Unit Synopsis
This Unit is intended to provide you with advanced knowledge in health psychology and the components that encompass health psychology. The Unit will provide knowledge on behavioural medicine, rehabilitation practice, health prevention, health promotion, and well-being principles necessary for working as a Clinical Psychologist. The unit aims to build your competency in assessment, treatment planning and intervention for health and wellness within clinical psychology practice, using a culturally-responsive and reflective practice approach.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2026
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
To see assessment details from an earlier availability, please search via a previous term.
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 33.33% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 50% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Student evaluation comments
Students noted that there were too many assessments and assessments were very close together.
It is recommended that the number of assessments be reduced. Reducing the number of assessments will assist in spreading out the timing of assessments.
The number of assessments was reduced from 4 to 3.
Source: Student evaluation comments
Students requested that timing of assessments are revised to take into consideration submission broader course requirements, specifically thesis submission.
It is recommended that assessment due dates take into consideration the due date of students' major assessments in other units.
Because the number of assessments changed, so did due dates to fit better with students' needs and the new number of assessments in this Unit.
Source: Student evaluation comments
Students noted that the assessment criteria were a bit broad, which reflected the nature of the topic, however it made it hard to move ahead without first seeking clarification.
It is recommended that the order of lecture topics be revised and specific lecture time is dedicated to providing a practical example of how a topic in health psychology can be matched with assessment requirements and marking criteria early in the unit. This is expected to strengthen the clarity of expectations and assist students to move ahead with their assessments.
The Unit Coordinator reserved time in the session before every assessment to explain the marking criteria and answer any student queries.
Source: Students' qualitative evaluations.
Some students felt that the number of tasks in an assessment was excessive.
Review assessments to see whether tasks within each assessment piece could be reduced.
In Progress
Source: Students' qualitative evaluations.
Students indicated that they would like more connection between unit content and assessment pieces.
It is recommended that the lecture content be reviewed to better align content to assessments.
In Progress
Source: Students' qualitative evaluations
Students wanted more contemporary materials.
Review materials to ensure materials are contemporary and, where older, relevant to topics covered.
In Progress
To see Learning Outcomes from an earlier availability, please search via a previous term.