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Unit of Study PSYC3004 - Biological Psychology (2026)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Provides a thorough overview of the structures and functions of the human brain for the professional and/or academic psychologist. This knowledge is supplemented with consideration of the neural mechanisms of memory and learning, communication, and complex human behaviour. In addition, students will engage with modern neuroscientific research methods and findings and write two research reports related to these areas.

Unit content

  1. Cells of the central nervous system
  2. Communication in the brain
  3. How do we know about the brain?
  4. Cognition
  5. Sensory systems
  6. Putting biopsychology into practice

 

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Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
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Gold Coast
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Online
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Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

integrate information about psychobiological structures and processes, human experience, and behaviour

identify the processes that form the basis of neural functioning

communicate neuroscience and/or psychological information in a format consistent with accepted practice in psychology

analyse and interpret experimental data relating to biopsychology and neuroscience and identify areas for future research

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Report 30%
Report 50%
Quiz 20%

Teaching method
Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Report 30%
Report 50%
Quiz 20%

Teaching method
Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Report 30%
Report 50%
Quiz 20%

Prescribed learning resources

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