Courses Handbook 2008 - [ Archived ]

2802 (v.6) Behavioural Science 271


Area: Department of Social Work and Social Policy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Individual Study: 1 x 7 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Syllabus: This unit draws on material covered in Behavioural Science 171, particularly social constructionism, postmodernism and culture as they relate to physical health-illness, mental health-illness and ability-disability continuums. Emphasis is placed on the student achieving a critical understanding of the dynamic interplay and relationships between the various perspectives covered in the unit.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 090700 Behavioural Science (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y 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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