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Faculty of Health

HPS775 Brain, Biology and Behaviour Deakin University Unit Guide Trimester 3, 2016

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WELCOME ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 WHO IS THE UNIT TEAM? ............................................................................................................................. 2 Unit Chair: leads the teaching team and is responsible for overall delivery of this unit ......................... 2 Unit chair details ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Other members of the team and how to contact them ............................................................................. 2 Administrative queries .............................................................................................................................. 3 ABOUT THIS UNIT .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Unit development in response to student feedback ................................................................................. 3 Your course and Deakin's Graduate Learning Outcomes ......................................................................... 3 Your Unit Learning Outcomes .................................................................................................................. 4 ASSESSING YOUR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES .......................................... 4 Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Summative assessments ........................................................................................................................... 5 - Summative assessment task 1 ................................................................................................................ 5 - Summative assessment task 2 ................................................................................................................ 5 - Summative assessment task 3 ................................................................................................................ 6 - Summative assessment task 4 ................................................................................................................ 7 Your learning experiences in this Unit - and your expected commitment ................................................ 7 Contact Hours ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Note .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 UNIT LEARNING RESOURCES ...................................................................................................................... 8 Essential learning resources ..................................................................................................................... 8 Recommended learning resources ........................................................................................................... 8 KEY DATES FOR THIS TRIMESTER ............................................................................................................. 9 UNIT WEEKLY ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................................... 9

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Deakin University, Faculty of Health HPS775 Brain, Biology and Behaviour - Trimester 3, 2016 WELCOME Welcome to the unit HPS775 Brain, Biology and Behaviour. As your unit chair, I hope that you will find this unit both intellectually stimulating and relevant to your studies in your current course and your future directions as a Deakin graduate. You may need to contact me as the unit chair at some stage during this trimester. Most communication will be via the discussion boards on CloudDeakin. But for personal matters or in an emergency, you may need to contact me directly; my contact details are below. If I am not in my office when you call, please leave a message on my voicemail or email me and I will respond as soon as possible.

This Unit Guide provides you with the key information about this Unit – for the best chance of success, you should read it very carefully and refer to it frequently throughout the trimester. Your CloudDeakin Unit site (inside DeakinSync) also provides information about your rights and responsibilities – we will assume you have read this before the Unit commences, and we expect you to refer to it throughout the trimester.

WHO IS THE UNIT TEAM? Unit Chair: leads the teaching team and is responsible for overall delivery of this unit Mark Rogers

Unit chair details Name:

Mark Rogers

Campus:

Melbourne Burwood

Email:

[email protected]

Phone:

+61 3 924 46479

Other members of the team and how to contact them Name

A/Prof Alex Mussap

Role

Lecturer

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Email

[email protected]

Phone

+61 3 925 17103

Name

Dr Eric Koukounas

Role

Lecturer

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Email

[email protected]

Phone

+61 3 924 46855

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Deakin University, Faculty of Health HPS775 Brain, Biology and Behaviour - Trimester 3, 2016 Administrative queries If you need help with any aspect of your life at Deakin, you can: Contact your Unit Chair or Campus Leader Contact your Course Advisor Ask Watson (accessed through DeakinSync) Visit the Division of Student Life

ABOUT THIS UNIT This unit explores contemporary neurobiological explanations of human behaviour. Individual, social, ethical and practical implications are examined in the context of topics including: neural structure and function, psychopharmacology, biological methods, sensory systems, emotions, motor activity, sleep, mental disorders, language, memory and learning.

Unit development in response to student feedback Every trimester, we ask students to tell us, through eVALUate, what helped and hindered their learning in each Unit. You are strongly encouraged to provide constructive feedback for this Unit when eVALUate opens (you will be emailed a link).

In previous versions of this unit, students have told us that these aspects of the Unit have helped them to achieve the learning outcomes: The online anatomy test The Seminar manuals They have also made suggestions for improvement, and so this is what we have done: To help students review the examinable content, we have introduced the continuous review task. This will help you to keep on top of the large amount of material covered in this unit. If you have any concerns about the Unit during the trimester, please contact me - preferably early in the trimester - so we can discuss your concerns, and make adjustments, if appropriate.

Your course and Deakin's Graduate Learning Outcomes GLO1 Discipline knowledge appropriate to the level of study related to a discipline or profession and capabilities: GLO2 Communication:

using oral, written and interpersonal communication to inform, motivate and effect change

GLO3 Digital literacy:

using technologies to find, use and disseminate information

GLO4 Critical thinking:

evaluating information using critical and analytical thinking and judgment

GLO5 Problem solving:

creating solutions to authentic (real world and ill-defined) problems

GLO6 Self-management:

working and learning independently, and taking responsibility for personal actions

GLO7 Teamwork:

working and learning with others from different disciplines and backgrounds

GLO8 Global citizenship:

engaging ethically and productively in the professional context and with diverse communities and cultures in a global context

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Deakin University, Faculty of Health HPS775 Brain, Biology and Behaviour - Trimester 3, 2016

Each Deakin course has course learning outcomes which explain what the Deakin Learning Outcomes mean in your discipline. Learning in each unit builds towards the course learning outcomes.

Your Unit Learning Outcomes Each Unit in your course is a building block towards these Graduate Learning Outcomes - not all Units develop and assess every Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO).

These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit At the completion of this unit successful students can: Integrate discipline-specific knowledge in neuroscience, psychology and research methodologies to: Explain behaviours and mental abilities at the biochemical, neuroanatomical, and inter-neural process level; explain the ULO1 consequences of various brain diseases and disturbances (including traumatic, chemical, and degenerative) on mental, physical, linguistic, perceptual, and emotional functioning; diagnose psychological and behavioural conditions that are of neurophysiological origin. ULO2

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

Debate the implications of ethical issues associated with the emergence GLO2: Communication, of technologies for measuring and manipulating brain states and traits GLO4: Critical thinking

Search digital and non-digital literature to identify and classify prominent structures of the nervous system and describe their ULO3 functions, as well as use critical thinking and problem solving skills to explain neurological problems.

GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving

Use discipline specific language to explain and critically analyse ULO4 concepts within the field of Neuropsychology suitable for an academic audience within psychology.

GLO2: Communication, GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving

ULO5

Use reflective practice and self-assessment to illustrate self-management skills.

Work effectively with a team to interrogate the literature on ULO6 neuropsychological topic, develop an argument and clear conclusions, and present the results work publicly.

GLO6: Self-management

GLO7: Teamwork

ASSESSING YOUR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES Overview In brief, these are the assessment tasks for this Unit (details below): Assessment task 1: Seminar manual 30% Assessment task 2: Anatomy online test 10% Assessment task 3: Continuous review 10% Assessment task 4: Examination (2 hours) 50% In fortnightly seminars students will work on simulations and exercises designed to consolidate and expand upon material covered in the classes (in class for campus students or online (via Collaborate) for cloud (online) students). Cloud (online) students will require access to a computer-compatible microphone.

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Deakin University, Faculty of Health HPS775 Brain, Biology and Behaviour - Trimester 3, 2016 Summative assessments (tasks that will be graded or marked) NOTE: It is your responsibility to keep a backup copy of every written assignment. In the unusual event that one of your assignments is misplaced, you will need to submit the backup copy. Any work you submit may be checked by electronic or other means for the purposes of detecting collusion and/or plagiarism. When you are required to submit an assignment through CloudDeakin, you should receive an email to your Deakin email address confirming that it has been submitted. You should check that you can see your assignment in the Submissions view of the Assignment folder after upload, and check for, and keep, the email receipt for the submission.

- Summative assessment task 1 Seminar Manual Brief description of assessment task

Throughout the seminar program students will work on exercises designed to reinforce and extend material covered in the classes. This assessment task will involve answering questions on the exercises and recording them in a seminar manual to be submitted for marking

Detail of student output

In each seminar students will be actively working on the assessment tasks for approx. 1- 1.5 hours

Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)

Total of 30%

ULO3: Students will search digital and non-digital literature to identify and This task assesses your achievement of classify prominent structures of the nervous system and describe their these Unit Learning functions. Outcome(s) This task assesses your achievement of these Graduate Learning Outcome(s)

GLO1 Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3 Digital Literacy GLO4 Critical thinking GLO5 Problem Solving

Where students submit work by the due date, feedback on each seminar's work How and when you will receive feedback will be available before the next is due. on your work When and how to submit your work

The exact date of submission will depend on the student's seminar day. Each seminar's work must be submitted within SEVEN (7) days of that seminar's date.

- Summative assessment task 2 Anatomy online test Brief description of assessment task

This is a multiple choice online test on the main structures and divisions of the cerebral cortex and subcortical structures.

Detail of student output

Students view photographs of dissected sections of human brain. They are required to identify important components or structures and, in some cases, justify their answers.

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Deakin University, Faculty of Health HPS775 Brain, Biology and Behaviour - Trimester 3, 2016 Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) This task assesses your achievement of these Unit Learning Outcome(s)

10%

ULO:1 Integrate discipline-specific knowledge in neuroscience, psychology and research methodologies to: Explain behaviours and mental abilities at the biochemical, neuroanatomical, and inter-neural process level; explain the consequences of various brain diseases and disturbances (including traumatic, chemical, and degenerative) on mental, physical, linguistic, perceptual, and emotional functioning; diagnose psychological and behavioural conditions that are of neurophysiological origin.

GLO1 Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities This task assesses your achievement of these Graduate Learning Outcome(s) How and when you will receive feedback on your work

Students receive feedback 4 days after submission.

When and how to submit your work

11PM Friday 13 January 2017. Submitted online

- Summative assessment task 3 Continuous review Brief description of assessment task

Review of examinable material (Core Learning Objectives)

Detail of student output

Students answer questions on the Core Learning Objectives and rate their own knowledge.

Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)

10%

This task assesses your achievement of these Unit Learning Outcome(s)

ULO 1 The exam assesses all the modules of this unit and requires students to understand and integrate discipline-specific knowledge in neuroscience, psychology and research methodologies to:explain behaviours and mental abilities at the biochemical, neuroanatomical, and and inter-neural process level; explain the consequences of various brain diseases and disturbances (including traumatic, chemical, and degenerative) on mental, physical, linguistic, perceptual, and emotional functioning; diagnose psychological and behavioural conditions that are of neurophysiological origin.

This task assesses your GLO 1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities achievement of these GLO 5: Problem solving Graduate Learning Outcome(s) GLO 6: Self-management How and when you will receive Answers to individual questions are given instantly upon answering. The feedback on your work final mark will be available at the end of week 12. When and how to submit your work

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Continuously during Trimester 3.

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Deakin University, Faculty of Health HPS775 Brain, Biology and Behaviour - Trimester 3, 2016 - Summative assessment task 4 Examination Brief description of assessment task

Multiple choice exam

Detail of student output

94 multiple-choice questions. Two-hour closed book exam

Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)

50%

This task assesses your achievement of these Unit Learning Outcome(s)

ULO 1 The exam assesses all the modules of this unit and requires students to understand and integrate discipline-specific knowledge in neuroscience, psychology and research methodologies to:explain behaviours and mental abilities at the biochemical, neuroanatomical, and and inter-neural process level; explain the consequences of various brain diseases and disturbances (including traumatic, chemical, and degenerative) on mental, physical, linguistic, perceptual, and emotional functioning; diagnose psychological and behavioural conditions that are of neurophysiological origin.

This task assesses your achievement of these Graduate Learning Outcome(s)

GLO 1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO 4: Critical thinking GLO 5: Problem solving GLO 6: Self-management

How and when you will receive feedback on your work

NA

When and how to submit your work

Held during the T3 exam period

Your learning experiences in this Unit - and your expected commitment To be successful in this unit, you must: Read all materials in preparation for your classes or seminars, and follow up each with further study and research on the topic; Start your assessment tasks well ahead of the due date; Read or listen to all feedback carefully, and use it in your future work; Attend and engage in all timetabled learning experiences.

Contact Hours Trimester 1 Campus: 1 x 2 hour class per week and 1 x 2 hour seminar per fortnight Trimester 1 and Trimester 3 Cloud (online): 1 x 2 hour seminar per fortnight

On average, a one-credit-point unit has an expectation of 120 hours of study per trimester (including contact hours where relevant). For most units this equates to 10 – 12 hours per week. For Campus students, this commitment will comprise 7 hours of private study per week in addition to 2 contact hours (Classes) each week and, 2 contact hours (seminars) every fortnight. For Cloud (online) students, this commitment will comprise 10 hours of private study per week, guided by the unit materials.

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Deakin University, Faculty of Health HPS775 Brain, Biology and Behaviour - Trimester 3, 2016

Campus Students: There will be one 2-hour class each week and one 2-hour seminar each fortnight. In the classes, the teaching staff will present the content relevant to each of the unit study topics, covering one topic per week (see the unit timetable below). In the seminars (held once every two weeks) you will work with a tutor on material designed to expand upon material covered in the classes. Cloud (o...