Health and Psychological Wellbeing
UndergraduateTAS-PSY2232025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Health and Psychological Wellbeing
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Explain individual and population-based approaches to health, wellbeing, and coping.
- Apply theoretical and empirical knowledge to explain and predict health behaviour.
- Appraise the impacts of cross-cultural differences, gender, disease and chronic illness on health behaviour.
- Communicate psychological health and well-being concepts for a range of audiences.
- Psychology of health
- Behaviour change
- Stress and coping
- Cultural processes and health
- Social inequities
- Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
- Sexual health
- Gender and health
- Eating and exercise
- Substance use and addiction
- Health across the lifespan
- Living with chronic illnesses
This subject introduces students to major theoretical and empirical perspectives on the psychology of health and wellbeing. It examines the psychosocial determinants of health and wellness as well as psychological theories of health protection and illness prevention. Issues relating to the psychological aspects of illness causation and interpretation, prevention, maintenance of primary prevention, and chronic diseases will be covered. Further, the subject will cover major sources of stress and models of stress and coping. Mechanisms, theories and principles of behaviour change will be explored, as well as communication skills needed to work with groups and individuals engaging in behaviour change. As such, experience in team-building will feature in this subject as students will serve as a resource for each other's learning experience.
- Final Exam (25%)
- Designing Health Infographic (15%)
- Infographic Reflection (20%)
- Case Study (Individual Assessment Task) (40%)
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Entry requirements
Others
Conditional requisite: 25 points at introductory level
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: 1 x 2 hr weekly Online Lecture Modules; 1 x 2 hr weekly Practicals/Workbook and associated activities; 6hrs Independent Study per week
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.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Psychological Science
UndergraduateTAS-BPS-DEG
UndergraduateTAS-COU-DIP
Bachelor of Psychological Science
UndergraduateTAS-PSY-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science and Bachelor of Economics
UndergraduateTAS-PEC-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science and Bachelor of Science
UndergraduateTAS-PSC-DEG
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