PSYC452-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

Family Psychology

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

Description

A comprehensive examination of adult development within a family context.

This course will consider a number of topics in Family Psychology, with an emphasis on current research findings in the field. There will be a focus on the relevance of research in Family Psychology to critical issues in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Learning Outcomes

  • A graduate of the course will be expected to be able to:
    Personal Attributes
  • Identify several major areas of contemporary research in family psychology
  • Relate these to the New Zealand context
  • Understand the implications of research for policy/interventions.
  • Present research and theory to audiences in a variety of formats, including lectures, tutorials, poster presentation, and essays.

    Interactive Attributes
  • Be able to work collaboratively on presentation of ideas and information.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Jacki Henderson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Class Presentation 30%
Class Participation 5%
Poster Presentation 30%
Literature Review 35%

Textbooks / Resources

NO SET TEXT BOOK; readings to be advised

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $982.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 17

For further information see School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing .

All PSYC452 Occurrences

  • PSYC452-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018