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FACULTY REQUIRED COURSES

Students are required to take at least 2 courses

0201118

DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING

Definition, importance, concepts, and theories of thinking and critical thinking; process of critical thinking, evaluation and decision making different situations and use of appropriate information; practice according to critical thinking process for personal, social and national development. (3 credits)

FACULTY REQUIRED COURSES

Students are required to take at least 2 courses

0201118

DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING

Definition, importance, concepts, and theories of thinking and critical thinking; process of critical thinking, evaluation and decision making different situations and use of appropriate information; practice according to critical thinking process for personal, social and national development. (3 credits)

0201151

OUR ENVIRONMENT

Situation in Thailand on the natural resources and environment, policy and environmental management; environmental law; concepts and alternatives for natural resources and environmental conservation. (3 credits)

2200201

ACADEMIC REPORT WRITING

Analytical and argumentative writing, including: proper use of words; clarity of Language; effective use of information resources; access to information, through the library catalog, periodical indexes, references and database; research paper writing; critical reading and analysis in relation to research paper writing; presenting reports (3 credits)

2204180

CIVILIZATION

The origin and progress of mankind from the Prehistoric, the Ancients, the Middle Ages, the Modern to the present; interaction in each period among social, economic and political conditions, wisdom and creative arts; aesthetics aspect of work reflecting the progress of man in each period. (3 credits)

2207103

PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC

Meaning and Scope of Philosophy: major problems of ultimate reality, knowledge and sources of knowledge, ethics, aesthetics and applied philosophy; logic as an instrument of Philosophy; nature of inductive and deductive methods of reasoning; principles of valid and invalid reasoning; an analysis of reasoning in ordinary language. (3 credits)

2303165

MAN & ENVIRONMENT

Introduction to the key concepts and principles that govern how nature work, understanding of the fundamental relationships between man and environment, the history of man’s interaction with the ecosphere, illustrate how environmental and resources problems are interrelated with man and must be understood and dealth with in an multidisciplinary, holistic approach, envision of solution to achieve the sustainable earth society. (3 credits)

2403183

SOCIETY & CULTURE

An introduction to sociology, social organization, culture, socialization, social institutions, social stratification, social groups, social change, deviant behavior and social problems of Thailand (3 credits)

2403184

SOCIAL DIVERSITY & JUSTICE IN THAI SOCIETY

Introduction to understanding issues of social diversity and social justice in Thailand and abroad: critical discussion on race, social class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, nationality, and physical differences as well as other related concerns; field trips in related organizations (3 credits)

22403284

CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT

Concepts and theories of cross - cultural management affecting the operation related to different cultural groups and impact on organizational behavior in Thailand and abroad; topics on cross - cultural communication and cultural sensitivity, including problems and solutions to overcome culture shock; ethics in management of different cultures; guidelines for cross - cultural management for efficiency and productivity. (3 credits)

2404300

INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY

Information society and globalization; the role of IT in development; socio-economic implications of IT in private and public; ethical and legal issues; public policy on IT. (3 credits)

To fulfill UQ minor requirements, student needs both A and B

A

Choose either OPTION 1 or OPTION 2

OPTION 1

2403183

Society & Culture

OPTION 2

2404300

IT & Society

+

0201234

Local & Global Issues

B

Choose either OPTION 1, OPTION 2, or OPTION 3

OPTION 1

2403284

Cross Cultural Management

OPTION 2

2403184

Social & Diversity in Thai Society

OPTION 3

2404300

IT & Society

+

0201118

Development of Critical Thinking

UQ ELECTIVES

A: NEUROSCIENCE COURSE

Anat3022

FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY

Up-to-date concepts & notions of human brain & behavior for psychology students. Emphasis on factors which define brain structures & functions & cognitive functions. Practical classes based on histology, macroscopic anatomy & neuropsychology. (3 credits)

PSYC3172

BASIC PROCESSES IN COGNITION

Cognitive psychologists seek to understand basic mental processes that enable us to interact with our environment and perform everyday tasks. The focus of this course is on attention, recognition of familiar stimuli, and the function of working memory. These topics will be discussed in terms of fundamental issues in cognitive psychology, including serial versus parallel processing, preconscious processing, automaticity and the nature of mental representations. The laboratory program will train students in typical paradigms involving accuracy and latency measures of performance. (3 credits)

PSYC3192

SENSORY NEUROSCIENCE

The sensation of seeing, hearing, touching or smelling is a product of activity in your brain. Scientists who wanted to work out how this activity could generate conscious perceptual experiences established experimental psychology as a discipline. In this course we will appraise contemporary evidence concerning these links. Students will be taught how to critically appraise empirical evidence, establish research hypotheses, and how to test those hypotheses. (3 credits)

PSYC3232

BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE: LEARNING & EMOTION

This course will introduce students to selected topics of research in learning & emotion. Particular emphasis will be placed on the biological bases of these psychological processes as explored in the new field of behavioral neuroscience. Students will be exposed to a multilevel research approach, which combines traditional methods of exploring human behavior with physiological methods & animal experimentation. The lectures will be complemented by small group tutorials in which particular emphasis will be placed on the acquisition & training of skills relating to literature research, & to oral & written presentations. (3 credits)

PSYC3262

EVOLUTIONARY APPROACHES TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR

This course is designed to give students a working knowledge of how to correctly apply evolutionary biology to the study of human behavior. Evolutionary psychologists use evolutionary biology to make inferences about psychological mechanisms. There are several ways of reconstructing humans’ evolutionary past, leading to different sorts of psychological hypotheses. The course covers what psychologists can learn from game theory, hominid archaeology, primate behavior, and hunter- gatherer cultures, giving an overview of the major sources of hypotheses in evolutionary psychology. Throughout, we will balance theory with critical review of empirical studies in evolutionary psychology. (3 credits)

PSYC3272

THE NEUROSCIENCE OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

This course is designed to give students a working knowledge of current findings in the emerging field of social neuroscience, the study of brain systems underlying social behavior. Students will cover basic neuroanatomy and will review research on brain systems underlying face recognition, emotion recognition, attachment, theory of mind, conversational pragmatic and deception. Through this process students will learn about a variety of neuroscience methods involving social psychology paradigm: lesion studies, patient research, single-cell recording, and neuroimaging. (3 credits)

PSYC3302

COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Cognitive neuroscience is an emerging field of inquiry concerned with how the brain accomplishes tasks such as remembering, sensory perception and language. This course will provide a survey of topics in cognitive neuroscience with a focus on how neuroscience has advanced our understanding of the brain, as well as the methodologies used to gain these insights. (3 credits)

B: NON-NEUROSCIENCE COURSE

PSYC3000

ADVANCED SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY

Expansion on theoretical and practical knowledge of basic sport and exercise psychology. Emphasis on theoretical basis of applied sport and exercise psychology and the development of practical skills that can be employed as teachers, coaches, fitness professionals and exercise scientists. (3 credits)

PSYC3032

TOPICS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

This course provides in-depth training in specific areas of social psychology. The course is intended to build on PSYC2040 (Social and Organisational Psychology) by exploring content from that course
in greater detail (e.g. stereotyping and prejudice) and also by addressing new topic areas in social psychology not covered in that course (eg self-regulation and mental control). (3 credits)

PSYC3052

JUDGMENT & DECISION-MAKING

Every day we make decisions by relying on our personal theories about how things are supposed to work. But our reliance on these rules is paid for at the cost of accuracy. We tend to see what we expect to see and believe what we’re told. One goal of this course is to figure out how everyday decision making can be improved. (3 credits)

PSYC3062

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN FACTORS

The course conveys fundamental principles of human factors psychology, which is the science and practice of understanding the fit between people and the systems they work with. Course is constructed around site visits to four kinds of safety-critical workplaces: transportation (air traffic or roadway control rooms, health (critical care or emergency departments), energy (power generation or transmission control rooms, and emergency response (crisis or rescue command centres). We study challenges of human-system fit in such workplaces from the perceptual, Cognitive, social, and organizational points of view. (3 credits)

PSYC3071

PSYCHOLOGY OF DISABILITY

Discusses causes and consequences of disability, social barriers, individual differences, and current service approaches. (3 credits)

PSYC3082

PSYCHOTHERAPIES AND COUNSELLING

There are over 150 recognised theories of psychotherapy. In this course, students are introduced to major theoretical frameworks in psychotherapy including Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Person-Centred Therapy. Issues related to conducting ethical, culturally sensitive and productive therapy with clients are discussed. (3 credits)

PSYC3122

HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

This course explores the concept of attitudes, the relationship between attitudes and behaviour, and the processes of attitude change. In addition, central topics in the study of social cognition, including social categories and schemas, self-schemas, and affect and social cognition will be covered. The
practicals involve the design and implementation of individual projects on attitude-behaviour relations. A focus of the course is to understand how our social environment changes our thoughts, feelings and actions without our conscious awareness. (3 credits)

PSYC3142

INTERGROUP RELATIONS & GROUP PROCESSES

This course will learn about the social psychology of how groups operate and how groups relate to each other. Topics include conformity and obedience, cult behavior, brainwashing, the psychology of war, the struggle between individual and group will, prejudice, stereotyping, and conflict management. These topics will be discussed with reference to theory and empirical research, but also with an eye to the applied implications for promoting positive change and resolving real-world conflict. (3 credits)

PSYC3152

APPLIED TOPICS IN LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT

This course examines the processes of psychological development over the lifespan and is designed to equip students with an understanding of normal development and applications of knowledge for optimising lifespan development in careers such as education, counselling, career guidance and working with the elderly. (3 credits)

PSYC3162

DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCY

In the first two years of life astounding developmental changes occur. This course covers all aspects of human development during the infancy period including prenatal development and birth, perceptual and motor development, cognition and learning, social-emotional development, and attachment. Students will gain an understanding of research techniques specific to studying preverbal infants. (3 credits)

PSYC3282

 DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE ORIGIN OF HUMAN CULTURE

We all prepare food, play cooperative games, romance each other, etc. But how we do so depends on our cultural background – we are, by far, the world’s most “cultural animal”. So what was the ‘X- factor’, the magic ingredient of culture that took humans out of the general run of mammals and other highly social organism” By emphasizing research in developmental psychology and integrating perspectives from comparative, social and evolutionary psychology this course explores contemporary answers to this question. (3 credits)

PSYC3312

PARENTING AND FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY

The family environment is critical for the development of children and for adult adjustment. In this course we will explore key theories and models of the development of parenting and family interactions. We will also look at functional and dysfunctional family relationships and behaviours, and effective ways to assess such interactions. Finally, the course will focus on applications of developmental models to intervention and clinical applications, and the role of parenting interventions in the prevention and management of social, emotional, behavioural and health problems. (3 credits)

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