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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

305404 (v.1) Health and Wellness 501

Area: School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
Credits: 25.0
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.
Prerequisite(s):     309086 (v.1) Exploring Psychology 501
    OR
    13230 (v.3) Foundations of Public Health 681 or any previous version
AND
    Admission into 311204 (v.1) Master of Counselling - Health Sciences or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 305378 (v.3) Graduate Diploma in Counselling or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 309080 (v.2) Graduate Diploma in Coaching or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 313946 (v.1) Master of Sexology or any previous version
Syllabus: Health issues that affect the lives of individuals and communities and place these in the context of the biopsychosocial models of health and well being. Factors that affect beliefs and behaviours related to health and illness. Stress and its relationship to illness and the social and cultural factors that determine individual responses to ill health.
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.
Field of Education: 090513 Counselling
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2013 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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