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Development in Young People (PSYT90098)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
July
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
Availability | July - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject provides a comprehensive overview of development in young people, focusing on the various factors that influence both healthy development and mental ill-health in childhood, adolescence and emerging adulthood. Subject content includes:
- The relationship between development and attachment and familial functioning
- The influence of social, peer and intimate relationships on the lives of young people
- Sexual development
- Identity development
- Cognitive and brain development
- The impact of socio-cultural contexts on emerging adulthood
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of this subject students should be able to:
- Describe contemporary, evidence-based theories relating to the development of young people.
- Explain the relationship between developmental processes and the emergence of mental ill-health in young people
- Articulate the impact of mental ill-health on developmental processes in young people
- Describe the key processes occurring across the various developmental domains in young people
- Explain the influence of the socio-cultural environment on emerging adulthood
Generic skills
Participation in this subject will enhance students’:
- Capacity to translate knowledge into practice
- Critical and analytical thinking skills
- Problem solving skills
- Written communication skills
- Time management skills
- Ability to find, evaluate and use relevant information
- Capacity for logical and independent thought
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Undergraduate degree in a health-related discipline
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Online Quizzes of learning content – two multiple choice quizzes with 10 questions each = 20 questions in total (1% per question)
| Week 3 and Week 6 | 20% |
Graded discussion board – posting fortnightly reflections on learning content and responding to fellow students, with a minimum of 7 posts in total
| From Week 1 to Week 6 | 30% |
Written assignment
| End of the assessment period | 50% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- July - Online
Principal coordinator Caitlin McDowell Coordinator Paul Badcock Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Online equivalent to 20 contact hours is made up of 10 hours of lectures and live consultation sessions, and 10 hours of asynchronous discussions and structured online tasks. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 30 August 2024 Last self-enrol date 30 July 2024 Census date 2 August 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 August 2024 Assessment period ends 8 September 2024 July contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Time commitment details
Students are expected to engage in reading and preparatory work, reflection, private study, and preparation for assessment in the remaining estimated time commitment
What do these dates mean
Visit this webpage to find out about these key dates, including how they impact on:
- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Certificate in Youth Mental Health Course Master of Youth Mental Health Course Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 31 January 2024