ATS1261 · Understanding human behaviour

Overview

The unit introduces you to cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic and social understandings of human behaviour. This multi-disciplinary orientation, including studies of the human mind, consciousness, emotion, and normal and abnormal behaviours, provides you with a broad and detailed introduction to understanding human behaviour.

Areas of study: Behavioural studies

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. An appropriate level of understanding of a range of theoretical orientations to human behaviour;
2. The ability to discriminate between evidence, interpretation, opinion and fact in evaluating these theories and concepts;
3. An ability to communicate, orally and in a written form, their understanding of these theories and concepts.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.