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PSYCHOL 2008 - Big Picture Psychology: Global Challenges, Psychological Perspectives

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 4210
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: 1 hour per week
Restriction: Available to B Psych Science students only
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: No
Available for Non-Award Study: No
Pre-Requisite: 6 units of Level I Psychology from PSYCHOL 1000, 1001, 1005, 1006
Assessment: Seminar participation; group presentation; online and written assessment
Syllabus:

This course will encourage students to critically consider the contribution that psychology can make to understanding, predicting and influencing human behaviour with respect to contemporary global challenges. How do different perspectives in psychology approach these challenges, what are their limitations? How can psychology contribute to cross-disciplinary approaches to solving problems? Specific topics covered will vary, but will be drawn from a pool that includes climate change and threats to the natural environment; global movements of people; global violence and conflict resolution; Fake news and social media; social and criminal justice; health habits and quality of life, and combating extremism.

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Units
EFTSL
Amount
3
0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4210 Tue 15/03/2022 Thu 24/03/2022 Fri 06/05/2022 Fri 10/06/2022


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20011 LEC0 151 11 This class does not have any timetabled face-to-face sessions. Please check MyUni or contact your Course Coordinator for details.
Note: Lecture material is pre-recorded and can be viewed any time after publication in MyUni. Please refer to MyUni for details once enrolled
Related Class: Tutorial
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
19500 TU06 30 3 28 Feb - 4 Apr Monday 12pm - 1pm Helen Mayo Sth, S412, Teaching Room
25 Apr - 30 May Monday 12pm - 1pm Helen Mayo Sth, S412, Teaching Room
19501 TU05 30 2 28 Feb - 4 Apr Monday 1pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S412, Teaching Room
25 Apr - 30 May Monday 1pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S412, Teaching Room
19502 TU04 29 FULL 1 Mar - 5 Apr Tuesday 12pm - 1pm Helen Mayo Sth, S411, Teaching Room
26 Apr - 31 May Tuesday 12pm - 1pm Helen Mayo Sth, S411, Teaching Room
19504 TU02 31 2 3 Mar - 7 Apr Thursday 10am - 11am Hughes, 113, Teaching Room
28 Apr - 2 Jun Thursday 10am - 11am Hughes, 113, Teaching Room
19505 TU01 31 4 4 Mar - 8 Apr Friday 11am - 12pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
29 Apr - 3 Jun Friday 11am - 12pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
Note: For details on accessing this online Tutorial, please refer to MyUni once enrolled.