Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Professor Kerry Sherman
Contact via 98506874
4FW 724
By appointment
Co-Convenor
Christopher Kilby
4FW 709
By appointment
Donna Keeley
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
PSY490 or PSY495
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides an advanced overview of health psychology. Health psychology is devoted to understanding psychological influences on how people stay healthy, why they become ill, and how they respond when they do get ill. Empirical and clinical evidence suggests the optimal approaches, especially in the prevention of poor lifestyle habits, to promote healthy behaviour. Topics covered within this unit include the nature of chronic illness and pain, stress and its management, design and planning of behaviour change interventions, and coping with serious illness.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
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Plagiarism is an example of dishonest academic behaviour and is defined by the Policy on Academic honesty as: “Using the work or ideas of another person and presenting this as your own without clear acknowledgement of the source of the work or ideas”.
Plagiarism is a serious breach of the University's rules and carries significant penalties. The Academic honesty Procedure is available at http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/procedure.html
This procedure notes the following responsibilities for students:
The penalties which can be applied for academic dishonesty are outlined in the Academic Dishonesty – Schedule of Penalties which can be found at: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/schedule_penalties.html
The penalties range from applying a fail grade for the assessment task or requiring the student to re-submit the assessment task for a mark no greater than 50 to applying a fail grade to the unit of study and referral to the University Discipline committee.
You must read the University's Policy and Procedure on Academic Honesty.
Academic Senate has a set of guidelines for the achievement of grades across the range from fail to high distinction. Your final result will include one of these grades plus a standardised numerical grade (SNG).
On occasion your raw mark for a unit (i.e., the total of your marks for each assessment item) may not be the same as the SNG which you receive.
For more information please refer to the Macquarie University Handbook.
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Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Class Participation | 10% | No | Week 12 |
Essay | 40% | No | 5PM 13th Sep 2019 |
Exam | 50% | No | Week 13 |
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 10%
Description: This unit uses problem-based learning which, at its very core, is an active-based learning approach to education. For this to work, a high level of class participation is required. Students are expected to contribute to in-class and/or online discussions, to demonstrate their ability to think as an independent learner, and to demonstrate an ability to collaborate with fellow students.
Due: 5PM 13th Sep 2019
Weighting: 40%
Description: 1500 word essay. Details of the essay question can be found in the Assessments tab on iLearn.
Format:
Guidelines:
Penalties:
Feedback:
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 50%
Description: 1 hour closed book short answer exam held in the formal final exam period. The exam will cover content from weeks 1 to 12.
Format: Paper-based short answer quiz.
Attempts: You can only attempt this exam once.
Guidelines:
Students are expected to submit the essay as a word-processed document. This is submitted online. Consequently, all students will need access to a computer and internet to complete these tasks.
Length of classes: 2 hours
Venue: 23 Wallys Walk, Room 101
Week Number | Date of Lecture | Module | Topic | Lecturer |
1 | 1 Aug | Maintaining Good Health | Health Promotion | Chris Kilby |
2 | 8 Aug | Maintaining Good Health | Models of Health Behaviour | Chris Kilby |
3 | 15 Aug | Maintaining Good Health | Health Variations and Indigenous Health | Kerry Sherman |
4 | 22 Aug | Maintaining Good Health | Putting Theory Into Practice | Chris Kilby |
5 | 29 Aug | Stress and Health | Stressing the Importance of Stress Definitions and Theories | Chris Kilby |
6 | 5 Sep | Stress and Health | I Think I Need A Drink! The Relationship Between Stress and Health | Chris Kilby |
7 | 12 Sep | Assignment Week - No Class | N/A | |
BREAK from 16/09/2019 to 29/09/2019 | ||||
8 | 3 Oct | Stress and Health | Why Is This So Stressful? Advanced Issues in Stress | Chris Kilby |
9 | 10 Oct | The Psychology of Cancer | Decision Making, Adjustment, and Survivorship | Kerry Sherman |
10 | 17 Oct | The Psychology of Cancer | Interpersonal Impact | Kerry Sherman |
11 | 24 Oct | The Psychology of Cancer | To Be Determined | Kerry Sherman |
12 | 31 Oct | Review Week | The Final Case Study | Chris Kilby |
13 | 7 Nov | Exam | Exam |
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