure and function of the brain and how it interacts with the external world to generate thoughts, emotions and behaviour. Applications in health and mental illness are also introduced as well as ethical practice in psychological research.

Content

• Sensation and perception
• Biological aspects of psychology
• Consciousness
• Motivation and emotion
• Neuropsychology
• Health and abnormal psychology

This unit is found in:

• Bachelor of Psychological Sciences
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Behavioural Studies

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Unit code: PSY10008
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10–12 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit of study aims to provide students with a broad introduction to the main theories of developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, and social psychology. This unit also provides students with training in psychological research methods.

Content

This unit concentrates on intelligence, motivation and emotion. Other topics covered include personality, sexuality, stress and coping and psychopathology. Students are also introduced to social and developmental psychology.

This unit is found in:

• Bachelor of Psychological Sciences
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Behavioural Studies

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Unit code: PSY10005
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of different research designs and research methods for psychology and health sciences. Students will gain familiarity with the scientific method, ethical issues in research, measurement, research design, and research methods. Students will be given the opportunity to develop professionally relevant knowledge in the selection and evaluation of research designs and methods and how to collect data that will address specific research questions.

Content

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

• Describe the scientific method and scientific thinking principles
• Demonstrate knowledge of the ethical issues in research
• Describe the main concepts of measurement and various sampling methods
• Explain the general concept of an experiment and a quasi-experiment and outline uses of these designs in research
• Describe a range of research methods and be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each method
• Select appropriate research designs and research methods to address hypothetical and real world problems.

This unit is found in:

• Bachelor of Psychological Sciences
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Behavioural Studies
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Criminology
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Security and Counter Terrorism
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Security and International Relations

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Unit code: PSY20001
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

About this unit

The aim of this unit is to provide a theoretical introduction to counselling psychology. In the profession of counselling, theory, process and research are intertwined. The unit content, readings and online activities will give students the opportunity to develop their knowledge of the application of counselling theory to the therapeutic process. Major therapeutic approaches will be covered including, psychoanalytic, existential, person-centred, behavioural, cognitive behaviour, family and solution-focused therapy, as well as coverage of the research and ethical issues involved in counselling.

Content

After successfully completing this unit, students will be able to:

• Appraise the eleven different theoretical counselling approaches
• Identify and evaluate the different approaches and their application to counselling
• Demonstrate understanding of research and ethical issues and how they inform both theory and practice in counselling
• Reflect on and write critically about how the research, process and theory are intertwined.

This unit is found in Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Behavioural Studies.

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Unit code: PSY20008
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of the psychological issues related to infancy and early childhood, including prenatal development, social development, cognitive development, and brain development. The unit will also focus on the psychology of parenting and explore cultural issues related to early human development.

Content

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

• Explain how an understanding of infancy is of key importance to our understanding of the overall human condition
• Evaluate and integrate multiple sources of information to develop practical and conceptual understanding of issues relating to social, cognitive, and brain development in infants and young children
• Describe the impact of cultural and global issues on key psychological constructs, ethics and values relating to early human development
• Discuss the implications of existing and emerging technologies for psychological research and practice relating to early human development.

This unit is found in Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Behavioural Studies.

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Unit code: PSY30011
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 20 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of how the scope of psychology has recently been broadened beyond the identification of pathology and treating or preventing disorder.

The unit will provide students with an in-depth view of the field of Positive Psychology, and contribute to their understanding of core human character strengths and virtues. This unit is experiential and project-based. Students will be given the opportunity to develop professionally relevant skills and experience in the Positive Psychology field.

Content

After successfully completing this unit, you should be able to:

• Appraise the theory, methodology and practice of positive psychology
• Analyse and evaluate the various issues pertinent to positive psychology (e.g., wellbeing, character strengths, personal values, improving health)
• Examine and explain the various factors that contribute to or decrease subjective wellbeing
• Design and construct an intervention using elements of the positive psychology approach
• Work collaboratively in a team to achieve project outcomes
• Critically evaluate the research literature in the area of positive psychology
• Demonstrate scientific writing skills within the context of psychology.

This unit is found in Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Behavioural Studies.

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