Unit of Study PSYC3005 Culture and Psychology (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

PSYC1002 - Psychology Foundations: Self and Situation

Unit description

Critically engages with the ways culture can shape reality and be shaped by individuals, groups and institutions, including how psychological science, theory and research are conceptualised and practiced. Intercultural communication at the level of the individual, community and institution, and as in relation to cultural health, will be examined with a particular emphasis on Australia’s Indigenous and migrant peoples. Cultural issues and debates will be discussed in national and global contexts.

Unit content

What is culture: yours, mine and theirs
Culture, constructs, assumptions and theory: situating mainstream psychology
Language and inter-cultural communication
Culturally-appropriate research methods
Bringing it home: culture and health
Cultural issues nationally and on the world stage

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Term4	Term4
Gold Coast	Term4	Term4
Online	Term4	Term4

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:

engage in critical thinking about culture, particularly the influence of culture on psychological science, theory, and research

appraise the complexities around inter-cultural communication and how to apply these considerations in practice

describe how individuals and groups can be shaped by, and shape, the culture of which they are a part

critically examine and communicate in a collaborative academic format current issues and debates related to cultural and Indigenous issues in the national and global context

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	55%
Presentation	45%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	55%
Presentation	45%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	55%
Presentation	45%

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Domestic

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