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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

NURS1003 (v.1) Imagining Health in Social and Cultural Contexts

Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Individual Study: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Workshop: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 313398 (v.3) Imagining Health in Social and Cultural Contexts 100 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s): Admission into 174910 (v.8) Bachelor of Science (Nursing) or any previous version
OR
Admission into 301591 (v.4) Bachelor of Science (Nursing) Conversion Program for Registered Nurses or any previous version
OR
Admission into 314267 (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Midwifery) or any previous version
OR
Admission into 155599 (v.7) Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences or any previous version
OR
Admission into 156799 (v.6) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion) or any previous version
OR
Admission into 312010 (v.2) Bachelor of Social Work or any previous version
OR
Admission into B-NURS (v.2) Bachelor of Science (Nursing) or any previous version
OR
Admission into B-NURSCON (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Nursing) Conversion Program for Registered Nurses or any previous version
OR
Admission into B-MIDW (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Midwifery) or any previous version
OR
Admission into B-HLTHSC (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Sciences) or any previous version
OR
Admission into B-HLPROM (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion) or any previous version
OR
Admission into B-SCWK (v.1) Bachelor of Social Work or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: An introduction to sociological and anthropological perspectives on health, illness and disability in society; biomedical and social models of health. Understanding of health and illness for nurses and allied health professionals in social and cultural contexts; traditional healing systems. Marginalised populations: understanding the intersections of cultural heritage, socio-economic status, gender, sexuality, and disability and their impact upon health. Cultural security, safety and competence. Health of migrants, refugees and internally displaced peoples; historical and contemporary context in Australia and globally. Humanitarian health care delivery and disaster relief; human rights, social justice and health; community development in national and international settings.
Field of Education: 060300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1         Y
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2         Y
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2015 Great Southern TAFE Albany Semester 2 Y        
2015 Singapore Campus Trimester 1A Y        
2015 Singapore Campus Trimester 2A Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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