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PSYC07 - Psychology and Health (Undergraduate Study Pattern)

Major: Psychology
Area of Study: Psychology
Degrees: BSc - Psych BHlth - Bachelor of Science-Psychology with the degree Bachelor of Health (UAC Preference 300124 CSP 310124 DFEE)
Offered By: Department of Health and Chiropractic,
Department of Psychology,
ELS - Division of Environmental and Life Sciences,
LP - Division of Linguistics and Psychology

General Requirements

Minimum number of credit points96
Maximum number of credit points at 100 level30
Minimum number of science credit points required at 200 level or above34
Minimum number of credit points required at 300 level30
Minimum number of science credit points required at 300 level18
and completion of other specific requirements as set out below

Specific Requirements

100 level
Required one ofABST100 Introduction to Australian Indigenous Studies (3)
ANTH150 Identity and Difference: Introduction to Anthropology (3)
BIOL114 Evolution and Biodiversity (3)
BIOL115 The Thread of Life (3)
CBMS123 History and Philosophy of the Molecular Sciences (3)
ECH126 Early Childhood in Australia: The Social Context (3)
HLTH107 Introduction to Human Anatomy (3)
HLTH132 Introductory Histology (3)
POL165 Introduction to Australian Politics (3)
SOC175 Australian and Global Societies (3) 3
Required ANTH106 Drugs Across Cultures (3) 3
Required BIOL108 Human Biology (3) 3
Required DEM127 Demographic Fundamentals (3) 3
Required GEOS111 Geographies of Global Change (3) 3
Required PSY104 Introduction to Psychology I (3) 3
Required PSY105 Introduction to Psychology II (3) 3
Required eitherSTAT170 Introductory Statistics (3)
orSTAT171 Statistical Data Analysis (3) 3
200 level
Required ANTH274 Illness and Healing (4) 4
Required DEM255 Topics in Demography (3) 3
Required GEOS219 Geographical Perspectives on Population (3) 3
Required HLTH200 Contemporary Health Issues (3) 3
Required PSY222 Design and Statistics II (4) 4
Required PSY224 Psychology, Health and Wellbeing (3) 3
Required PSY234 Social and Personality Psychology (3) 3
Required PSY235 Developmental Psychology (3) 3
Required PSY236 Biopsychology and Learning (3) 3
Required PSY237 Cognition and Perception (3) 3
Required SOC234 Methods of Social Research (4) 4
Required two ofABST200 Contested Issues in Indigenous Studies (3)
ABST300 Pathways for Indigenous Studies (4)
ANTH275 Development Studies: The Anthropology of International Aid (4)
ANTH373 Anthropology of the City (4)
ANTH380 Culture and Human Rights (4)
ANTH387 Anthropology of Forced Migration (4)
BIOL206 Genetics (3)
BIOL346 Bioscience Ethics and Reproduction (3)
BUSL201 Law in Australian Society (3)
DEM355 Social and Applied Demography (3)
DEM356 Demographic Techniques (3)
ECH226 Infancy and Early Development (4)
ECH228 Child Development 3-8 Years: Approaches to Theory and Practice (4)
ECH229 Health in Early Childhood (3)
ECH320 Developmental Difference and Disability (4)
GEOS262 Australians and their Environment (3)
GEOS311 Asia-Pacific Development (4)
HLTH302 Ethical and Legal Issues in Health (4)
HLTH305 Medical Microbiology (3)
HLTH306 Research Methods for Health Sciences (3)
PHIL232 Philosophy of Science (4)
PHIL242 Practical Ethics (4)
PHIL249 Biology, Mind, and Culture (4)
PHIL260 Bioethics and Biotechnology (4)
PHIL262 Body and Mind (4)
PHIL382 Agency and the Self (4)
POL342 States and Nations (4)
SOC233 Social Policy (4)
PSY239 Appetite: The Psychology of Eating and Drinking (3)
PSY301-361 6
300 level
Required ANTH377 Culture, Health and Sexuality in the Developing World (4) 4
Required GEOS322 Population, Health and the Environment (4) 4
Required HLTH300 Health Placement (6) 6
Required PSY306 Psychopathology (4) 4
Required PSY318 Adult Development and Ageing (4) 4
Required PSY332 Principles of Psychological Assessment (4) 4
Required SOC372 Human Services: Organisations, Structures and Policy (4) 4
Electives
Balance of credit points required0
TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM 96
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