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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

301661 (v.4) Psychology in the Community 421

Area: School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.0
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.
Seminar: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 12963 (v.3) Indigenous and Cross Cultural Psychology 328 or any previous version
AND
Admission into 167999 (v.7) Bachelor of Psychology or any previous version
AND
310848 (v.3) Work, Family and Community 336 or any previous version
AND
311591 (v.1) Child Developmental Psychology 313 or any previous version
AND
311592 (v.1) Adult Developmental Psychology 323 or any previous version
AND
311593 (v.1) Cognition 323 or any previous version
AND
311594 (v.1) Abnormal Psychology 327 or any previous version
AND
311595 (v.1) Advanced Psychological Science 320 or any previous version
Syllabus: Develop the necessary skills to apply theory in practice (e.g. Scientist practitioner model and evidence based practice) in the real world. Ability to develop intervention programs which can be implemented at the community/societal level. The assessments for the units are of an applied nature with the central focus being on the ability to demonstrate how to apply theoretical principles to a community issue.
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: 090701 Psychology
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 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