Psychology, Health and Wellbeing

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, you will be able to:

  1. Identify and critically evaluate the major theories and types of empirical research that attempt to explain health related behaviour.
  2. Critically evaluate the public health approaches to health behaviour change through different health communications.
  3. Explain the role of cognitive, affective, cultural and demographic factors as determinants of health status.
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of stress and coping and its relation to chronic illness.
  5. Identify common approaches to modifying health beliefs and behaviours, and enhancing coping in the illness context through intervention.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• MAQ-PSY-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Psychology

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

one of

• MAQ-PSYX1104 (Not currently available)

• MAQ-PSYX1101-Introduction to Psychology I

and one of

• MAQ-PSYX1105 (Not currently available)

• MAQ-PSYX1102-Introduction to Psychology II

and one of

• MAQ-STAX1103-Introduction to Psychological Design and Statistics

• MAQ-PSYX1105 (Not currently available)

Others

NCCW (pre-2020 units) PSY224
Pre-requisite (PSYC104 or PSYU1104 or PSYX104 or PSYX1104) AND (PSYC105 or PSYU1105 or PSYX105 or PSYX1105) or (PSYX1101 and PSYX1102 and STAX1103)
NCCW (2020 and onwards)
PSYU2224 Psychology, Health and Wellbeing

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.