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AZA4445
Faculty of Arts
This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.
6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL
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Faculty
Organisational Unit
South Africa School of Social Sciences
Coordinator(s)
Offered
- Second semester 2016 (Day)
Synopsis
The unit aims to increase students understanding of the issues of poverty, racism, sexism, violence and HIV/AIDS among others and psychology's role in their amelioration. Through student presentations and class discussion, students will be introduced to a number of current topics, contrasting theories and the contributions of psychology in Southern Africa, historically and currently.
Outcomes
On completion of the unit, students will be able to:
- Explain contemporary research and theories applied to social issues in psychology.
- Critically appraise current literature and theories in social issues in psychology.
- Discuss the value of informed group discussion in evaluating psychological research.
- Describe the historical role of psychology in Southern Africa.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 40%
Exam: 60%
Workload requirements
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
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