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| Old Course Code | Subject Area | Catalogue Number | Long Title | Units | Description |
| BR100 | BEST | 1001 | Understanding Human Behaviour: Core Concepts1 | 2 | Surveys & integrates the contributions of component disciplines to scientific understandings & explanations of human conduct. Students compare & contrast ways psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, social psychologists & others account for the same |
| BR110 | BEST | 1011 | Cultural Influences on Human Behaviour1 | 2 | Explores human behaviour as resulting from interplay of history, culture & contexts including social inequalities. Introduces societal expectations reflecting personal attributes (race, creed, gender, age, education & class), exploring their links to part |
| BR111 | BEST | 1021 | Power, Politics & Reason | 2 | Discusses how alleged facts about members of minority groups are communicated & assumed true. Multimedia resources & multidisciplinary concepts permit exploration of how myths about Australian subcultures originated & explore their policy impact & ongoing |
| BR200 | BEST | 2001 | Applied Research I: Theory & Methods of Observation1 | 2 | Integrates theory & methodology within the Behavioural Sciences. Beginning with analytic explorations of literature as both research questions & as data sources, students gradually incorporate ethics, research designs, data sources, descriptive statistics |
| BR201 | BEST | 2011 | Applied Research II: Theory & Methods of Participation | 2 | Integrates theory & qualitative methodology within the Behavioural Sciences. Introduces case studies, interviews, observation & participatory research skills & strategies. Discusses research ethics & design, field research risk, computerised non-numerical |
| BR221 | BEST | 2022 | Sex, Culture & Society1 | 2 | Introduces sexuality from various theoretical perspectives & explores contemporary forms of discourse about sexuality. Discussions include sexual conduct, “normalcy” as well as “deviance”, & sexuality across the lifespan as well as STD’s, HIV/AIDS & sexua |
| BR230 | BEST | 2032 | Drugs & Everyday Life | 2 | Discusses behaviours associated with abstinence, with social use & with abuse of a range of substances. Meanings of drug subcultures are analysed for users, law enforcement, the workplace & prohibitionists. |
| BR240 | BEST | 2042 | The Professional Self1 | 2 | Applies theories of management to research common work-related problems & conflict avoidance, minimisation & coping strategies. Topics focus on behavioural components of industrial law, discrimination & harassment in the workplace, & multicultural recruit |
| BR260 | BEST | 2052 | Crime, Justice & Punishment1 | 2 | Introduces students to notions of crime & criminality from both social psychological & structural perspectives. Provides an overview of crime as a social fact, integrated within analyses of multiculturalism, ethnic & cultural traditions, & varied normativ |
| BR300 | BEST | 3002 | Applied Field Project: Conducting Field Activities1 | 4 | Students select & focus on their concentration/s during their second year & now participate in a project, a setting or an activity — community, government, or corporate — of relevance to their chosen focus. |
| BR301 | BEST | 3012 | Analysing & Evaluating Field Activities1 | 2 | Students incorporate theoretical & foundational knowledge gathered in the classroom with practical realities of the workplace. Provides students with analytic skills necessary to make sense of the frequent disjuncture between these worlds. |
| BR310 | BEST | 3022 | The Self & Others: Identity, Difference & Discourse | 2 | Explores conflict & cooperation as elements of place, using students’ field experiences to integrate social psychology with Australian social stratification. Highly integrative of theories of component disciplines, this subject struggles with culturally d |
| BR340 | BEST | 3032 | Effective Professional Communication Across the Marketplace1 | 2 | Students develop a professional report of their field activities & analyses, & theoretical & applied conclusions & recommendations, incorporating writing, technology & communication skills acquired through the course. Their professional calibre should fac |
| BR350 | BEST | 3042 | Behavioural Perspectives on Youth & Society1 | 2 | Recaps the course & most particularly the various youth-centred learning activities of that concentration. Providing theoretical framework, the activities will help students bring coherence to their work, while helping them resolve the inconsistencies or |
| BR360 | BEST | 3052 | Behavioural Perspectives on Crime, Punishment & Justice1 | 2 | Recaps the course & most particularly the various learning activities of that concentration. Providing theoretical framework, the activities will help students bring coherence to their work, while helping them resolve the inconsistencies or incongruities |
| BR370 | BEST | 3062 | Behavioural Perspectives on the World of Work1 | 2 | Recaps the course & most particularly the various learning activities of that concentration. Providing theoretical framework, the activities will help students bring coherence to their work, while helping them resolve the inconsistencies or incongruities |
| BR400 | BEST | 4003 | Academic Research in Behavioural Studies: Critical Literature Review1 | 4 | Provides honours students with the guidance to survey, analyse & integrate academic literature relevant to their area of study. Typically writing will include the literature review component of the honours thesis. |
| BR405 | BEST | 4013 | Applied Research in Behavioural Studies: Project Design1 | 4 | Honours students will further their knowledge of research design & analytic strategies as they pertain to their specialised area of study. Typically assignments will include the design & implementation of the research dimension of their honours thesis. |
| BR405 | BEST | 4014 | Applied Research in Behavioural Studies: Project Design1 | 4 | Honours students will further their knowledge of research design & analytic strategies as they pertain to their specialised area of study. Typically assignments will include the design & implementation of the research dimension of their honours thesis. |
| BR440 | BEST | 4024 | Directed Study1 | 4 | Students allocate this time to investigating the broader intellectual dimensions of their topic — issues important to the topic, but not central to their presentation of it. Students also work to integrate & refine the parameters of their work. |
| BR440 | BEST | 4023 | Directed Study1 | 4 | Students allocate this time to investigating the broader intellectual dimensions of their topic — issues important to the topic, but not central to their presentation of it. Students also work to integrate & refine the parameters of their work. |
| BR490 | BEST | 4034 | Thesis1 | 4 | Honours thesis on topic approved by the Director of the Bachelor of Behavioural Studies. |
| BR490 | BEST | 4033 | Thesis1 | 4 | Honours thesis on topic approved by the Director of the Bachelor of Behavioural Studies. |