Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Social & Behavioural Sciences

School

Psychology School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Delivery mode

Internal

Class contact

2 Lecture hours, 1 Tutorial hour

Incompatible

PY101 or PY102 or PY130

Course coordinator

Dr Blake McKimmie (St Lucia), Dr Koa Whittingham (Ipswich), Ms Alison Pike(Sum)

Assessment methods

Research participation, written assignments, quiz and final exam

Study Abroad

This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Summer Semester, 2012 St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2013 Ipswich Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2013 St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2013 St Lucia Internal Profile unavailable
Summer Semester, 2013 St Lucia Internal Profile unavailable

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

Students in their first semester of university study are not permitted to enrol in PSYC1020 and PSYC1030 concurrently. Thereafter, there are no restrictions and students may enrol in PSYC1020 and PSYC1030 in the same semester. Psychology is the scientific study of how people behave, think and feel. This course spans a variety of topics including the development of thought, language and personality as well as issues in clinical psychology. The course also covers social issues including communication, aggression, and altruism, Students will be given the opportunity to participate in both classic and state-of-the-art psychological research and to demonstrate their understanding of the research process. Please note St Lucia contact hours are 2L1T. Ipswich contact hours are 1L2T. Summer Semester 2008
Summer Contact Hours: 4L2T This course will be taught using the accelerated teaching mode of two x two hour lectures and a one two hour tutorial held on the same day. You must attend both lectures on the same day. Thus there will be four hours of lecture contact and two hours of tutorial contact per week . This course may not be offered over Summer if enrolment is less than 15 students

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2012 Ipswich Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2012 St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2012 St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2011 Ipswich Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2011 St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2011 St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Summer Semester, 2011 St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2010 Ipswich Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2010 St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2010 St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Summer Semester, 2010 St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2009 Ipswich Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2009 St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2009 St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Summer Semester, 2009 St Lucia Internal Course Profile