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

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

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.