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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.

PSYT3000 (v.1) Abnormal Psychology

Area: School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
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 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 311594 (v.1) Abnormal Psychology 327 or any previous version
Anti Requisite(s): 11101 (v.2) Psychology 327 (Abnormal Psychology) or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     13019 (v.2) Psychology 123 or any previous version
    OR
    313460 (v.1) Foundations of Psychology 124 or any previous version
    OR
    PSYC1001 (v.1) Foundations of Psychology or any previous version
AND
    Admission into 133510 (v.4) Bachelor of Science (Psychology), Bachelor of Commerce (Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 167999 (v.7) Bachelor of Psychology or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 314895 (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Psychology and Human Resource Management) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BB-PSYHRM (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Psychology), Bachelor of Commerce (Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into B-PSYCH (v.1) Bachelor of Psychology or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into B-PSYCHRM (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Psychology and Human Resource Management) 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: This unit provides an introduction to the history and classification of psychopathology and information about the diagnostic criteria and features of a range of psychological disorders in adults and children. An overview of evidence-based treatments for selected psychological disorders is also provided.
Field of Education: 060105 Psychiatry
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 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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