It allows students to choose to study one of several possible specialist topics in employee support counselling. Assessment is by essay. In Semester 2, full time students take 6 modules. Part-time students take 3 of these modules in Semester 2 and a further 3 modules in semester 5. This course is designed to discuss current topics in health promotion and rehabilitation in the workplace, and how key concepts and variables can be applied to develop more tailored and targeted intervention strategies.
Assessment is by essay.
This module provides an overview of the applications of health psychology to the workplace. It includes discussion of contemporary theories relating cognition, behaviour and life style to health, and consideration of a range of conditions and disorders of current interest to health psychologists that also have relevance to the workplace. Assessment is by essay. In this specialist module, students will focus on the impact of an ageing and increasingly diverse workforce on the economy and the job market. The module considers the importance of identifying those interventions that are most effective in meeting the needs of, for example, older workers, those with disabilities or those with reproductive health issues in the workplace.