PSY303

Level 3 Psychology (PSY303)

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Miss C. Farley, Mrs A. Peszynski.

This Social Science course offers a mixture of three internally and one externally assessed standards from the psychology and legal studies domains.   Psychology is the scientific study of human cognition, emotion, and action.

This course has a human rights focus where students will explore ideologies – what people believe and why and how these shape current events, issues and actions in our world. Students will examine what drives people to take action in response to big issues impact our world.

Themes include:

Crime and Cognition - looking at why people behave the way they do, investigating gun culture.

Research in Psychology - investigating famous cases and looking at how this research has impacted society.

Psychology in the Real World - investigating careers in pschychology and how people's beliefs and bias impact women and minority groups.

This is a University Entrance approved course and there is an opportunity to gain up to 19 credits.  Students can gain up to 15 credits from the psychology domain (two internal assessments and one external assessment) to use this course for University Entrance.  They can also gain 4 credits from a legal studies unit standard.  

Recommended Prior Learning

Open Entry

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 19 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 3 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 16 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
U.S. 27849 v3
NZQA Info
Evaluate a law making process in relation to a significant legal issue
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91872 v1
NZQA Info
Psychology 3.1 - Analyse the interaction between psychological approaches
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 6r
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91874 v1
NZQA Info
Psychology 3.3 - Conduct independent psychological research with consultation
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 6r
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91876 v1
NZQA Info
Psychology 3.5 - Analyse a significant issue in psychological practice
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 3r,3w
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 19
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 15
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

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