Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

309955 (v.1) CAS - Indigenous Healing Practices 121


Area:

Centre for Aboriginal Studies

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

30.0
 
** 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. **
 

Seminar:

1 x 30 Hours Quarterly
 

Syllabus:

Cultural concepts of Western and Indigenous views on health and illness, including both physical and mental aspects. An introduction to traditional Indigenous healing practices and regional differences including difference in 'bush medicine' treatments. How and when to use Indigenous and Western medicine or healing practices, including working with traditional healers within a Western health system. Indigenous spirituality and how it impacts on health.
 
** 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:

061300 Public Health (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Pass/Fail

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2007 Bentley Campus Semester 2 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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