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Duration
12 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 27 Feb 2023
- 29 May 2023
- 28 Aug 2023
- 27 Nov 2023
The third university established in Victoria, La Trobe University has a diverse community of more than 36,000 students and staff. Its commitment to excellence in teaching and research prepares students to make a bold and positive impact in today's global community. La Trobe provides Open Universities Australia with its core tenets, entrepreneurship and sustainability.
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QS Ranking 2022
21
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
13
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Subject details
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- • Learning principles.
- • Human development.
- • Memory.
- • Intelligence.
- • Psychological disorders.
- • Health-risk behaviours.
- • Motivation.
- • Behaviour change.
- • Social psychology.
- • Communication.
- • Personality.
- • Pain.
- • Emotions.
- • Stress.
Others
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed PHE112 (Individual Determinants of Health) or PHE1IDH (Individual Determinants of Health) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Late enrolments are generally not permitted past the published close of application date for the study period. For students not enrolled in the prerequisite courses, you may be able to undertake these subjects with approval of your home course coordinator, please contact ASK La Trobe for assistance.
In this subject, you will develop the foundation knowledge for working with individuals in health and human services settings. You will learn how particular characteristics and actions of an individual impact on health and welfare outcomes. You will be: (i) presented with frameworks, including a developmental perspective, for understanding how the characteristics and actions of individuals impact on health outcomes; (ii) provided with foundation knowledge for understanding how individuals present in, and progress through, health settings; and (iii) review theoretical approaches to producing individual change in health and well-being settings.
- Case Report (800 word equivalent) (20%)
- Written Reflection (800 words equivalent) (20%)
- Three individual online mastery tests 25 minutes each (1000 words equivalent) (30%)
- Written assignment (1200 words equiv) (30%)
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