Forensic Psychology (9620.1)
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| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Discipline Of Psychology | Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit | Band 1 2021 (Pg Clinical Psychology) Band 2 2021 (Prof Pathway Psychology-After 1 Jan 2021) Band 2 2021 (Prof Pathway Psychology-Before 1 Jan 2021) Band 2 2021 (Standard Course Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905) Band 4 2021 (Standard Course Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) |
Learning outcomes
On completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Demonstrate a foundational understanding of criminal offending; and
2. Understand the role of a forensic psychologist in relation to the investigation of crime and the assessment and treatment of offenders.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Prerequisites
4309 Psychology 101 OR 11399 Understanding People and Behaviour AND4310 Psychology 102 OR 10444 Foundations of Psychology
Corequisites
Enrolment in Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Counselling.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
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Required texts
Davies, G. & Beech, A. (eds). (2012) Forensic Psychology: Crime, Justice, Law, Interventions. BPS Blackwell: Glasgow.
Submission of assessment items
Extensions & Late submissions
All assessment items must be submitted online via the Canvas site and handed in on paper-copy by 5pm on 30 November unless an extension has been negotiated. The first page of each assessment submission should include the following information:
Student Name:
Student Id:
Assessment Name:
Word Count:
Students should note that names are not to be included on any assessment tasks/submissions. Only Student ID numbers should be included (as per the Assessment Policy and Procedures).
Written parts of the assignments must be submitted in the required format, 1.5-spaced, with page numbers and student ids on every page. Submit assignments as paper-copy AND as electronic-copy (via Canvas dropbox).
Students are required to keep a copy of all assessments submitted in this unit. To negotiate an extension, speak to your lecturer. Unsatisfactory assessments will receive a fail grade.
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Participation requirements
None
Required IT skills
Students are expected to have or to develop the information communication technology skills necessary to access the unit's Canvas website, to submit competently word-processed assignments, and to access relevant web-sites/resources and on-line journals
Work placement, internships or practicums
None.
