PSY4013 - Contemporary Issues in Psychology 1

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

A selection of contemporary issues in psychology will be explored in the module. These might include topics broadly pertaining to the areas of cultural psychology and environmental psychology, such as psychology of migration and globalization and psychology of climate change. Other areas of study may include consumer psychology and health and wellbeing. The specific contents may vary from year to year to mirror the research interests of lecturers and topical issues of the time. Students will have the opportunity to learn about cutting-edge research in psychology and begin to evaluate it while also considering key conceptual and historical issues in psychology.

Issues of diversity and culture are central to this module and are embedded throughout.

The content will be delivered in self-contained blocks, each providing a variety of lecture-based and student-led discussions and group activities, including formative assessment opportunities.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Formal scheduled learning and teaching activities
Hours: 50
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Integrated Assessment Workshops
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Guided independent study
Hours: 240

Further details relating to assessment
Students will undertake a range of group activities that will lead to formative assessments in preparation for the summative assessments. The case study at the end of Semester 2 is an integrated assessment drawing on this module and PSY4003 Core Psychology 1. This assessment will look at how the different areas of psychology can be applied to a specific issue as appropriate to the programme of study.

Assessment:

001 Written assignment, 1,500 words, mid semester 1 30%
002 Presentation; 1,000 Words; 10 minutes, mid semester 2 30%
003 Case Study, 3,000 words, end of semester 2 40%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Hannah Evans
Level - 4
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4YL

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