Course Title: Introduction to Psychology

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Introduction to Psychology

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BESC1490	City Campus	Undergraduate	150H Health Sciences	Internet	Sem 1 2011, Sem 1 2013, Sem 2 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 2 2014, Summer2015, Sem 1 2015, Sem 2 2015, Spring2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 2 2016
BESC1490	City Campus	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Internet	Sem 2 2017, Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 2 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 2 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 1 2023

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BESC1490	City Campus	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Internet	UGRDFlex17 (ZZZZ)
BESC1490	City Campus	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Internet	UGRDFlex18 (ZZZZ)
BESC1490	City Campus	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Internet	UGRDFx2019 (All)
BESC1490	City Campus	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Internet	UGRDFx2020 (ZZZZ)
BESC1490	City Campus	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Internet	UGRDFlex21 (All)
BESC1490	City Campus	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Internet	UGRDFlex22 (ZZZZ)
BESC1490	City Campus	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Internet	UGRDFlex23 (All)

Course Coordinator: Dr Mervyn Jackson

Course Coordinator Phone: +61399257367

Course Coordinator Email: merv.jackson@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

Course Description

This course introduces the study of psychology by examining the current state of knowledge of some fundamental psychological concepts and processes in a range of key areas, some of which are selected by the student. This program is delivered fully online.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course is a University Student elective. It is available to students across a variety of programs and disciplines.

On successful completion of this course you should be able to:

1. Develop an initial understanding of human behaviour from a psychological perspective through the study of some basic psychological theories and concepts
2. Examine the essential differences between selected major psychological theories
3. Demonstrate skills in the application of psychological knowledge in addressing real world problems.
4. Critically evaluate these theories.
5. Demonstrate appropriate academic written communication skills

Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.

Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks

Early Assessment Task: Online Formative Quizzes
Weighting 10%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

Assessment Task 2: Online Assignment (Written Reflection)
Weighting 45%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

Assessment Task 3: Online Assignment (Written Reflection)
Weighting 45%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.