ATS2400 Personality: Beyond the persona
Faculty of Arts
ATS2400 Personality: Beyond the persona is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS2400
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS2400
No unit lists ATS2400 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS3400, GSC2711, GSC3711, PSS2711, ATS2819
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units. It is highly recommended that students only take this unit after they have completed two gateway units in Behavioural studies.
Overview
This unit will introduce students to the development of personality theory from the late 19th century to the present time. It will examine a range of theories reflecting dominant paradigms and the ways in which they shaped contemporary thinking across a number of disciplinary areas including abnormal psychology, psychiatry, sociology and criminology. Each theory will be explored in relation to the historical, cultural and social context from which it emerged and the personal history of the originating theorist.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Familiarity with the major theoretical approaches to personality and individual differences
- 2
An understanding of the historical, cultural and social contexts in which these theoretical approaches emerged
- 3
An in-depth knowledge of one of the major theoretical approaches to personality and its connections to other disciplines.
Workload and teaching
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.
Where it fits
ATS2400 is part of 1 area of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Luke Howie
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Luke Howie
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2400?
ATS2400 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2400 offered?
In 2020, ATS2400 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS2400?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ATS2400?
ATS2400 is part of Behavioural studies.