Course Title: Personal Identity and Community

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Personal Identity and Community

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BESC1402	Bundoora Campus	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2024
BESC1403	City Campus	Undergraduate	150H Health Sciences	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006, Summer2007, Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2010, Summer2011, Sem 1 2011, Summer2012, Sem 1 2012, Summer2013, Sem 1 2013, Summer2014, Sem 1 2014, Summer2015, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016
BESC1403	City Campus	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 2 2024
BESC1523	RMIT University Vietnam	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Face-to-Face	Viet3 2021, Viet3 2022, Viet3 2023, Viet3 2024
BESC1566	RMIT Vietnam Hanoi Campus	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Face-to-Face	Viet3 2022, Viet3 2023, Viet3 2024

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BESC1403	City Campus	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Face-to-Face	UGRDFx2019 (ZZZZ)
BESC1403	City Campus	Undergraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Face-to-Face	UGRDFx2020 (XXXX), UGRDFx2020 (ZZZZ)

Course Coordinator: Dr Mark Lee

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2906

Course Coordinator Email: mark.lee@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 12.07.016B-1

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

Course Description

In studying this course, you are expected to gain an understanding of key individual and socio-cultural dimensions in the development and expression of personality and self. Through a series of interactive and experiential seminars you will explore the extent to which personality and self is the outcome of uniquely personal inner dynamics, the extent to which individuals reflect family, social, cultural, and technological influences, and the possibility that what we think about the self and personality is the product of how we (and others) think. This course is designed to actively encourage your participation, independent reflection and to promote critical thinking about these ‘self’ related concepts.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the development of the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP154 Bachelor of Applied Science (Psychology):

• PLO 1:  Understand appropriate and relevant fundamental and applied evidence based knowledge and undertake lifelong learning to improve personal and professional practice 
• PLO 2: Demonstrate a capacity to employ a variety of approaches and procedures to research to permit judgements and decisions to be supported by appropriate evidence that places practice within a global and local context.
• PLO 5: Maintains tolerance and respect for individuals and  groups from diverse backgrounds, holding diverse values, adhering to professional expectations and demonstrating ethical behaviour.

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

1. Critically examine, discuss, and evaluate the following; conscious and unconscious expressions of the self, ideas of the self-drawn from a range of traditions, and social, cultural and technological influences on notions of the self
2. Demonstrate an open and receptive outlook in terms of the different manifestations of the self as exhibited by others and consider your own self-projection.
3. Identify ways in which the self can be both constrained and more fully realised.

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

Assessment Task 1: Wellbeing & Identity Project 1 
Weighting 40%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2 & 3  

Assessment Task 2: Wellbeing & Identity Project 2
Weighting 40%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2 & 3

Assessment Task 3: Individual Self-Assessment
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2 & 3

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.