HPS310 - Brain, Biology and Behaviour

Year:

2022 unit information
Enrolment modes: Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online)
Trimester 3: Cloud (online)
Credit point(s): 1
Previously coded as:

HPS205
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

Nil
Corequisite:

Nil
Incompatible with:

HPS205, HPS675, HPS775, HSE207, HSO207
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
Scheduled learning activities - campus

1 x 2 hour class (online) per week
1 x 2 hour seminar (campus) per fortnight
Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online)

Trimester 1
 1 x 2 hour class (online) per week
1 x 2 hour seminar (online) per fortnight

Trimester 3
 1 x 2 hour class (pre-recorded) per week
1 x 2 hour seminar (online) per fortnight

Content

This unit explores contemporary neurobiological explanations of human behaviour. Individual, social, ethical and practical implications are examined in the context of topics including: neural structure and function, psychopharmacology, biological methods, sensory systems, emotions, motor activity, sleep, mental disorders, language, memory and learning.

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